Sign advertising a mass meeting for "The Patriotic Citizens of Tuscola County" on the creation of a full company of Civil War soldiers. Speakers are E.H. Thomson, J.D. Lewis, Esq., and B.W. Huston, Jr. as enlistment officer. Posted July 28, 1862 at...
American Civil War; Recruiting & enlistment; Addresses essays lectures; Broadsides; Thomson, E. H. (Edward H.), 1810-1886; Lewis, J. D.; Tuscola County (Mich.); Vassar (Mich.)
Patriotic recruitment broadside advertising an "Excursion Party for the Sunny South!" and warning that the Draft will be instituted if quota is not reached. Posted at Battle Creek, Michigan by Captain C. Byington and Lieutenant J. G. Smith,...
American Civil War ; Recruiting & enlistment ; Second Michigan Infantry ;2nd Michigan Infantry; Eighth Michigan Infantry ;8th Michigan Infantry; Broadsides ; Byington, Cyrus, 1793-1868 ;Cyrus Byington; Smith, J. G. ;J.G. Smith; Battle Creek (Mich.)
Civil War broadside urging enlistment of men for the Twenty-second Regiment of the Michigan Infantry, posted by Lucius H. Ives in Iosco, Michigan. Date illegible.
Civil War enlistment banner for Twenty-third Michigan Infantry, posted by O. L. Spaulding in March 1864, Corunna and St. Johns, Michigan. Includes text "Rally round the flag, boys!" and insignia reading "The Union Forever."
American Civil War; Recruiting & enlistment; Twenty-third Michigan Infantry;23rd Michigan Infantry; Spaulding, Oliver Lyman; Broadsides; Corunna (Mich.); St. Johns (Mich.)
Civil War Provost Marshal's Office notice for FIrst Congressional District of Michigan, with list of names of men liable for military service. Posted by Mark Flanagan, Provost Marshal; Henry F. Kellogg, Commissioner; George Landon, Surgeon; on...
American Civil War; Recruiting & enlistment; Draft; Broadsides; Detroit (Mich.)
Civil War broadside advertising for enlistment in Michigan's Twenty-ninth Infantry, with the text "Rally, Boys, Rally for the Flag! And Avoid the Draft." Posted August 3, 1864, by N. J. Frink in Marshall, Michigan.
"Look out for drafting!!" Civil War broadside advertising for enlistment of men to Michigan's Seventeenth Infantry, Company A, posted by H. B. Androus in Detroit, Michigan.
American Civil War ; Recruiting & enlistment ; Seventeenth Michigan Infantry ;17th Michigan Infantry; Broadsides ; Androus, Henry B. ; Detroit (Mich.)
Photograph of a banner advertising a "Republican Union meeting!" to be held in Adrian, Michigan, featuring Republican nominee for Governor, H. H. Crapo. Poster also shows "The Union Forever" eagle insignia.
American Civil War; Addresses, essays, lectures; Crapo, Henry Howland, 1804-1869; Signs (Notices); Adrian (Mich.)
Photograph of a post-Civil War banner advertising an address given by Governor H. H. Crapo at Bidwell's Hall, Adrian, Michigan, on October 4th, 1866. Topics indicated in the eagle insignia are "The Union! And the Constitution!"
American Civil War, Political aspects; Addresses, essays, lectures; Signs (Notices); Crapo, Henry Howland, 1804-1869; Adrian (Mich.)
Photograph of a broadside advertising a mass meeting in Mason (Mich.) on September 9th, 1854. The sign encourage people to gather at the Court House in Mason to nominate "suitable persons" to fill the County offices, Representative to the state...
American Civil War; Broadsides; Congressional Convention; County Office; state representative; Mason (Mich.);
Photograph of a broadside proclaiming the "Surrender of Gen. Lee." The sign orders "every man, woman, and child" to attend a celebration of victory at Campus Martius (c.1865).
American Civil War; Broadsides; Victory; Celebration; Campus Martius; Detroit (Mich.); General Lee