Shows a line of civilians near a large flagpole watching the regiment drill in front of their tents at the camp near east falls, philadelphia. Civilians include men and women on horseback, women in a carriage, a family with their pet dog, and a child playing with a hoop. Also shows a military band leading the troops, officers on horseback, and other civilians walking the tree-lined circumference of the camp called camp union. Also contains the names of the "committee of the corn exchange regiment" printed below the image. The exchange raised an infantry of 1000 men during the summer of 1862 through the enticement of a liberal bounty.
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