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Provost Marshal Gen. Fry announced that those who paid the $300 commutation fee for the drafts of Feb. and March 1864 are exempt from all drafts for one year. Those who paid commutation money in 1863 are exempt for three years.

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Newspaper: The Valley Register

Publication Date: October 7th, 1864

Page/Column: 2B

Town: Middletown, MD

County: Frederick

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  • Home Front / Effects of War

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