17. Lincoln Was Sort Of Drafted In The Civil War
Of course, by the time the Civil War started, Abraham Lincoln was too old to serve in the Union Army. However, this did not mean that the Union Army would not drift the president in a little more honorable way. In 1864, the president of the 3rd Ward Draft Club, Noble D. Larner, was given the task of finding a substitute to serve in the Civil War for Lincoln. John Summerfield Staples was this substitute, who not only met Lincoln but also paid $500.