You could pay someone else to take your place.
she starts serving the in the civil war April of 1861
The American Flag could be considered the symbol of the Union.
That's what caused the Civil War.
He could be a seargent.
The Union's conscription laws that were passed in March of 1863, had a few loopholes that allowed potential draftees to avoid serving in the US military forces. One of the loopholes was that a $300 payment to the US Treasury would exempt a person from having to serve. Approximately $15 million was raised by the government this way.
That no-one could leave the union and there would never be slavery ever again. But mainly that no-one could leave the union.
The Union allowed buyouts or '$300 men' pretty consistently. The South may have done it to some extent but a universal draft was in place by the end of 1863. There were no buyouts.
The fact that the Union won the Civil War saved the Union.
It's clear that the Union had a large draft pool of men. Many millions of them. Combined with all the other resources it had, it's clear the Union could have won the Civil War without slaves. It was a good sign however, that thousands of former slaves joined the Union forces.
Yes, blacks were accepted into the Union army and fought with distinction. A man who had been drafted could get out of it by hiring a substitute. He had to find someone willing to take his place and pay him a substantial bonus to enlist. I seem to remember that the bonus was $100.00 but I could be wrong. Michael Montagne
Civil Service Union was created in 1944.
Civil Service Union ended in 1988.