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Abraham Lincoln: “And I hereby proclaim, order, and direct that immediately after the 5th day of September, 1864, being fifty days from…”

On the recordJuly 17, 1864
And I hereby proclaim, order, and direct that immediately after the 5th day of September, 1864, being fifty days from the date of this call, a draft for troops to serve for one year shall be had in every town, township, ward of a city, precinct, or election district, or county not so subdivided, to fill the quota which shall be assigned to it under this call or any part thereof which may be unfilled by volunteers on the said 5th day of September, 1864.
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Abraham Lincoln
Republican · Illinois
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Proclamation 116—Calling for 500,000 Volunteers

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