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Confederate States of America. Congress. House of Representatives A bill to be entitled an act amendatory of an act entitled, "An Act to put an end to the exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes," approved January 5, 1864

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08980.06 Author/Creator: Confederate States of America. Congress. House of Representatives Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Printed document Date: 28 January 1864 Pagination: 2 p. ; 24 x 15 cm. Order a Copy

Confederate act allowing farmers producing "grain and provisions" to continue to send substitutes to fight for them, even though subsititutes have been banned for other men.

Confederate States of America, 1860-1870

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