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Patriots of St. Croix Recruiting Poster

Date: 04 23 1861
Description: Recruiting poster for the "Patriots of St. Croix" to "take up arms".
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Arouse! Volunteers Wanted!

Date: 07 24 1862
Description: Poster calling for the recruitment of volunteers from Grant County for the Union Army during the Civil War.
Manuscript

Commemorative Roster of Co. F, 11th Wisconsin Infantry

Date: 1861
Description: Civil War commemorative roster of Company F, 11th Wisconsin Infantry, Harvey Zouaves of the Eleventh Regiment.
Poster

"I Want You for U.S. Army"

Date: 1917
Description: Uncle Sam recruiting poster that says "I want You for U.S. Army". Poster has three different addresses for nearest recruiting offices.
Photograph

Army Recruiting Office

Date: 03 1966
Description: Army recruiting office. The picture was probably taken by a member of the staff of the National Coordinating Committee Against the War in Vietnam, which wa...
Photograph

Madison Navy Recruiting Center Receiving Award

Date: 05 04 1949
Description: Navy recruiters of the Madison sub-station are presented a banner and certificate of merit for leading the Chicago area district in number of enlistments f...
Poster

Wanted: 25,000 Student Nurses

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Description: Poster recruiting student nurses to aid in the war effort. Depicts a young woman, in a nurse's uniform, with her right hand raised to her heart. Behind her...
Photograph

Branch Manager with Honor Roll

Date: 1942
Description: S.E. Foster, manager of International Harvester's Little Rock branch house, stands beside the branch honor roll of enlisted International Harvester men. Al...
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War Notice! Bounty for Volunteers!

Date: 08 02 1862
Description: Civil War Union Army recruitment poster.
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Notice. The Drafting Will Be Continued...

Date: 1862
Description: Civil War Union Army recruitment handbill.
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Union Rally

Date: 09 10 1864
Description: Civil War handbill promoting Union recruitment.
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Volunteers!

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Description: Civil War recruitment poster for the Union Volunteers.
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Proclamation. To the Inhabitants of Kentucky!

Date: 08 22 1862
Description: A call to arms issued by Confederate colonel John H. Morgan, asserting that the Confederacy is winning the war. He mentions George B. McClellan, Thomas J. ...
Poster

Kickapoo Rangers of the Twelfth Regiment

Date: 1861
Description: Hand-drawn poster by S.W. Martin of the Civil War officers and men of the Kickapoo Rangers of the 12th Regiment, Company K. Above and to the left of the li...
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Offer of Receiver of Commutation Money

Date: 11 23 1863
Description: A receipt made out to Abraham Gilman for the $300 he paid to avoid serving his draft duty in the Civil War.
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Attention! Company! The Fox River Zouaves!

Date: 08 24 1861
Description: Civil War Era Union recruitment poster for Fox River Zouaves.
Manuscript

Company C, 19th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry

Date: 01 01 1900
Description: Roster of Company C from the 19th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry. Presented to the State Historical Society by Calvin E. Morley.
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Officer's Commission of the Army of the American Eagle

Date: 04 11 1865
Description: Front of a fund-raising certificate of the U.S. Sanitary Commission appointing Emily Grouch a sergeant in the Army of the American Eagle. The Commission f...
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Boys and Girls Recruitment Certificate

Date: 04 11 1865
Description: Backside of a fund-raising certificate of the U.S. Sanitary Commission appointing Emily Grouch a sergeant in the Army of the American Eagle. The Commissio...
Manuscript

Freemen of Ohio

Date: 07 02 1813
Description: A handbill circulated by Governor Meigs and General McArthur of Ohio in an effort to recruit men into the local militia. Men were needed to serve against t...

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