(CIVIL WAR PENNSYLVANIA) Playbill for an Entertainment of t

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(CIVIL WAR--PENNSYLVANIA.) Playbill for an "Entertainment of the Geary Thespian Corps of the 28th Regiment Penn'a Vol's." Illustrated broadside, 12 3/4 x 4 3/4 inches to sight; horizontal fold, minor wear, mount remnants in margins, not examined out of modern mat. Camp Goodman, Point of Rocks, MD, 22 February 1862

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This playbill begins with a patriotic quotation, and describes the festivities planned for Washington's Birthday, including a performance of "Geary's Grand March," a dramatic reading of Poe's Raven, the plays "Don Caesar de Bazan" and "Turning the Tables," and a minstrel performance titled "Ethiopian Melange."

The regiment was commanded by John White Geary, who had served as the first mayor of San Francisco and as governor of Kansas; he was later governor of Pennsylvania. The regiment served in most of the major battles of the eastern theater, playing a key role at Antietam. One other example in OCLC, at the Library Company of Philadelphia; none others traced at auction since 1896.