Notice to the Colored Men

Creator

E. M. Angel, U.S. Deputy Provost Marshal

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Creation Date

2-10-1865

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Request for Black recruits in Kentucky by Deputy Provost Marshall E. M. Angel, 1865. Volunteers received enlistment bonuses, but drafted men did not.

Headquarters Deputy Provost Marshal,
4^th Congressional District,
Greensburg Ky Febuary 10, 1865

Dear Sir:

Notice to the Colored Men

I want Colored Recruits and must have 75 or 80 by the first of March 1865 or they will be Drafted and made go into the United States Service

I will give $300 dollars Bounty for three years $200 dollars for two years & One hundred dollars for one year No Bounty for Drafted Men You will will have to go come now and at once to my Office in Greensburg

E M Angel
Dept Prov Marshal
4^th Cong Dist Ky