civil war draft

A Civil War Draft Registration with Exact Birth Dates

Genealogists have a love-hate relationship with clerks. Sometimes they cannot write, use the word “unknown” as if it were going out of style, and have handwriting that would send third grade penmanship teachers into spasms. And then there’s this guy: R. H. Bacon, the “Enrolling Officer” who wrote the Civil War era draft lists for […]

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