2023-03 HCA Auctions
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 4/7/2023
Business card,. "Volunteers And Substitutes For The Army & Navy. SUBSTITUTES Furnished Promptly and on the Most Honorable Terms" issued by Charles H. Brocksmith, Newark N.J.The Enrollment Act of 1863 provided that a draftee could pay a "substitute" enrollee the sum of $300 (about $5,000 in today's terms) in order to enlist in his place.
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