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Troops for The Civil War
Raising the Troops
The president of the United States, in pursuance of a law of Congress, has issued his call for five hundred thousand (500, 000) volunteers for the military service, and has directed that immediately after the 5th day of September, 1864, a draft of troops, to serve tor one year, shall be held in every town or sub-district, to fill the quota which shall be assigned to it, which shall remain unfilled on the said 5th day of September, 1864.
I. beleive this call to have been eminently proper and necessary for the public ser-
vice, and being such, to demand the patriotic, earnest, and hearty response of the people. That it will be met in the same spirit that has put Michigan thus far largely in excess of all previous calls, there can be no doubt. The rebellion, as it approaches its final overthrow, grows steadily more desperate, wicked, and hateful.
American Civil War
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