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150 Years Ago Today: An Advertisement for Soldiers Published in the Daily National Republican

Published February 7, 2013

150 years ago today, an advertisement for soldiers was published in the Daily National Republican. See the ad, plus an interesting warning notice about fraudulent tickets being sold!

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Exactly 150 years ago, today, this was an advertisement published in the Daily National Republican (though it seems the ad itself dates to December of the previous year).

advertisement for soldiers in the Daily National Republican on February 7th, 1863

Also, it’s interesting to note the warning notice regarding fraudulent tickets being sold.

Posted in Old Ads & Classifieds, This Day in History
and tagged 1860s

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