John Barleycorn, SASS #76982 Posted March 31 Posted March 31 My cousin just emailed me that he found our great, great Grandpa Joshua Harrington’s Civil War enlistment document. Pretty cool. 7 5 Quote
The Original Lumpy Gritz Posted March 31 Posted March 31 What a fantastic piece of family history to find 2 1 Quote
Trailrider #896 Posted April 1 Posted April 1 Try to see if there is a unit history for the one in which he served. You might also see if you can find if he applied for a pension in later years. An applicant often wrote supporting narratives about when and where he served. The National Archives used to have such data. It can be a really interesting search! Good luck! 1 Quote
Alpo Posted April 1 Posted April 1 I was just thinking - I wonder how that would have worked during Vietnam. We have John smith, who was drafted, and he really really does not want to go to Vietnam and have to risk getting killed. So he hires Frank Jones to go in his place. And they fill out the paperwork and make it all nice and legal. Quote
Dr. Zook Posted April 1 Posted April 1 Amazing to see such a document and in near perfect condition - makes you also wonder what the deferred draftee did for a living or his family history. Read about substitution (deferments) but thought they were more city folk (NYC, Philadelphia etc) from the upper classes who paid the deferment fee. First one I've seen from a 'rural' setting... what a outstanding piece of family history. Quote
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