(CIVIL WAR NEW YORK) Men Wanted For the Invalid Corps

Sale 2633 - Lot 62

Price Realized: $ 5,500

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000

(CIVIL WAR--NEW YORK.) Men Wanted! For the Invalid Corps. Illustrated recruitment broadside, 26 3/4 x 19 3/4 inches; tipped to modern board along top edge; fragile, moderate wear including edge chipping, several short closed tears and 1 3/4 x 1/4-inch loss in lower part of the text. Elmira, NY, 17 June 1863

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"Only those faithful Soldiers who, from wounded or the hardships of War, and no longer fit for active field duty will be received in this Corps of Honor." These soldiers, promised the same pay as regular infantrymen, performed light garrison duty and freed up able-bodied soldiers for duty on the front lines. The broadside is illustrated with a large eagle woodcut bearing the banner "The Union Forever!" No other examples traced in OCLC or at auction.