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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC05987.42 |
| From Archive Folder | Collection of Confederate Imprints and Broadsides |
| Title | Circular no. 12, a blank application for exemption from service in the Confederate Army |
| Date | 24 March 1864 |
| Author | Preston, John Smith (1809-1881) |
| Document Type | Broadside; Military document; Legal document |
| Content Description | Unsigned. Application issued by the command of Preston, Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription. Offers exemption from conscription for "agriculturalists" or "overseers," binding them to deliver meat and sell surplus crops at fixed prices to Confederate army agents. |
| Subjects | Civil War Military History Confederate States of America Conscription Agriculture and Animal Husbandry Military Provisions |
| People | Preston, John Smith (1809-1881) |
| Place written | Richmond, Virginia |
| Theme | The American Civil War; Agriculture; Law |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |