During the Civil War, different exemptions applied to draftees in both the Union and Confederate armies.
- Immigrant men who had filed for citizenship typically would not be exempt, as citizenship status could make them eligible for the draft.
- Wealthy men could often pay a fee to avoid being drafted, so they were not technically exempt but could evade the draft through financial means.
- Married men were often exempt from the draft, particularly in the Confederate army, where many states provided exemptions for men with families to support.
- African American men were not initially subject to the draft in the Union army (though this changed after the Emancipation Proclamation). In the Confederacy, African Americans were largely enslaved or not considered eligible for military service.
Given this context, the most accurate response would be married men, as they were generally exempt from the draft in the Confederate states.
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