Box 5
Contains 40 Results:
Necessity Paper, March 15, 1865
Statement for a deceased Confederate soldier on necessity paper printed on official Republic of Mexico paper. Rudin # M-84
Draft avoidance, December 28, 1863
Commutation Money receipt for avoiding the Union draft by paying a $300 fee. Yonkers, NY. Rudin # M-60
Draft avoidance: certificate of substitution, August 20, 1864
Form used when one person paid another to take their place in the Military Service during the Civil War. Newton Green pays Asathus A. Hart $400 to act as his substitute. Rudin # M-61
Draft avoidance, October 1, 1863
Certificate certifies that H.C. Gregerson is entitled to be paid $300 as a substitute for a drafted NY Policeman. Additional document acknowledges receipt of the $300. Rudin # M-62
Substitute soldier bounty payment, December 11, 1863
Certificate names a substitute soldier with a bounty payment of $300. Additional document releases NY Substitute Committee of claim. Rudin # M-63
Substitute broker card
Business card for Haynes, Webb and Co. General Substitute Brokers - Bounties paid to Substitutes and Volunteers to fight in Civil War. Rudin # M-63A
New York Draft Exemptions, October 16, 1863
Commutation Money Receipt indicating commutation money received from 18 men exempting them from the Federal Draft. Rudin # M-64
Drummer boy discharge, July 17, 1862
Certificate of Discharge for a 13 year old drummer boy by reason of a physical disability. Rudin # M-65
General Orders No. 4, January 4, 1964
Accused of desertion, Pvt. George Hoffer receives a sentence of 10 years at hard labor with a ball of 24 pounds attached to his leg by a chain four feet long. Rudin # M-73A
General Orders No. 32, February 4, 1863
Surgeon dismissed from the service for violation of 39th Article of War. (Fraudulent accounts) Rudin # M-73