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Originally posted by Airbornelawyer
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Long's congressional bio says he was born in 1838. He was admitted to the bar in 1861 and began practicing law in Maine. In 1863 he moved to Massachusetts and continued to practice law.
Does anyone remember something happening in the early 1860s that a twentysomething guy like this ought to have taken some part in?
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Considering that the Northern elite bought their way out of the draft, it isn't surprising. Go give some money to the family of some poor guy fresh off the baot and voila!, your own "deferment."