It was not hard to get out of the draft - if you had some ready cash. Men could essentially pay someone else to take their places. My wife's ggGF was one who was paid to take someone's draft position. Robert J. Taylor, M.D. - Family Physician; Family Researcher - Taylor, Robinson, Anderson, Ballentyne, Bradley, Dumond, Devereaux, Hitchman, Houghton, Munson, Noble, Robbins, Sackrider, Seymour, Sloat, Smallin, VanWormer and others Author of The Civil War Letters of Wm. A. Robinson and the Story of the 89th NYVI Webpage http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~taylorhomepage/Index.htm > I've learned that all of most of my ancestors dodged the draft! I > guess that says something in and of itself. Any idea how difficult > that would have been to pull off? > > -Jim Miller > >

4/10/11 In NYC at the time of the Civil War the payment of $300 would be enough to have someone go in your place. Not uncommon. Harry Miller On Apr 10, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Robert Taylor wrote: > > It was not hard to get out of the draft - if you had some ready cash. Men could essentially pay someone else to take their places. My wife's ggGF was one who was paid to take someone's draft position. > > > Robert J. Taylor, M.D. - Family Physician; > Family Researcher - Taylor, Robinson, Anderson, Ballentyne, Bradley, Dumond, Devereaux, Hitchman, Houghton, Munson, Noble, Robbins, Sackrider, Seymour, Sloat, Smallin, VanWormer and others > Author of The Civil War Letters of Wm. A. Robinson and the Story of the 89th NYVI Webpage http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~taylorhomepage/Index.htm > > > > > >> I've learned that all of most of my ancestors dodged the draft! I >> guess that says something in and of itself. Any idea how difficult >> that would have been to pull off? >> >> -Jim Miller >> >> > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message