(CIVIL WAR) Broadside playbill for Drummer Boy or the Battle

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Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400

(CIVIL WAR.) Broadside playbill for "Drummer Boy, or the Battle Field of Shiloh!" Letterpress broadside, 18 1/2 x 6 inches; moderate edge wear, 4-inch closed tear, minimal dampstaining to bottom edge. New Haven, CT: Hoggson & Robinson, 20 February 1871

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Playbill for a performance at New Haven's Music Hall of a "New Military Drama and Allegory . . . dedicated to the Grand Army of the Republic . . . for the Benefit of the Charity Funds of the G.A.R. and the support of Soldiers' Widows and Orphans." The extensive cast was drawn from "members of the Grand Army of the Republic, assisted by Veterans of the late Union Army, and Ladies of this City." A synopsis of the plot is given at bottom.