Civil War 1863 CSA Exemption Document for Southern Millwright in North Carolina

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CONFEDERATE EXEMPTION APPLICATION.
The American Civil War was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865, between the North and the South.  Throughout the war the Southern states always faced shortages of men, supplies, and transportation.  At the conclusion of the war, many historians estimate that eighty percent of Southern men of fighting age fought for the Confederacy; therefore, applications for exemption from Confederate military service are extremely rare and valuable for collectors.
APPLICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM CONFEDERATE MILITARY SERVICE BECAUSE OF EMPLOYMENT
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The Confederate application for exemption from military service was issued to Moses P. Nicholson of North Carolina because of his employment as a millwright.  Nicholson was a person who designed or built mills and maintained mill machinery, an essential occupation for the Southern economy.  The application was submitted on April 6, 1863 a few months before the Confederate's major battlefield defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg.  The historical document is one page, in fine condition, and measures 7.0'' by 5.5''.