SOLD! for $8,960.00.
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KENTUCKIANS TO ARMS! broadside, issued by Captain W. W. Cleaver, 6th Regiment, Kentucky Cavalry, Company F, from the headquarters for the Confederate Army in Lebanon, KY, dated September 12, 1862, reading "I am authorized by the Confederate Government to raise a Company of Cavalry for the Southern Army, to serve three years or during the war, and I call upon Kentuckians to…drive out Lincoln's abolition minions of the North…and to-day the Abolition Army is skulking behind the walls of Washington, in full view of the victorious Southern Army. Horse, arms and full equipments furnished to all who chose to volunteer. W. W. Cleaver." Housed under glass in a wooden frame. Broadside: 11" H x 11 1/8" W. Framed: 16 1/2" H x 18 1/2" W.
CONDITION: Overall good, legible condition with some fading to lettering, foxing spots, areas of damp staining, largest 1 1/2" x 5 1/4", tears, largest 3/4" and areas of loss, largest 1/4", to center fold line. Broadside is loose, not adhered to board.