This is a collection of lists of Civil War Draft Registrations. There were four drafts between 1863 and 1865, which included 3.175 million records. Historically, the 1863 draft was one of the most tenuous moments in the Union outside of the battles fought on Northern soil. Most of the concern was due to the draft riots that took place in New York in 1863.

These records include 631 volumes of registries and are basically lists of individuals who registered for the draft. The records are split into two different classes:

Class I are those aged 20-35 as well as those 36-45 and unmarried.
Class II is everyone else that registered.

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Class I comprises all persons subject to do military duty between the ages of twenty and thirty-five years, and all persons subject to do military duty above the age of thirty-five years and under the age of forty-five.
Class II comprises all other persons subject to do military duty.

Schedule I and II: C0NSOLIDATED LIST of all persons of Class II, subject to do military duty in the FIFTH Congressional District, consisting of the counties of Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque and Fayette in the State of Iowa, enumerated during the month of June, 1863, under directions of S.C. Brownell, Provost Marshal.

Footer on every page:

"To Colonel James B. Fry, Provost Marshal General U.S., Washington, D.C.
Station: Headquarters Cong. Dist. of Iowa
Date: July 17th, 1863
S.C. Brownell, Provost Marshal

~ Source: Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 631 volumes. ARC ID: 4213514. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Group 110. National Archives at Washington D.C.~

Transcribed and submitted by Constance