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Susan Higginbotham · (This post was last modified: 01-26-2021 12:19 PM by Susan Higginbotham.)

Weichmann didn't get his government job until January 1864 (according to his memoir). Before that, he taught school. While in the War Department, he was a member of the War Department Rifles, so perhaps that counted as service?

(01-24-2021 06:32 PM)RJNorton Wrote: How about Weichmann and the draft? Several years ago Susan posted a letter Weichmann wrote to Father John B. Menu (on the faculty of St. Charles College). Regarding the draft, Weichmann wrote:

"The draft has not yet taken place at Ellicott Mills, and consequently I know not yet what will become of me. In case I am drafted, I will have recourse to your influence with the Government to obtain my exemption."

It was actually Menu who was writing to Weichmann, asking Weichmann to intervene if Menu got drated.