ATTENTION, SOLDIERS!!

WANTED – 100 able bodied men between the ages of 18 and 35 years, not less than 5 feet 3 inches high, of good moral character, for the 15th Regiment of the United States Infantry. The term of service for persons enlisting before January 1st, 1863, is three years unless sooner discharged. The regiment is commanded by superior Regular Army officers of known ability and experience, and the headquarters is at Newport Barracks, Ky.

Pay from $13 to $22 per month from date of enlistment, and $100 additional in cash, when honorably discharged from service.

The recruits will be well clothed and cared for under my personal supervision, and all necessary subsistence and rations supplied as soon as enlisted.

Recruiting rendezvous in Turner’s Law Office on Court Avenue, between 2nd & 3d streets, Des Moines, Iowa, where all required information will be given.

E. McBaron Timoney,
1st Lieut. 15th U.S. Infantry,
Recruiting Officer

April3d, dtf.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, April 12, 1862, Sunday, April 13, 1862 & Saturday April 19, 1862