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RECRUITING OFFICER LAMENTS THE SORRY STATE OF DRAFTEES

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Civil War Recruiting Broadside-14th Pennsylvania Cavalry: Civil War (1862 dated) recruiting broadside with title text "ARMSTRONG COUNTY DRAGOOON, FOR THE STANTON CAVALRY" at Camp Howe, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. Broadside names recruiting officer as Captain Wi

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Col. William G. Rankin United States Fatigue Uniform, Late Civil War Jacket & Indian War Vest: Late Civil War United States Union Officer's Fatigue Uniform belonging to Colonel William G. Rankin, originally Captain of the 13th Infantry Regiment during the Civil War and then Colonel during the A

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George Custer Signed Beige Page Cut: George Armstrong Custer (December 5, 1839 – June 25, 1876) was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the American Indian Wars. Custer graduated from We

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Double Autographed CDV of General Robert Anderson: Double autographed carte-de visite of Brigadier General Robert Anderson (1805-1871) United States Army officer and commander of Fort Sumter at the beginning of the American Civil War. Carte de visite

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General Phil Sheridan Writes of the Valor During the: SHERIDAN, Philip Henry (1831-1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close associa

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RECRUITING OFFICER LAMENTS THE SORRY STATE OF DRAFTEES

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RECRUITING OFFICER LAMENTS THE SORRY STATE OF DRAFTEES
Good content Revolutionary War officer's letter, 1p. legal folio, Branford, June 30, 1780 to "Capt. Da[y?]ton" concerning difficulty with a drafted man and replacements in the New Haven, Ct. area. In part: "...Mr. Isaac Brockitt of your Company and a Draughted Man, advises me he is unable to do the Duty assigned him...I have Six & Seven in one Day Constantly, to wright a few lines for, before I can get rid of them, and might send them back, generally, to their Officers...and I must do the Same in this Case. Able bodied Men are Called for, & such might be had, but where a Man is unable in body, & yet able in purse, the Law will Justify you in Draughting such...but to Draught a poor man, and also one who is unable to do any Service...is but putting a burden on the Publick...on these Principles you must follow your former Orders, for I can give no farther Directions..." Very good.