. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . JAMES McGINNIS,Co. E. Regimental Marker. PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 17H Decatur, Fellowship (2), Monroe, Good Will (2), West Phila-delphia. HOSE COMPANIES. Franklin, Hope, Southwark, Western, Philadelphia, GoodWill, Neptune, Cohocksink, Kensington, Independence, North-ern Liberty, West Philadelphia. In 1864, during the great Sanitary Fair, held at LoganSquare, 18th and Race streets, for the benefit of the SanitaryCommission, a patriotic body, that looked a
. History of the Twenty-third Pennsylvania volunteer infantry, Birneys Zouaves : three months and three years service, Civil War .. . JAMES McGINNIS,Co. E. Regimental Marker. PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY. 17H Decatur, Fellowship (2), Monroe, Good Will (2), West Phila-delphia. HOSE COMPANIES. Franklin, Hope, Southwark, Western, Philadelphia, GoodWill, Neptune, Cohocksink, Kensington, Independence, North-ern Liberty, West Philadelphia. In 1864, during the great Sanitary Fair, held at LoganSquare, 18th and Race streets, for the benefit of the SanitaryCommission, a patriotic body, that looked after the welfare ofthe sick and wounded soldiers, in which ov^er a million of dol-lars was realized, the firemen took quite an interest. Amongthe many ventures was a contest for a fire horn, many of the. Will En<jine Co. boys in the service sending home their mite, for votes of theirfavorite company, the winner being the Good Will EngineCompany, Race street, below Broad street. Upon the return of the regiments at the close of the war,nearly all were received and welcomed home by a parade ofthe fire companies and it was generally quite a long route, asthey wanted to take their guests through each neighborhood,so they could spring their bells and have their ladies—God 17-1 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT
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