From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Fri Mar 10 08:02:37 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2AF2bjb008899; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:02:37 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2AF2a3u010974 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 08:02:36 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k2ACWLFI017666 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:32:21 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k2ACWLWP017665 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 07:32:21 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k2A76UFI016645 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:06:30 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k2A9aX59015355 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:36:33 -0700 X-Envelope-From: Bkiller8224@wmconnect.com Fri Mar 10 02:36:33 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k2A9aXjb015342 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:36:33 -0700 Received: from imo-m26.mx.aol.com (imo-m26.mx.aol.com [64.12.137.7]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k2A9aV4a009790 for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:36:32 -0700 Received: from Bkiller8224@wmconnect.com by imo-m26.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.3.) id e.226.79a6ec0 (39953) for ; Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:36:22 -0500 (EST) From: Bkiller8224@wmconnect.com Message-ID: <226.79a6ec0.3142a296@wmconnect.com> Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2006 04:36:22 EST To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" X-Mailer: 6.0 for Windows XP sub 52 X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Subject: [ROOTS-L] Civil War Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com I am not a Civil War historian so maybe someone out there answer this question. I have heard that if a person was drafted during the Civil War, he could pay another person to take his place. I have an ancestor who is supposed to have done this. Does anyone know if in fact this was true and if records were kept by the government of such transactions? Bob Killebrew 153 Sand Dr. Naples Fl. 34104 239-643-2981 Bkiller8224@wmconnect.com