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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08441.05 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | General Order No. 35 to draft 500,000 men |
| Date | 1 February 1864 |
| Author | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Document Type | Government document; Military document |
| Content Description | Signed in print by President Lincoln. Orders the draft of 500,000 men to serve for three years or the duration of the war. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Union Forces Conscription Government and Civics President |
| People | Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Government & Politics; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |