[["Yes, first by the confederacy and then by the union.\n\nIt was more often referred to as transcription.\n\nIndividuals could get someone to go in their place or buy their way out.", 53.0], ["The Confederacy passed its first conscription act in 1862. The Union began conscripting men the following year. Prior to the Civil War, a 1792 act by Congress required that all able-bodied male citizens purchase a gun and join their local state militia, but had no penalty for noncompliance. ", 49.0], ["Yes.  In fact if you got drafted  by the Union had money, you could pay a poor man to take your place.  Like a bounty draft.  400 dollars was the going rate at the time", 14.0]]
was there a draft in the civil war
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