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Various Documents related to the Civil War draft and Eben Whittemore [Decimalized .01-.34]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02175 Author/Creator: Various Place Written: Various Places Type: Header Record Date: 1861-1864 Pagination: 34 items Order a Copy

This group of 34 documents, both printed and manuscript items, detail the draft apparatus on Cape Cod: printed lists of the number of eligible men, and the quota of such men required to enlist or be drafted from each of these towns. Some of the letters or documents concern the quotas, written be selectmen from the town, or are about an individual who has been exempted and his reasons. Included are long lists of volunteers.

Whittemore, Eben S., fl. 1862-1864

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