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From: "thomas" <>
Subject: Re: Does this mean Abe was a draft dodger?
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 05:56:45 +1100


I believe that Lincoln was already a veteran of the so called Black Hawk
war. I understand that in the south you could "dodge the draft" if you
owned a certain amount of slaves and couldn't southerners pay subs too, a
fellow told me his ggrandfather paid for a sub to the confederate
government.
Thomas
-----Original Message-----
From: Bart Johnson <>
To: <>
Date: Monday, February 22, 1999 3:40 PM
Subject: Re: Does this mean Abe was a draft dodger?

>Hawk wrote:
>
>> What is this? This this mean that Abraham Lincoln "dodged the draft?"
>> I'm confused...
>>
>> Go to:
>> http://www.findagrave.com/grave/lpa.html Enjoy.
>>
>> Staples, John Summerfield b. August 15, 1845. d. January 11, 1888.
>>
>> Union Soldier, Paid Draftee Replacement for US President Abraham
>> Lincoln.
>> Stroudsburg, Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania.
>>
>> Hawk
>
>I'm not sure about the President needing a replacement, as I am
>pretty sure he was above the age limit, but yes, during the Civil
>War, you could hire a Draft Replacement to take your place in the
>war.
>This was a option available to the rich, and often taken up by
>immigrants, and poorer folk.
>It was perfectly legal, if not popular.
>I imagine, If Lincoln actually did this, it was to demonstrate
>how the process worked.
>It is rather an interesting notion, however, a president being
>drafted!!
>
>
>--
>Your Obedient Servant,
>Bart Johnson
>49th Indiana
>
>
>49th Indiana Volunteer Infantry,Company F
>http://www.kiva.net/~bjohnson/49th.html
>11th Indiana Volunteer Infantry
>http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/1462/index.html
>Daviess County, Indiana, InGenWeb Coordinator
>http://www.rootsweb.com/~indavies/
>How to Research an Indiana Civil War Regiment
>http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Quarters/1462/research.htm
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