4th MASSACHUSETTS CAVALRY BROADSIDE
Item #: CWB13727
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Civil War Illustrated Recruitment Broadside for
the 4th Massachusetts Cavalry, 6 x 11.25 in. Boldly headed, 4th Mass. Cavalry!, with
illustration of armed trooper on horseback below. The broadside
continues, This most popular and easy branch of the service is now fast
filling its ranks, and is soon to depart for the field, and you are
offered the last opportunity to enlist in this dashingly brilliant arm
of the service, commanded by superior men, with the veteran officer and
tried soldier, Col. Arnold A. Rand, To Lead them to Victory! This
Cavalry presents inducements seldom offered, as it is the only Cavalry
now being raised in the State, with the single exception of the Fifth
Mass., which is colored. It is to join a Battalion now in the field,
consequently are veterans... Avoid the Draft, which is Imminent...J.H.
& F.F. Farwell Printing, Boston, n.d. Pencil note (with
manuscript manicule) above the illustration, Discovered in time and
never circulated or printed.with pencil and other notations on verso
suggesting it came from the printer's book of
samples/proofs.Condition: Five small adhesive spots on reverse suggesting
it was mounted in a notebook/scrapbook. Provenance: Property of Norm Flayderman & amp; Co.
Shipping Weight:
1 lb
Item # CWB13727
$2,500.00 USD