Contributed by Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum
Description
1862 Civil War recruiting poster offering $100 bounty for volunteers to fill Houlton's enlistment quota. Note that if the quota is not filled by volunteers the deficit will be filled through a draft.
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About This Item
- Title: Civil War Recruiting Poster, Houlton, 1862
- Creator: State of Maine
- Creation Date: 1862-09-03
- Subject Date: 1862-09-08
- Location: Houlton, Aroostook County, ME
- Media: Paper
- Dimensions: 56 cm x 41 cm
- Object Type: Text and Image
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Broadsides
- Houlton (Me.).
- Military bounties
- Recruiting & enlistment
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
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Aroostook County Historical and Art Museum109 Main Street, Houlton, ME 04730
207-532-4216
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