To Arms! Citizens of Hempstead and North Hempstead, do you hear the call of your country beckoning you to arms?

Civil War posters, 1861-1865

Civil War posters, 1861-1865.

Baker & Godwin, printers, Printing-House Square, opposite City Hall, New York.

Sept. 17, 1862

1 poster ; 96 x 60 cm.

Eagle on shield with banner, arrows in talons, right. Banner reads, 'Ho, for Sigel's Division.' 'By the following order … By Command of Major-General McClellan, Rich'd B. Irwin, Capt., A.D.C., A.A.A.G.' Signed 'Benj. A. Willis, Capt. Co. H, 119th Reg't N.Y.V.'

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Shields--Pictorial works
Eagles--Pictorial works

United States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 119th (1862-1865). Company H

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Poster; 96 x 60 cm. Eagle on shield with banner, arrows in talons, right. Banner reads, 'Ho, for Sigel's Division.' 'By the following order ... By Command of Major-General McClellan, Rich'd B. Irwin, Capt., A.D.C., A.A.A.G.' Signed 'Benj. A. Willis, Capt. Co. H, 119th Reg't N.Y.V.'