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 ATTENTION 
 
 NOW IS THE TIME TO ENLIST. 
 
 LAST OPPORTUNITY to escape en- 
 rollment under the Conscript Law. 
 $50 Bounty. $24 per month wages. 
 
 I am authorized by the Secretary of War to raise in Western Va. 
 a Battalion of mounted men to serve as a Partisan corps during the 
 war. I have established a recruiting station at Wytheville. Col. 
 Henry A. Edmundson of Roanoke and Capt. John J. Wade of 
 Montgomery, will aid me in the organization of the Battalion. The 
 terms offered are most favorable to those who wish to enter the ser- 
 vice. Those enlisting will be entitled to a bounty of #50 and a full 
 share in the proceeds of the sale or an equal division in kind of all 
 property captured from the enemy. Rations and clothing furnished 
 by the Government as to regular troops; wages per month, #24 to 
 each soldier furnishing his own horse. 
 
 Whilst our enemies are urging forward their new levies by the 
 thousand, let us not be idle. I appeal to the citizens of Western 
 Virginia to come forward and enlist in the largest Partisan corps in 
 the Confederate States. To the conscripts who are now being en- 
 rolled, with a view to fill up the skeleton regiments throughout the 
 State, this service presents (besides the pecuniary inducements of- 
 fered) pleasant service on horse back, with friends and neighbors in 
 defence of our homes. 
 
 Conscripts must enlist before they are enrolled — only a few weeks 
 can be given to the organization of the eight companies which will 
 form the Battalion. Several companies are now ready and recruits 
 are applying for admission from all quarters. Articles of enlistment 
 will be sent to all the counties in the South-west so as to afford an 
 opportunity to the conscripts to join before they are drafted. 
 
 Recruits will report themselves promptly to the Officer in charge 
 of the rendezvous at Wytheville. 
 
 ROBERT C. TRIGG, 
 
 July 21, 1862. Col. 54th Rest. Va. Vols. 
 

 
 
 
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