"Bounty Jumpers: Con-Men Paid to Enlist then Desert" Topic
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| Tango01 | 04 May 2019 9:43 p.m. PST |
"They say that there is always someone who will make money out of a war and the Civil War was no exception. One of the ways that some people tried to make a quick buck was to enlist in the place of someone who did not want to enlist – for a fee. Having received the money, these con men (known as bounty jumpers) would then desert and enlist again somewhere else to receive another bounty payment. Some were remarkably adept at getting away with it and made a comfortable living from it for a while…"
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