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What president was drafted during civil war but paid someone else?
President Grover Cleveland (22nd & 24th President) who was first elected in 1884 avoided the Civil War conscription by paying a substitute to serve in his place in the Union Army. This was entirely legal under the Conscription Act of 1863 and made President Cleveland the U.S.'s first "draft dodger."
What was used to recruit soldiers in the civil war?
The enrollment act of 1863- made every able bodied white male citizen ages 20-45 eligible for the draft into the Union Army. Confederacy's conscription act- all able bodied white men aged 18-35 were required to serve in the military for 3 years.
Which war did conscription start?
The Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 established the Selective Service System as an independent agency. The first draft numbers were drawn in 1940 before the US was attacked at Pearl Harbor. The reason was that the size of the armed forces in 1940 was only about 190,000 men. At the peak of the war, the army(including air force) reached a size of 8 Million.
What law drafted 3 million Americans into military service during World War 1?
The Conscription Act of 1917
How did the north respond to the growing demand for fresh troops during the Civil War?
The North responded to the growing demand for fresh troops during the civil war by creatinng conscription laws in 1863.
