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Letter about a Civil War draft dodger in Maine

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Letter about a Civil War draft dodger in Maine

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Description

Heading: (Civil War)
Author: Bullard, Silas
Title: Letter from a Maine teacher about a student who fled to Canada to escape the draft
Place Published: North Bridgton, Maine
Publisher:
Date Published: Oct. 7, 1864
Description:

Autograph Letter Signed. 4 pp.+ original stamped mailing enveloped. To his sister K.B.L.McLellan, Gorham Maine.

After writing about students and teachers who had been drafted, he adds: "...we have had a hundred different students I believe but some have been drafted and some enlisted and one has - skedaddled to Canada. Will not he be an honor to Bridgeton Academy. We have marked against his name in all the records of the Academy 'skedaddled to Canada.'"

Dodging the draft by running off to Canada was not uncommon in the North during the Civil War, though the wealthy could more legally avoid military service by paying for a "substitute" to take their place in the Army ranks.

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Very good.

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Letter about a Civil War draft dodger in Maine

Name: Letter about a Civil War draft dodger in Maine
SKU: 118229130
Price: 150 USD
Availability: InStock

Estimate $300 - $500

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