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Title
Broadside from Confederate Quartermaster to People of the Trans-Mississippi Department
Description
In this September 1863 broadside, the Office of the Chief Quartermaster in the Trans-Mississippi Department calls for Confederate slaveholders in Louisiana, Arkansas, and Texas, to hire out 2,000 to 3,000 "able-bodied men" to the government, promising to compensate slaveholders for "any servants that may be killed by the enemy."
Creator
J. F. Minter
Source
National Archives and Records Administration, RG 109, ARC Identifier 4662608
Publisher
Published here by W. Caleb McDaniel
Date
September 15, 1863
Rights
This item is believed to be in the public domain.
Format
PDF
Language
English
Type
Text
Identifier
3950176E-3250-482C-9671-4B36582529D0