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    • Army substitute refers to someone who performed someone else's military service during the Civil War. The Enrollment Act of 1863 (US) allowed for draftees to "hire" replacements for $300 to enroll and serve in the United States Army in their place. The Confederate government also allowed men to hire substitutes beginning in April 1862; the cost and terms varied over the course of the war.

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Jane Parker looking for her son Isaac Adams

The Christian Recorder (Philadelphia, PA)

June 30, 1866

INFORMATION WANTED.
Jane Parker, wife of Robert Parker, would
like to hear of her son, Isaac Adams. When
last heard from, he was in St. Louis, acting as a
substitute in the army. His mother is at present
residing in Idaho, Col. Ter.

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