Lincoln imposed the suspension on prisoners of war, spies, or aiders and abettors of the enemy, as well as on other classes of people, such as draft dodgers.
A draft dodger was someone who had failed to present himself for conscription.
He was imprisoned on suspicion of being a draft dodger who was pretending to be insane.
Vanzetti can not testify on his own behalf without alienating the jury as an anarchist, atheist, and draft dodger.
The song tells the story of a draft dodger who makes a prison escape.
Military policemen searched on foot for draft dodgers and deserters.
In addition, the state had an interest in ensuring that the medreses would not become safe havens for draft dodgers.
The most common tactics were dodging and desertion, and many communities sheltered and defended their draft dodgers as political heroes.
