Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera

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The Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera Collection contains items from the Wilbur Collection of Vermontiana that were printed and circulated from 1861 to 1865. Most of the items are related to the war, while a small number are related to Vermont’s...
Show moreThe Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera Collection contains items from the Wilbur Collection of Vermontiana that were printed and circulated from 1861 to 1865. Most of the items are related to the war, while a small number are related to Vermont’s efforts to organize and train the state militia after the war. The collection features proclamations, orders and announcements about the state’s military operations, including recruitment, enrollment, supplies, and equipment; relief efforts; the end of the war; and President Lincoln’s death. One of the most unusual items is a broadside alerting the public to the theft of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds stolen from a St. Albans, Vermont bank by Confederate raiders in October 1864.
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Title: Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera
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Description: The Civil War Broadsides and Ephemera Collection contains items from the Wilbur Collection of Vermontiana that were printed and circulated from 1861 to 1865. Most of the items are related to the war, while a small number are related to Vermont’s efforts to organize and train the state militia after the war. The collection features proclamations, orders and announcements about the state’s military operations, including recruitment, enrollment, supplies, and equipment; relief efforts; the end of the war; and President Lincoln’s death. One of the most unusual items is a broadside alerting the public to the theft of U.S. Treasury notes and bonds stolen from a St. Albans, Vermont bank by Confederate raiders in October 1864.
Publisher: University of Vermont Libraries, Center for Digital Initiatives
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Date: 1861-1865
Type: Collection, Text
Format: text
Identifier: uvmcdi:cwbroadsides, local: cwbroadsides
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Language: eng
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Rights: Requests to reproduce this item should be sent to the UVM Libraries' Center for Digital Initiatives at cdi@uvm.edu.

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Title: Aid to Union prisoners in Richmond, and others
Date Issued: [186-?]

Title: At the coming Regimental Musters of the various regiments of the Militia of this State, it is important that the Company Commanders be provided with the necessary blanks to enable them to complete the Pay-Rolls
Date Issued: 1865

Title: By an act of the legislature
Date Issued: 1861

Title: Cavalry horses wanted!
Date Issued: 1862

Title: Enrollment list of persons liable to military duty in the town of Middlesex
Date Issued: 1863

Title: The following communication, transmitted in reply to inquiries relative to the liability to the performance of militia service
Date Issued: 1865

Title: The following instructions are issued for the information and guidance of officers of the militia of this State
Date Issued: 1865
Description: Instructions for officers regarding recording muster and pay roll.

Title: The following instructions will be observed by those who have the care or possession of arms, belonging to the State of Vermont
Date Issued: 1864
Description: How to clean firearms including the barrel and the lock.

Title: The following quotas of towns (sub-districts) in the first congressional district for the draft
Date Issued: 1864
Description: List of towns in Addison, Bennington, Rutland and Washington counties with the number of eligible men for military service.

Title: Fourth of July at St. Albans at sunrise thirty-six guns and ringing of bells
Date Issued: 1865

Title: Funeral obsequies of the late President Lincoln
Date Issued: 1865
Description: Newspaper's extra announcing the assassination of the President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln, April 15, 1865.

Title: Funeral obsequies of the late President Lincoln, in Rutland, Vermont, Wednesday, April 19, 1865
Date Issued: 1865

Title: General order no. 1 ... Samuel W. Thayer, of Burlington, is hereby appointed Surgeon General of the State of Vermont, with the rank of Brigadier General
Date Issued: 1865
Description: Order appointing Samuel W. Thayer Surgeon General of Vermont with the rank of Brigadier General along with promotions of several other officers.

Title: General order no. 10 ... For the purpose of completing the quota of the state of Vermont of the three hundred thousand men recently call for by the President

Title: General order no. 13
Date Issued: 1865
Description: Order for military supplies and equipment to be returned to the Quartermaster General. By order of Gov. J. Gregory Smith and Peter T. Washburn, Adj. and Insp. General.

Title: General order no. 14
Date Issued: 1865
Description: Order regarding regimental parades for the purposes of drill, discipline, inspection and review. By order of Gov. J. Gregory Smith and Peter T. Washburn, Adj. and Insp. General.