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
Place	Knoxville (Tenn.)
Creator	Confederate States of America -- Conscription Bureau
Collection name	Lillard Family Papers, 1806-1913
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
Accession number	480
Owning institution	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	35109
Digital type	IMAGE
Digital format	TIFF
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Microfilm number	117
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