term of enlistment
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She said all of them were in their first term of enlistment, so they were younger, lower-ranking personnel.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2021
Parker served a three-month term of enlistment in the Union army at the beginning of the war.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
After chatting pleasantly for a time, he spoke of his term of enlistment.
From In The Ranks From the Wilderness to Appomattox Court House by R. E. McBride
Under it the term of enlistment of the volunteers was to expire June 30, 1901.
From The American Occupation of the Philippines 1898-1912 by James H. Blount
Payne returned to duty and served his full term of enlistment and was honorably discharged on the 13th of September, 1864.
From Vermont riflemen in the war for the union, 1861 to 1865 A history of Company F, First United States sharp shooters by William Y. W. Ripley
