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Broadside from Confederate Quartermaster to People of the Trans-Mississippi Department

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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