MILITARY RECORDS
NEWSPAPER ARTICLES ON CIVIL WAR DRAFT
Transcribed by Sue Broadbooks, July 27, 2024
The Morning Democrat
Davenport, Iowa
Tue, Sep 30, 1862
Page 2PERSONS without front teeth have been held to be exempt from the draft on account of their not being able to "bite a cartridge." In consequence of this, a good many fellows, it is said, have had their front teeth pulled! But now an order from the War Department prescribes that the toothless shall not be exempt but subject to draft for the military service.
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