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Epitome of the 37th Reg't, New Jersey Volunteers

Date: 10 25 1864
Description: Poster of statistics and history of the regiment.
Print

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.
Print

Attention! Company! The Fox River Zouaves!

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

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...
Print

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...
Print

Union Civil War Draft Notice

Date: 08 28 1862
Description: A Commissioner's Notice of the draft, beginning on the first of September. On the first two days, claims of exemption from military service were to be hear...
Print

Attention! Mechanics

Date: 10 10 1861
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 "Y...
Manuscript

Lincoln-Schurz Letter

Date: 03 25 1862
Description: Brief letter from President Abraham Lincoln to Secretary of War Edwin Stanton asking to see the files for Carl Schurz of Wisconsin and Milo Smith Haskell (...
Poster

Civil War Ornamental Roster of Company F, 12th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Date: 1861
Description: Hand-lettered and drawn Civil War commemorative roster of Company F, Oconto County Regiment, known as the River Sackers. The background is decorated with s...

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