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Each soldier received a draft notice after his name was drawn and he was expected to show up on the date stated.

Charles Weed was not a healthy and able bodied man, so he went to the authorized physician in Raymond to obtain this certificate.

In spite of being declared disabled for service in the army, Charles Weed was drafted again in 1864. He was ordered to appear in Portland on the specified date. One-way transportation was furnished.

The town held a series of meetings to vote to raise the money to pay volunteers to fill the expectations of the town's enlistment quota.

A list was made to record the names of volunteers for each draft throughout the war. Men were allowed to obtain a substitute, who would then get the bounty money, or they could pay $300 to be have their name removed.

After the claim for reimbursement was submitted, the state questioned some of the names on the list.

A number of men were from other towns, and Sebago had to prove that they had actually paid the soldier.

After the war, Daniel Hill and John Martin traveled to Augusta to submit this list of volunteers and subs who had been paid a bounty.

The state again questioned these names, and Sebago had to send further proof that they had paid the bounty to each man before they could be repaid.