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'''What draft records contain:<br>'''• Name<br>• Residence<br>• Age as of 1 July 1863<br>• Place of birth<br>• Marital status<br>• Race<br>• Occupation  
'''What draft records contain:<br>'''• Name<br>• Residence<br>• Age as of 1 July 1863<br>• Place of birth<br>• Marital status<br>• Race<br>• Occupation  


INFORMATION FROM: Meier, Michael T. "Genealogy Notes: Civil War Draft Records: Exemptions and Enrollments," Prologue, Quarterly of the National Archives 26:1 (Spring 1994) FHL book 973 B2p.  
INFORMATION FROM: Meier, Michael T. "Genealogy Notes: Civil War Draft Records: Exemptions and Enrollments," Prologue, Quarterly of the National Archives 26:1 (Spring 1994) {{ FHL| 973 B2p}}.  


To find a name in the records, you must first determine the congressional district in which your ancestor lived. Congressional district numbers are listed in the following:  
To find a name in the records, you must first determine the congressional district in which your ancestor lived. Congressional district numbers are listed in the following:  
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