696039 Circular no. 12, a blank application for exemption from service in the Confederate Army, 24 March 1864 (litho) by American School, (19th century); 32.5x19.2 cm; Gilder Lehrman Collection, New York, USA; (add.info.: "Unsigned. Application issued by the command of Preston, Superintendent of the Bureau of Conscription. Offers exemption from conscription for ""agriculturalists"" or ""overseers,"" binding them to deliver meat and sell surplus crops at fixed prices to Confederate army agents." Preston, John Smith, 1809-1881. Preston, John Smith (1809-1881)); 穢 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History ; American, out of copyright.