From the Richmond Dispatch, 3/17/1862, p. 3, c. 5

ATTENTION!
                                    PARKER BATTERY.

Assemble promptly at 10 o’clock A.M., on MONDAY, the 17^th, at Old Market Hall, in order to march to the camp of instruction – Each man will bring with him a shawl or blanket, a large tin cup and tin plate with cooked provisions for one day. Overcoats, caps, and one blanket each, will be issued to the men. None but a written permit will exempt from this muster.

                                                            By order of
                                                                        Captain PARKER.

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