Free Military School for Applicants for Command of Colored Troops
date: label: date made
content: 1864
notes: label: Description
content: Broadside poster advertising a free military school for applicants for command of colored troops in the United States Army during the Civil War. The poster notes that the school, established by the Philadelphia Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, was located at 1210 Chestnut Street in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and John H. Taggart (Late Colonel 12th P. R. V. C.) was the school's Preceptor. The poster also lists the rules for the government of the free military school, for applicants for command of colored troops.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: African American History
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0010.13
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0010.13
label: accession number
content: 1978.0010
label: catalog number
content: 85360M
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sheet of paper
label: Object Name
content: poster
label: Object Name
content: advertisement
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 in x 7 3/4 in; 25.4 cm x 19.685 cm