[or-roots] Finding ancestors in Revolutionary and Civil War

[ilightle2 at hotmail.com]

Eugene,

Thanks for the link to SAR, didn't know about them, my surname didn't yield anything though.

I have wondered about the conspicuous lack of military service prior to my grandfather in WW I and have asked myself more than once how they could have avoided service. My closest family has always enlisted and my high school classmates were all subject to the draft. (and a few "enlisted" to skirt jail time).

How DID things like that work before WW I?

Ingrid
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