Attention! Mechanics | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Attention! Mechanics

Attention! Mechanics | Print | Wisconsin Historical Society
Recruiting poster. At the top is printed "Attention! Mechanics." Underneath is an eagle with a banner in his beak, which reads "Rally, Boys! Rally!" and "Your Country Needs You NOW!" Under that is the text, "Thirty More Men Wanted! To fill up Capt. Miller's Company, attached to the Mechanics' Fusileer Regiment. Col. J.W. Wilson, Commanding. Now in Camp at Camp Webb, Chicago, rapidly filling up. Pay, $17.00 per month and 40 cents per day, extra. Enlisted as Engineer Soldiers. Mechanics, Railroad Men and good active Laborers particularly wanted."
DESCRIPTION
Recruiting poster. At the top is printed "Attention! Mechanics." Underneath is an eagle with a banner in his beak, which reads "Rally, Boys! Rally!" and "Your Country Needs You NOW!" Under that is the text, "Thirty More Men Wanted! To fill up Capt. Miller's Company, attached to the Mechanics' Fusileer Regiment. Col. J.W. Wilson, Commanding. Now in Camp at Camp Webb, Chicago, rapidly filling up. Pay, $17.00 per month and 40 cents per day, extra. Enlisted as Engineer Soldiers. Mechanics, Railroad Men and good active Laborers particularly wanted."
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:94122
Creation Date: 10 10 1861
Creator Name:Daily Tribune Print, 51 Clark Street, Chicago
City:Chicago
County:
State:Illinois
Collection Name:Wisconsin Governor military correspondence, 1837-1910
Genre:Print
Original Format Type:prints, photomechanical
Original Format Number:Series 49, Box 12
Original Dimensions:12 x 17.625 inches
SUBJECTS
Birds
Documents
Civil War, 1861-1865
Recruiting and enlistment
Patriotism
Signs and symbols
Mechanics
Railroad employees
Broadsides

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