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Raising of Troops

Charles C. Trowbridge will pay $10 to each man who enlists in my regiment from the Seventh Ward. I am requested to state that Alexander Chapoton will pay to each man who enlists in my regiment, from the Third Ward, the sum of $10. Colonel N. Prouty will pay $10 to each man who enlists in the 24th from the Eighth Ward. James Shearer offers to pay $10 to each man who enlists in my regiment from the Sixth Ward. H. P. Baldwin offers $10 to each man who enlists in my regiment from the Fifth Ward. Duncan Stewart, in addition to his other propositions, offers $10 to each man enlisting in my regiment from the Eighth Ward. Now, gentlemen, help me to get up the regiment: I want to be off. [Great Applause.] Captain Ward further proposes to pay $10 to each man who enlists in my regiment from the Fourth Ward. I am requested to state that Cyrus W. Jackson will pay $10 to each man who enlists in the 24th from the Eighth Ward.

 
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