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Troops for The Civil War
Raising the Troops
From this sum deduct the actual excess the district furnished; the remainder is the number of years' service which the district is required to furnish under the call of December 19th, 1864, which divided by three gives the number of men required from the district.
"As this call is for 300, 000 men, that number cannot be reduced by men going in for a period longer than one year. Inequalities produced by going under this call for longer periods than one year must be equalized on future calls. It will be perceived that though the aggregate of the excess furnished is added to the whole call, the excess of each district is afterward subtracted from its quota. Thus the number of men called for is neither increased nor diminished, but equally produced, considering the number of men and the periods of their service.
American Civil War
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