Notice of drafting the quotas of certain of the townships of the County of Camden for the nine months service not having been filled by volunteers, I shall proceed to make a draft to fill such deficiency at the court house, in the city of Camden, …

Civil War posters, 1861-1865

Civil War posters, 1861-1865.

S. Chew, printer, 'West Jersey Press' Office, Market Street, below Front, Camden, N.J.

Sept. 2, 1862

1 poster ; 46 x 32 cm.

Notice for various counties in New Jersey. According to the poster, volunteers were to be accepted prior to the draft dates listed, after which men were to be drafted into the armed forces; if the quota for a township could be filled with volunteers prior to this date, then there would be no draft in that particular township.

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Poster; 46 x 32 cm.