"Bounty Jumpers: Con-Men Paid to Enlist then Desert" Topic
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| Tango01 | 06 Sep 2019 9:35 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…"
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| Dan Cyr | 07 Sep 2019 7:04 p.m. PST |
And be caught, then shot. Dan |
| Tango01 | 08 Sep 2019 3:55 p.m. PST |
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bases them up.