How could northern men aviod being drafted into the military services?

During the American Civil War, several Union states implemented what was initially termed the "commutation clause" of the Enrollment Act. The act allowed citizens to pay $300. or hire substitutes with military experience to take their place.

What does the Nineteenth Amendment do?

Would cities border Texas and Louisiana?

John Adams-The Second President of the United States, who opposed slavery but had to affirm
Muromachi 2nd Shogun, Tokugawa 2nd Shogun, 2nd Roman Emperor, 2nd Han Empire Emperor, Ming 2nd Emperor I think that few people will come up with their names immediately. As with these examples, few Japanese will soon see the name John Adams, and fewer will know what John Adams did. Anything shop
The Spaniard who died in George Washington's house
We moved to Havana in the 18th century, there we have an Alicante man, from Petrer, Juan de Miralles Trailhon . In 1740 he had arrived in Cuba with a small fortune that served him to court, and later be able to marry, Mª Josefa Eligio de la Puente , the most desired single woman on the entire island
The fake aztec skulls
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Fragging and fracking, two dangerous American fads
What is fragging? During the Vietnam War, between 1964 and 1975, a curious and dangerous phenomenon occurred within the US Army:the so-called fragging (act of attacking a superior in the chain of command with the intention of frightening or killing him, usually using fragmentation grenades; hence