Monthly Archives: June 2013

Lincoln’s Draft or Over Forty-Five

Lincoln’s Draft edict, in March 1863, exempted males Over Forty-Five. The stricter federal draft law, determined that all male citizens between twenty and thirty-five and all unmarried men between thirty-five and forty-five years of age were subject to military duty. The federal government entered all … Continue reading

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