![PENNSYLVANIA. Charles Gallagher Sutler, California Regiment [of] Burns Brigade. $1.00 Exchange Certificate....](http://www.stacksarchive.com/gallery/SL0505b/42/SL0505b4274t2.jpg "PENNSYLVANIA. Charles Gallagher Sutler, California Regiment [of] Burns Brigade. $1.00 Exchange Certificate....") PENNSYLVANIA. Charles Gallagher Sutler, California Regiment [of] Burns Brigade. $1.00 Exchange Certificate. Printed on white bond paper. 160mm by 70mm. A full green tint lathe across the note with a curved white outline of 'BURNS BRIGADE' across the center from the upper left to lower right. At the left two Indians (as adapted from Danforth, Wright & Co.). At the upper right encircled general's vignette (likely Burns). Title 'CALIFORNIA REGIMENT' across the top. Fine texts in the center. Imprint of 'A. Hoen & Co., Lith. Balt.'. Machine serial number. Keller PA-SF100. Rarity 7. The Keller Plate Note. No.433. Fully issued with Gallagher signature.
An historic and fascinating issuer. Catalogued under California in the Criswell Sale with no historical data of course. We have seen a few notes from this series in the past twenty years. Keller lists three different denominations on this emission. Attractive color and certainly quite an enticing piece of history. Close to Very Fine.
Ex Douglas B. Ball, December, 1983; Grover Criswell Collection (Kagin's ANA 86th Convention Sale, August 23-28 1977, lot 4390).
This well titled and colorful Sutler issue has an interesting history behind it. In May, 1861, some Californians living in Washington, D.C. lobbied Senator Edward Baker of Oregon to obtain approval from Lincoln to raise a regiment of West Coast men to fight on the east coast to be called ''the California Regiment''.
Ten companies were raised, mostly in Philadelphia, and trained at Fort Schuyler in New York City, They wore gray uniforms that had been confiscated from an enemy artillery shipment.
In October, 1861 the command under Colonel Baker was increased to Brigade size with new regiments of infantry (2nd, 3rd and 5th) and one of artillery (the 4th California).
The California Brigade's choice of gray uniforms led to it being shot at by friendly fire at Ball's Bluff. The State of Pennsylvania took over and discarded the gray for the proper Union blue. The California Brigade was renamed the 71st Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteers.
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