(CIVIL WAR RHODE ISLAND) Militia recruitment broadside titl

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(CIVIL WAR--RHODE ISLAND.) Militia recruitment broadside titled "General Orders No. 8." Illustrated letterpress broadside, 23 1/4 x 18 1/2 inches, signed in type by Governor William C. Cozzens and Adjutant General Edward C. Mauran; minor wear at folds, foxing, moderate dampstaining, 3 1/2-inch closed tear. Providence, RI, 7 April 1863

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Orders the military registration of all eligible men aged between 18 and 45, and their formation into five brigades, "to place the State in a condition to make a voluntary response to all future calls of the President of the United States upon her patriotism, by encouraging the liberal diffusion of military knowledge, and . . . the martial spirit of our people." Features a patriotic emblem and two examples of the state seal. One other example in OCLC, at the Library Company of Philadelphia.