Civil War Recruitment Posters

[tmh10]

One hundred fifty years ago, the Civil War began and the fighting was brutal. Nearly 620,000 Union and Confederate soldiers lost their lives -- more Americans than in both World Wars combined. The armies needed men to refill rapidly declining ranks and used recruitment advertisements such as these as a means to find them.

Please click on the link to see the posters and the rest of the article.

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/10/civil-war-recruitment-posters/247420/

 

[chellers]

Interesting link, Ted. Thank you for posting.