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The Coming Draft

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Parent Issue
Day
12
Month
February
Year
1864
Copyright
Public Domain
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General Fry has issued the follow'.ng circula;' t) Uip Asistant Provost Marshal Generáis of the sevprnl States, 'aplosing the Presideut's cali : P.rotost Marshal General' Office, ) Washington, Feb. lst, 1861. j yajor E. TowuBend, A. A. I'. M. G., Superintendent Voluntéer Recruiting. Albauy. NévV York. The President'? ord'-r of this date (copy herewith) for a draft on .10 tb of March for fivc hundred thousand men, after deducting al) who muy be raised prior to Mareh and not heretofore creditqd, i equivalent to. a oall fir twö hundred thousmd tnen. in additiou to Ae Ihreo hundrod thousand called for Qcto ber 17. Do everything possible to fill this as well as the formar oall, and socure action at incé, in' anticipation of the exact quotas, which will bé ánnounced from thia office as sodn as possible.'

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Old News
Michigan Argus