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From: "Ralph M.Huppert" <>
Subject: Re: [S-H-RTS] Killings in the 1880???
Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 08:17:54 -0400
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Lars,

Do you happen to know where are the service records and regimental histories of
these conscripts and military units? My gg grandfather, Hans Hinrich Kähler
(1784-1861), was a musketeer in the Oldenburg Infantry Regiment and I have never
been able to document his service.

Ralph Huppert
Bailey's Crossroads, VA


Lars Jørgen Helbo wrote:

> At 00:14 18-08-2000 +0200, M.Lewerenz wrote:
> >I would not say they used them as cannon fodder, but I also know from my own
> >family that many Schleswig-Holsteiner left their country after the
> >danish-prussian/austrian war. While S-H. belonged to Danmark they could
> >pay for
> >not becoming a soldier
>
> No, you could not pay to avoid military duty, but you could provide a
> substitute. This means if a man did not want to do his military duty, he
> could pay somebody else to do it for him. However, for obvious reasons this
> was not very common.
>
> Before 1849 conscripts were all men, who were born in peasant families.
> This means the sons of noble people, priest and citizens of the cities were
> not conscripts. But this means that something like >95% of the population
> _were_ conscripts, and many of those, who were not, were rather rich and
> therefore probably not very willing to take the job.
>
> After 1849 every young man had to do his military duty.
>
> Therefore I think you can imagine that it would be virtually impossible for
> a poor farmer to find and pay such a substitute.
> --
> Lars Jørgen Helbo
> ---
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