Admin/Biog History	Compiled by James M. Stimson, Assessor for Princeton Township. The Federal government authorized the draft in early August 1862. On August 8, 1862 the War Department issued orders to the governors of the states to enroll all able bodied men. On September 10, 1862 Governor Salomon called an Extra Session of the Wisconsin Legislature and urged the enrollment of every able-bodied man between the ages of 18 and 45 in the State Militia. This would create a pool of men to draw from when further calls for volunteers to fight in the Civil War would be required. It would also be usefull if the draft had to be enforced. The sheriffs of each county were directed to make up these rosters and appoint deputies to assist. The complete list was to be to the Adjutant General's office. See Quiner, "Military History of Wisconsin", pp. 138-140, for more details.
Category	8: Communication Artifact
Classification	Archives
Collection	Civil War Small Collections
Dates of Accumulation	1862
Abstract	Two page list on 8" x 24" paper of ablebodied, free white men between the ages of eighteen and forty-five, elligble for military service from the Town[ship] of Princeton, Green Lake County, Wisconsin. The list contains 193 names. This was in compliance to, August 8, 1862 War Department orders to the governors of the states to enroll all able bodied men for the draft.
Event	Civil War
Legal Status	Oshkosh Public Museum
Object ID	SC411.5.84
Object Name	List
Subjects	Civil War Militias Draft Draft resisters Green Lake
Title	List of elligble men for military service from the Town[ship] of Princeton

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