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LINCOLN, Abraham. Partly printed document signed ("Abraham Lincoln") as President, Washington, D.C., 5 September 1863.
1 page, 4to, integral blank, neatly accomplished in the hand of a clerk. In immaculate condition.
DRAFTING YOUNG MEN OF OHIO TO FILL THE UNION ARMY'S DEPLETED RANKS. A draft requisition signed by Lincoln in the wake of the violent New York city draft riots. By the second year of the war, enlistments had ebbed to a trickle. "The men likely to enlist for patriotic reasons or adventure or peer-group were already in the army. War weariness and the grim realities of army life discouraged further volunteering" (MacPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p.600). The Enrollment Act of 1863 was adopted to fill the army's depleted muster rolls. Both Lincoln and Secretary of War Stanton hoped that enforcing the draft would win back the loyalty of the soldiers already in the field...that the government intended to haul in reinforcements and stand behind its armies regardless of how unpopular the war became..." (Oates, With Malice Towards None, p.371).
Here, Lincoln signs a draft requisition for the 14th District of the state of Ohio: "I, Abraham Lincoln...do hereby assign [619] as the first proportional part of the quota of troops to be furnished...under the act approved March 3, 1863, entitled 'An Act Enrolling and Calling Out the National Forces...'" The draft provoked resentment and occasional civil disorder throughout the North. Ultimately, it failed to produce a large body of effective soldiers, but did help to encourage enlistment, for which a cash bounty proved a strong inducement.
1 page, 4to, integral blank, neatly accomplished in the hand of a clerk. In immaculate condition.
DRAFTING YOUNG MEN OF OHIO TO FILL THE UNION ARMY'S DEPLETED RANKS. A draft requisition signed by Lincoln in the wake of the violent New York city draft riots. By the second year of the war, enlistments had ebbed to a trickle. "The men likely to enlist for patriotic reasons or adventure or peer-group were already in the army. War weariness and the grim realities of army life discouraged further volunteering" (MacPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom, p.600). The Enrollment Act of 1863 was adopted to fill the army's depleted muster rolls. Both Lincoln and Secretary of War Stanton hoped that enforcing the draft would win back the loyalty of the soldiers already in the field...that the government intended to haul in reinforcements and stand behind its armies regardless of how unpopular the war became..." (Oates, With Malice Towards None, p.371).
Here, Lincoln signs a draft requisition for the 14th District of the state of Ohio: "I, Abraham Lincoln...do hereby assign [619] as the first proportional part of the quota of troops to be furnished...under the act approved March 3, 1863, entitled 'An Act Enrolling and Calling Out the National Forces...'" The draft provoked resentment and occasional civil disorder throughout the North. Ultimately, it failed to produce a large body of effective soldiers, but did help to encourage enlistment, for which a cash bounty proved a strong inducement.