Hingham, Massachusetts Raises Troops Under Lincoln’s Draft Call

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Broadside with large & Dramatic Type Face, “War Meeting! An Adjourned Meeting of Citizens liable to be Drafted into the Military Service of the United States...” Hingham, Mass., February 13, 1864. 1 p., approximately 11-1/4” x 16-3/4, matted and framed to 18-3/4” x 24-1/4.”On February 1, 1864, Lincoln called for an additional 200,000 men to fill Union ranks. The town of Hingham needed 34 men to meet their quota, and used this broadside to advertise the muster.

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