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Office of Receiver of Commutation Money, 1863 Receipt for $300 for Draftee to Avoid the Draft.

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Paper Money - United States Start Price:250.00 USD Estimated At:350.00 - 500.00 USD
Office of Receiver of Commutation Money, 1863 Receipt for $300 for Draftee to Avoid the Draft.
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Yonkers, New York. November 28, 1863. Duplicate receipt for payment of $300 by James McLean from the Town of Yonkers, "É.who was drafted into the service of the U.S. on the 24th day of September 1863É..the sum of Three Hundred (300) Dollars, to obtain, under Section 13 of the "Act for enrolling and calling out the National Forces, and for other purposes," approved March 3rd, 1863, discharge from further liability under the draft". Signed by the "Receiver of Commutation Money", VF to XF condition. The Enrollment Act, enacted March 3, 1863, also known as the Civil War Military Draft Act, was a legislation passed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War to provide fresh manpower for the Union Army. A form of conscription, the controversial act required the enrollment of every male citizen and those immigrants who had filed for citizenship between ages twenty and forty-five. Federal agents established a quota of new troops due from each congressional district. In some cities, particularly New York City, enforcement of the act sparked civil unrest as the war dragged on, leading to the New York Draft Riots on July 13Ð16. It replaced the previous Militia Act of 1862.