Good News to the Army. We beg leave to say to the officers and soldiers of the Expedition, that after some delay we have received another invoice of those Monitor, or Bullet Proof Vests.
Newbern, NC: 17 April 1862. Small broadside or handbill (250 x 170 mm). Condition : folds and creases, toned overall, pinholes visible when held to light. a remarkable broadside advertising the sale of bullet proof vests to union forces in north carolina. The broadside continues: “… which we are selling at our stand, opposite the Post Office, and as it is impossible for us to visit all the various Camps, please call and examine, or order, with measure of breast and waist, which will insure a good fit. We shall be here only a week or two longer, therefore it is for the interest of all who may wish to purchase to call immediately.” Several firms attempted to sell such bullet proof vests during the war, with ads for body armor even appearing in Harper’s Weekly. The devices were generally cast iron plates that were often too heavy to wear. This firm, advertising to Burnside’s troops who had occupied Newbern in March 1862, here name their vests Monitors, in obvious reference to the Union ironclad.
Good News to the Army. We beg leave to say to the officers and soldiers of the Expedition, that after some delay we have received another invoice of those Monitor, or Bullet Proof Vests.
Newbern, NC: 17 April 1862. Small broadside or handbill (250 x 170 mm). Condition : folds and creases, toned overall, pinholes visible when held to light. a remarkable broadside advertising the sale of bullet proof vests to union forces in north carolina. The broadside continues: “… which we are selling at our stand, opposite the Post Office, and as it is impossible for us to visit all the various Camps, please call and examine, or order, with measure of breast and waist, which will insure a good fit. We shall be here only a week or two longer, therefore it is for the interest of all who may wish to purchase to call immediately.” Several firms attempted to sell such bullet proof vests during the war, with ads for body armor even appearing in Harper’s Weekly. The devices were generally cast iron plates that were often too heavy to wear. This firm, advertising to Burnside’s troops who had occupied Newbern in March 1862, here name their vests Monitors, in obvious reference to the Union ironclad.
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