The Drafted Men. -- The records of the draft in West Chester County, as far as regards the names of the men drafted, are generally missing, though the bonds necessary to save them from going to the front remained, to be finally extinguished, in 1881. In the town of East Chester, however, I have succeeded in securing a copy of the names of the men drafted, and the prices paid for substitutes, which makes very interesting reading at the present day.

It embraces the calls for July, 1804, and the last call in December of the same year. Mr. Stephen Bogart was supervisor for the year, and his name appears among the list of the drafted men. The numbers drawn by the provost marshal appear to have been taken at random over the county, for they are not continuous. The first man caught in East Chester

is No. 964, William M. Harward, while the highest number is 3241. There were two hundred and thirteen men drawn in the town, altogether. Some took the commutation of three hundred dollars, allowed by the State, and furnished their own substitutes, in the best way they knew how. Others furnished the substitutes at a definite cost; but the greater part let the town military committee do all the work, through the bounty brokers, who settled the whole business.

Of the whole two hundred and thirteen, only two entered the service, taking the bounty money themselves.

Their names will be found in the list.

The following men were paid the commutation of three hundred dollars, under the Conscription Act, and made their own bargains with substitutes, at their own risk :