Enlisting Armies

Recruiting poster that reads "302 Dollars or 402 Dollars for Veterans will be paid for volunteers for the 10th Wis. Regiment"

Title from folder. Written on border: "Oct. 5, 1861

Printed on white paper with black ink, text within ornamental border. First line "Of the danger of exposure to a draft, we often read". Set to the tune of "The girl I left behind me".

Local identification number: eod14023 Discharges, RG 22-1-69, and Georgia Army Enlistment Oaths, Georgia Adjutant General, RG 22-1-70, Georgia Archives.

Local identification number: eod13783 Discharges, RG 22-1-69, and Georgia Army Enlistment Oaths, Georgia Adjutant General, RG 22-1-70, Georgia Archives.

One motive for enlistment was the desire of young men on both sides to prove their courage and conviction to friends and neighbors who volunteered with them, to local leaders who organized their regim…

Civil War recruitment poster for the 10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.

Confederate call to arms printed in Lexington, Kentucky, asking for volunteers to go to war in Virginia. April 17, 1861. State Library, Richmond, Virginia.

Volunteer enlistment in 1st regiment of the Veterans Company by Joseph Short, born in Ireland, but residing in Binghamton, New York and working as a laborer. This was his second enlistment. He first e…

Recruiting poster for the Confederate States of America, Floyd County, Virginia, February 22, 1862.

Gettysburg College - GettOpen Public Collection; Political cartoons

Civil War Selections from the Archives Center Folds and creases; stains. In Civil War, series, Box 1, Folder 31 Draft Insurance Agency of Frederic Danne, 96 Broadway, New York / Kissim & Taylor, speci…

Letter from J. S. Browne to Gov. Henry Toole Clark dated Feb. 11, 1862. In the letter Mr. Browne identifies himself as a 74 year old man who owns 45 slaves and whose only son is already in the Confede…

Signed: Robert C. Trigg, Col. 54th Regt. Va. Vols., July 21, 1862. Announces formation of mounted Partisan corps in Western Virginia. Parrish & Willingham. Confederate imprints Hummel, R.O. Southeaste…

This is a letter from John Thomas Conrad written to his wife Sally in Panther Creek, Yadkin Valley, North Carolina. In the letter, John informs his wife on the new conscription act and the impacts tha…

A form used by the Confederate Army Department of Conscripts. This form is dated December 17, 1862.

Civil War era recruiting poster. The Governor of Illinois has called for more three year volunteers. The undersigned have been authorized to raise a company in McDonough County under this call, and ha…

Title from accompanying materials. Date from accompanying materials. Essex Board of Selectmen

After the first wave of volunteers, money persuaded soldiers to sign up to fight. Bounties like this one were used to lure men into enlisting in either the U.S. or Confederate armies. Currently not on…

Civil War Union Army recruitment poster.

A poster “to the people of Eastern North Carolina” recruiting men to join the Union Army. The poster claims they will be “paid, clothed, and fed, by the United States.” This item was scanned as part o…

Member of 84th Regiment. Signed by Capt. John C. Taylor.

Schedule 2 - Enrollment List of all persons of Class 2, subject to do Military duty in the New Paltz Sub district of the 18th Congressional district, consisting of the Counties of Ulster, and Green in…

Wooden draft wheel used during the Civil War. The names of men eligible for the draft were written on slips of paper and dropped into this wheel. An official pulled out names to fill the ranks of the…

Draft wheel used in Provost Marshall's office during Civil War. The wheel was used to randomly select names of men to be drafted into the Army. Colony Historical Society, New Haven, Connecticut.

Notice from the 7th District of Pennsylvania that William Goodell is drafted for three years as of August 4, 1863. He must report before or by Aug. 16 to place of rendezvous in West Chester. Signed by…

Running title: Services of the metropolitan police during the riot week, July, 1863. Caption title: The Metropolitan police.

The collection consists of a printed agreement (completed in manuscript) in which Giles Moore, previously a slave in the Cherokee Nation, enlists in the 2nd Regiment of Kansas Colored Volunteers. Moor…

A receipt made out to Abraham Gilman for the $300 he paid to avoid serving his draft duty in the Civil War.

Civil War Selections from the Archives Center In Box 1, Folder 20 Certificate of exemption for Moses Schofield, October 9, 1863. Civil War series, Warshaw Collection of Business Americana, Archives Ce…

This collection consists of a Civil War document signed by William "Boss" Tweed that authorizes payment for a substitute, John Riley, for war draftee James Cumming. It states that Riley was paid $300…

A petition by several citizens of Stanly County requesting James F. Kendall be excempt from conscription into the Confederate Army because of his contributions to the welfare of surrounding community.

Title from accompanying materials. Associated name: William A. Constantine, bugler Date from accompanying materials. Federal Government - Army

Original newspaper, Forney's War Press, Saturday, August 8, 1863. Illustration shows "The New York Riot-Andrews Haranguing the Mob." The New York Riots resulted from anger over conscription into the a…

Broadside calling for 50 volunteers for the Civil War from the town of Otsego, N.Y., December 1863.

Member of 39th Regiment, Company L. Signed by John J. Jones, Recruiting Officer.

Volunteer enlistment for Tilman Hurst of Sevier County, aged nineteen and occupied as a farmer. He volunteered on August 1, 1863 to serve as a soldier in the Army of the United States of America. Sign…

Muster-in roll for Hamilton K. Redway which certifies Redway as Captain of Company "F," First N. Y. Vet. Cavalry. The muster-in roll details that Redway was made captain when he was stationed at Camp…

This collection contains a roster of conscripts and civilians employed at the Savannah Ordnance Depot on February 1, 1864. It includes names, occupations, assignments, and dates of enlistment between…

Member of 19th Regiment. Signed by Capt. A. Blake.

Member of 19th Regiment. Signed by Capt. A. Blake.

List of Civil War draft-dodgers issued by the Provost Marshal's office.

Physical Description Ink on ecru paper. Specific History This is the draft letter of Alex Joyce of Yonkers issued by the Provost Marshal’s Office of the 10th District, State of New York, on May 9, 186…

Transcription of letter from John B. Bannon to J. P. Benjamin, re Bannon's circulars regarding Union army conscription of Irish immigrants. Link to catalog record: http://libcat.sc.edu/record=b2428203

Draft notice (Form 37, Provost Marshal's Office) to Elijah Leppo of Finksburg, Carroll County, Maryland dated June 25, 1864 ordering him to report for duty in Frederick, Maryland by July 5, 1864. The…

America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society,…

With: List of drafted men who have failed to report. Milwakee : Office Provost Marshal, 1864.--Deserters : list of men drafted in Third Congressional District, Wis., in 1864, who failed to report. Lan…

Muster-in Roll of William W. Allen, 2nd Assistant Surgeon of the 5th Regiment of Wisconsin Infantry Volunteers. The 5th Regiment was commanded by Colonel Thomas S. Allen and called into the service of…

America's Turning Point: Documenting the Civil War Experience in Georgia received support from a Digitizing Historical Records grant awarded to the Atlanta History Center, Georgia Historical Society,…