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Confederate States of America. Congress An act to provide for the more efficient execution of conscription, and for the arrest of deserters and absentees from the armies

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC08980.08 Author/Creator: Confederate States of America. Congress Place Written: Richmond, Virginia Type: Printed document Date: January 10 1865 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 15.5 cm Order a Copy

Confederate bill presented by the minority of a Congressional Committee on conscription, with a request that this bill be passed, instead of the bill propossed by the majority of the committee. Bill would order a Bureau of Conscription formed at Richmond, details the workings of the Bureau, and other matters related to conscription.

Confederate States of America, 1860-1870

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