Gilmore, Joseph Albree, 1811-1867 [New Hampshire proclamation to meet the draft quota]

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GLC#
GLC02125
Type
Broadsides, posters & signs
Date
February 1, 1864
Author/Creator
Gilmore, Joseph Albree, 1811-1867
Title
[New Hampshire proclamation to meet the draft quota]
Place Written
Concord, New Hampshire
Pagination
1 p. : Height: 24.8 cm, Width: 20.2 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Proclamation promulgated by New Hampshire Governor Gilmore and New Hampshire Secretary of State Allen Tenny. Encourages the enlistment of New Hampshire citizens, who "will rise in their might and like an avalanche... sweep the last traces of armed treason into the Gulf of Mexico." Says the state needs 200,000 more troops to fill its quota by 10 March 1864. Gilmore was attempting to fulfill the terms of Lincoln's draft call of 1 February 1864 acting under the Congressional Conscription Act of 3 March 1863. Pasted to a cardboard backing.

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