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Illustrated Philadelphia recruiting poster for "Major General Hancock's First Army Corps of Veterans" including "Union man and Woman."

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08314 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: February 1865 Pagination: Order a Copy

Illustrated Philadelphia recruiting poster for "Major General Hancock's First Army Corps of Veterans" including "Union man and woman" who want the "accursed rebellion stopped."

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