Attention All Citizens Of Brookline And Roxbury Ready And Willing To Start For Washington By

by Civil War Recruiting Poster Nathaniel P Banks Massachusetts

$1,500 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

Boston, MA ? : 1862. Broadside. 25 x 20 cm. Blind stamp of Essex Institute in one corner; short split at margin, along an old fold line not affecting text . An attractive broadside appealing for men to go on a day's notice to support the Union cause. Based on the date, we think it fair to believe that this is an appeal to support former Governor of Massachusetts, now Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks. The Confederate capture of Front Royal on May 23 left Banks isolated and outnumbered, and in

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