Re: Conscription

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Re: Conscription

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Newton Knight enlisted as 4th Sergeant in Company F, 7th Mississippi Infantry Battalion May 13, 1862 at Quitman, Mississippi, he was paid a $50 bounty

It is my understanding that only volunteers, not conscripts, were paid the bounty.

George Martin

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