Military Status--Military substitutes

The Union and Confederacy allowed drafted men to supply another man to fight in their place, referred to as a military substitute. As this provision required capital, it led to the popular criticism that the war was a "rich man's war and a poor man's fight."

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Letter from J. D. L. Davenport to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 14, 1861
Letter from J. E. Douglass to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; May 23, 1861
Letter from Rice H. Winter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 21, 1862
Letter to Mississippi Governor John Jones Pettus; May 14, 1862
Letter from George N. Hunt to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 26, 1862
Letter from S. V. Clark to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; July 28, 1862
Letter from Julia M. Spencer to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 15, 1862
Letter from L. T. McKenzie to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; August 12, 1862
Letter from J. T. Daniel to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; September 29, 1862
Letter from Laban Caraway to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; November 6, 1862
Letter from Thomas W. Harris to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 4, 1863
Letter to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; February 12, 1863
Letter from E. H. Hicks to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; Undated
Telegram from J. B. Deason to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 20, 1864
Telegram from J. J. McLean to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 28, 1864
Telegram from C. E. Hooker to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; August 23, 1864
Letter from Captain W. E. Montgomery to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; January 26, 1864
Letter from H. R. Ware to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; July 2, 1864
Application of S. J. Harper; August 4, 1864
Letter from Chaplain M. N. Casky to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 3, 1864
Letter from Joshua Green and A. MacFarland to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark; September 24, 1864
Letter from J. O. Myers to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 25, 1863
Letter from R. A. Rutledge to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; April 27, 1863
Letter from E. W. Lacey to T. A. Burgin; April 28, 1863
Letter from Captain John S. Neal to Mississippi Governor John J. Pettus; June 23, 1863