Poster seeking draft substitutes for Citizens' Volunteer Substitute Committee
date: label: date made
content: ca. 1863
label: associated date
content: 1861 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: Poster advertising a $650 bounty for men to serve as substitutes for draftees during the American Civil War. The poster, published by the Citizens' Volunteer Substitute Committee, appeals to "Veterans and Aliens about to volunteer" promising a $650 bonus on top of any government bounty for enlistment if they apply enlist as a substitute for a draftee.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Civil War
label: Subject
content: recruitment
label: Subject
content: Army
setName: label: See more items in
content: Military and Society: Armed Forces History, Military
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content: Military
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content: Princeton Posters
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0010.16
label: accession number
content: 1978.0010
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0010.16
label: catalog number
content: 85363M
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Poster
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 38 in x 23 1/2 in; 96.52 cm x 59.69 cm