Episode 3 of 3

Imprisonment and genuine proclamation

When: July 18, 1864
Where: Release of Lincoln's genuine draft proclamation
Part of: Civil War gold hoax: fake Lincoln draft proclamation published in New York

While imprisoned, the conspirators saw Lincoln release a genuine proclamation for 500,000 volunteers on July 18, 1864.

While Howard and Mallison were imprisoned, Lincoln released a genuine proclamation on July 18, 1864, calling for 500,000 new volunteers for the Union army. This genuine proclamation was similar to the fraudulent document the conspirators had fabricated, which had called for 400,000 additional men.

Sources

Civil War gold hoax Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-17

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