South Danvers Wizard, 2/3/1864, p. 2/4
“The new conscription bill, as it has passed the U.S. Senate, provides that the quota of each ward, town, county or township, shall be, as nearly as possible, in proportion to the number of men resident therein liable to military service, taking into account the number already furnished, including those for the naval service.”

South Danvers Wizard, 2/10/1864, p. 2/1
THE NEW CALL [Editorial] – “The President’s last call for 200,000 ‘more’ needs the prompt attention of our citizens, if they avoid the stigma of a draft to fill the quota of our town.  The time is short.  We cannot move too soon or too energetically….”

South Danvers Wizard, 2/17/1864, p. 2/1
“By the official order, in our advertising column, it will be perceived that the number of men to be furnished by the several cities and towns in this Commonwealth, under the latest call of the President, will be two thirds as many as were assigned them under the last previous call.”

South Danvers Wizard, 2/17/1864, p. 2/3
RECRUITING FUND – Report of the Rallying Committee.

South Danvers Wizard, 3/30/1864, p. 2/3
THE DRAFT – “By the statement put forth by the War Department, it seems that the Quota of Massachusetts under the last call for 200,000, is 10,639 – deficiency, 9,953; adding these two amounts together gives 20,592, the real amount of our indebtedness…”

South Danvers Wizard, 4/6/1864, p. 2/1
THE DRAFT – “The following is the official announcement of the quotas to be furnished by the different towns and cities in District Number Five, under the new call for ‘two hundred thousand more’…”

South Danvers Wizard, 4/13/1864, p. 2/3
[Letter to the Editor] – “So. Danvers, April 12, 1864, Mr. Editor, - Is there any reason known to you, or to anybody else, why the public should not be informed of the condition and success of our recruiting business from time to time?  There seems to be a great contrariety of statements in circulation as to the number of new recruits we have and the number required.  Next Friday is set down as the day the draft is to take place.  Is there to be any draft in South Danvers, or are we ‘out of the draft’?  Please institute an investigation and see if you cannot communicate some definite facts upon the subject to MANY READERS.”

South Danvers Wizard, 4/13/1864, p. 2/3
DRAFT – “We would say, as a partial reply to the inquiry made up by our correspondent above, we learn that there will be no draft in the Congressional District on Friday next. We believe that the order of the Government is not that the draft shall take place on the 15th, but as soon as the 15th as is practicable.  We learn that it is not practicable to make the draft till next week or week after, as all enlistments in the army and navy up to the 15th must be ascertained and credited on the enrollment.  To do this will certainly require several days.”

South Danvers Wizard, 5/4/1864, p. 2/3
OUR QUOTAS – “It is now stated as a fixed fact that South Danvers is nine men short of filling her quotas, and Danvers, forty in excess.  The latter must be a good place for those dreading a draft to live in.”

South Danvers Wizard, 5/18/1864, p. 2/3
THE DRAFT – “The following named South Danvers men were conscripted by the draft at the Provost Marshal’s office in Salem last Friday:  Samuel R. Bray, 35, shoemaker; Jas. A. Boynton, 28, shoe cutter; Joseph H. Safford, 28, tanner; Geo. W. Whitten, 24, tin man; Jesse W. Wilkins, 30, clerk; Samuel Trask, 30, mason; George W. White, 37, shoemaker; Isaac Twiss, Jr., 30, trader; Chas. E. Wilson, 29, farmer; William Perkins, 35, glue maker.”

South Danvers Wizard, 6/1/1864, p. 2/1
THE DRAFT – “Our quota having been reduced from seven to five, and the law passed last winter not authorizing a surplus to be drawn, the first five of the eleven named individuals we published week before last have been summoned to appear at the Provost Marshall’s office, and we understand that four of them passes, viz: - Samuel R. Bray, James A. Boynton, Joseph H. Safford, and George W. Whitten. The latter has furnished a substitute, and Mr. Safford paid the commutation fee. Joseph F. Peabody was discharged.”