Muster Day

noun U.S. History.

the annual day for enrollment in the militia of all able men aged 18 to 45, according to a law established in 1792 and in effect until after the Civil War.

Example sentences from the Web for muster day

And now comes dinner,—a most important feature of muster-day.

Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 |Various
Another great day in the colonies was muster-day when the militia came together for drill.

The Historical Child |Oscar Chrisman
Quarterly training or muster-day became an occasion more noted for the rum then consumed than for the drilling done.

The Old First Massachusetts Coast Artillery in War and Peace |Frederick Morse Cutler
It is Sunday, and muster-day, and the Alabama has once more been put in perfect order.

Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States |Raphael Semmes

A very different affair is the "muster-day" of the early fall, before the cold days and nights have come to stay.

Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 |Various

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Muster Day

noun U.S. History.

Example sentences from the Web for muster day