Gilmore, Joseph Albree (1811-1867) [New Hampshire proclamation to meet the draft quota]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02125 Author/Creator: Gilmore, Joseph Albree (1811-1867) Place Written: Concord, New Hampshire Type: Broadside Date: 1 February 1864 Pagination: 1 p. ; 24.8 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy
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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