After the first year or two of the war the number of men volunteering for the war dropped so much the government had to resort to the draft to fill the ranks of the military. One of the unique aspects of the Civil War draft was that a person could buy their way out of the draft. The law was this - It permitted a man to hire a substitute  to take his place if he was drafted. How much money was paid out was determined by market value (supply and demand). The following men hired substitutes from Rochester, NH to go into the military and thus avoid the military.

On the left is the person who paid for the substitute
On the right is the Rochester man who went into the military as a substitute
AVOIDED DRAFTSUBSTITUTE
James RichardsHenry J. Armstrong
S.F. McDufeeRobert Bennet
George W. ChesleyMoses D. Brackett
Lewis J. SmithCharles Brown
Thomas HallJohn Browning
Peter DonlayJames Bryant
George S. HusseyPatrick Caine
John W. HallJohn Chesley
Edwin WallaceCharles Crockett
Simon L. HorneGeorge Curtis
David HamWilliam Damzen
George ClarkJohn Davis
Enos HusseyPatrick Donahue
Seth T. HurdF. Foslin Fourin
John YoungMichael Gilligan
Dudley W. HayesWilliam Hedrick
George SpringfieldJohn Hinckley
E. G. WallaceH. Hunter
G. F. FallsStephen Jenness
John B. DameRobert Johnson
Nathaniel CrossWilliam Johnson
Edward B. MillsHosea B. Knox
M.V.B. WentworthPatrick McCormack
Dudley B. WaldronJames Morrison
Jeremiah RandallJames Morse
Joseph McDuffeeJohn Murray
William AbbottCharles Parker
Charles HayesCharles Patterson
William TobenNathaniel Perkins
William RandHenry Pitchenger
John W. TebbetsWilliam Rosier
John F. LowJames Russell
Noah JennessWalter Shurhan
G.H. TiltonHarlow Somonds
Charles BickfordSamuel Simonds
George NyeJoseph Smith
J.W. HamHenry Stansbury
Edward HurdEdward Stanton
Joseph HurdLyman Stone
Charles WilleyWilliam Thomas
Hiram S. OsborneRobert Watson
John AveryRoland Whicher
George W. WentworthPatrick White
Dyer P. HallGeorge Whitefield
John TwomblyJohn Wilson
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