Title	Exemption from conscription
Description	A form used by the Confederate Army Department of Conscripts. This form is dated December 17, 1862.
Historical note	In the early days of the war, the Confederacy allowed a limited substitution system. The first Confederate Conscription Act permitted substitutes from men not legally liable to service at the rate of one man a month in each company. The Second Conscription Act required men with substitutes again be eligible to serve, leading to much dissension and legal action. By late 1863 the Confederacy abolished the whole system. Scholars have never accurately compiled the number of substitutes.
Date	1862 December 17
Creator	Confederate States of America. Bureau of Conscription
Place	Knoxville (Tenn.)
Collection name	Lillard Family Papers, 1806-1913
Collection finding aid	http://sos.tn.gov/products/tsla/lillard-family-papers-1806-1913
Accession number	480
Subjects - LCSH	Civil War America; United States -- History -- 1783-1865; United States -- History--1849-1877; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; Knoxville (Tenn.); Conscription, Military
Owning institution	Tennessee State Library and Archives
ID#	35109
Microfilm number	117
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	Image/jpeg
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