Here’s a local take on the call for Union troops during the summer of 1862. The numbers for the county and its towns are precise. The stigma of possibly needing to resort to a draft to supply the quota is apparent. From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in August 1862:
looking for 870
The Quota for our County.
The quota of men to be raised in this County under the two separate calls of the President for 600,000 men is apportioned to the several towns as follows:
Covert, ……. 75 Romulus, ……. 67
Fayette, …..116 Seneca Falls, …184
Junius, ……. 41 Tyre, ………. 44
Lodi, ……… 64 Varick, …….. 59
Ovid, ……… 78 Waterloo, ….. 142
Total, ……………870
About one half of this number has already been raised, and with the proper effort on the part of each individual, the balance can be raised in time to avoid the draft. – Every one has a personal interest in this matter. To raise the requisite number of volunteers for Col. JOHNSON’s regiment is now the duty of all. A proper response to the call of the President would make the draft unnecessary, and reflect imperishable honor on our county. Shall we have the volunteers?
A farm in the town of Tyre
I got the image of the map from the Harvest of History
