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THBCivil War Sharpshooters Recruitment Broadside, Attention Riflemen, 1861
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- Lot Description
Printed broadside, 12 x 18.5 in., boldly headed, Attention, Riflemen., soliciting 101 men to form a company of sharpshooters, under the direction of Charles Scranton of Oxford Furnace, Warren County, NJ, dated September 17, 1861. Printed at Seller's Cheap Job Printing Office, Belvidere, NJ.
We are unable to identify the unit involved here, but given the date, we suspect this is the 10th New Jersey Infantry. According to HDS, the regiment was organized under provisions of Congress in July, and authorized to recruit individuals directly into Federal service, not under state authority. We suspect this is the reference to being entitled to Government pay including State additional... in the recruiting broadside. The 10th New Jersey was accepted as an independent organization, one of the last from the state in 1861, and designated the "Olden Legion." It proceeded to Washington, and was transferred to state authority in January 1862 when it was reorganized and designated the 10th Regiment.
The 10th served in the Wilderness campaign all the way to Petersburg. It remained in the region, fighting skirmishes in the Shenandoah Valley and Eastern Theater. Of the 2584 men in the unit through its service, 879 mustered out.
Provenance: N. Flayderman and Co., Inc.Overall very good condition, with light folds, few short areas of separation at folds near margins. Few period inked notes added. Small piece of paper with "3" glued over what may have been a "2" in "26" to show increase in the max age to "36."Condition
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