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Attention! Young Men of Belmont District [recruitment broadside]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07208 Author/Creator: Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Broadside Date: 1862/08/04 Pagination: 1 sheet 48.7 x 61.1 cm Order a Copy

Civil War recruitment broadside for a volunteer company before the draft goes into effect. Large black and white wood engraving at center showing workmen and farmers rallying around the flag, while a scroll above them reads "No Bounty / When Drafted." Printed by Baird and King.

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