He opted to pay a substitute to do his service.
Although this was legal, under the Conscription Act of 1863, it was a bad law which caused much resentment in the ranks, and brought some very poor material into the armies.
The president during the Civil War was Abraham Lincoln.
Andrew Jackson
Without a doubt - he was the hero of the war
JF Kennedy
US Grant.
No: He was president of the USA, but was not involved in any fighting.
President Dwight Eisenhower was the commanding general of the victorious forces in Europe during world war 2.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Ulysses S. Grant
Eisenhower
It is Soekarno, the first president of Indonesia.
D. Eisenhower