Sep 17, 2009 - Sale 2186

Sale 2186 - Lot 83

Price Realized: $ 510
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CIVIL WAR--BROADSIDE.) Howe, W. Greene. Descriptive List of Substitute Deserters Enlisted by the Board of Enrollment, 4th District, Mass. Broadside, 10 x 12 1/2 inches; short separations at folds, moderate foxing. Boston, 1 October 1863

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Lists 33 deserters with their personal descriptions, birthplace, occupations, and when and where deserted. Most of these men were Irish or Canadian immigrants who deserted from the Beach Street Barracks in Boston. Not listed in WorldCat. with--"City of Boston, Bounty to Veterans, Exclusive of Regular Pay." Flier, 9 1/2 x 6 inches. Boston, nd.