From The New-York Times October 9, 1863:
Arrests for Defrauding the Draft.
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Thursday, Oct. 8.
PETER P. MURPHY, examining Surgeon of the Board of Enrollment at Lockport, has been held to bail in $5,000 for accepting money; and F.F. HOYER was held to bail in the same amount for offering money to MURPHY to exempt drafted men. Their examination will be held in this city.
or just bribe the surgeon
You can read about the 1862 political cartoon at the Library of Congress
