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poking fun at the policy of hiring substitutes for the draft https://gettysburg.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p4016coll2/id/1722/
August 30th, 1862 Edition pokes fun at the policy of draft substitution.As the Civil War intensified both North & South instituted policies that were unpopular but nevertheless Harper’s Weekly was ready to “poke fun” at the policy as seen below in their cartoon published in August of 62.
What is the policy portrayed in the cartoon?
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