. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . yagreed to continue the wages of their men during their absence in thefield. Companies and squads gathered, from the outlying districts andfrom the centers of banking, around the depot of the Pennsylvania Rail-road Company, some in uniforms and some in overalls, some armed andothers empty-handed, some sworn to service in due form, but othersfree of this formality, and so the trains were filled and sent speedingto help the Government in the saving of the capital city, and while thisoutpouring still progressed and the city sat sle
. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . yagreed to continue the wages of their men during their absence in thefield. Companies and squads gathered, from the outlying districts andfrom the centers of banking, around the depot of the Pennsylvania Rail-road Company, some in uniforms and some in overalls, some armed andothers empty-handed, some sworn to service in due form, but othersfree of this formality, and so the trains were filled and sent speedingto help the Government in the saving of the capital city, and while thisoutpouring still progressed and the city sat sleepless, the bulletins pro-claimed the battles of South Mountain and Antietam. Records showedthat in seventeen months the old local militia had furnished more than2,000 men, enlisted for three years, and nearly 400 officers. A new *An enrollment of the City of Philadelphia made on September 14th. 1862,showed a total of 106,806 persons liable to military duty, including 29,194 alreadyin the army service and 1,744 sailors and marines. Scharff and Westcott, Vol. OFFICES OF JAY COOKE & CO., adjoining the Girard Bank.
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