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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08441.03 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1862 |
| Title | Draft notice for Lemuel J. Beardsley for state militia |
| Date | 11 January 1862 |
| Author | Beers, Otis (fl. 1862) |
| Document Type | Military document; Legal document; Government document |
| Content Description | Notification that Beardsley has "been Drafted as a Member of the Active Militia of this State." Says the law gives him five days "to make your excuse to the Selectmen," in accordance with a law passed 3 July 1861. Signed by selectmen Otis Beers, S.P. Curtis and D.B. Booth. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Conscription Government and Civics |
| Place written | Stratford, Connecticut |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |