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To: dsc

To be fair, the southern soldiers were far more conscripted than the northern soldiers.

It wasn’t so much that the southern soldiers were supporting slavery, as they were victims of the slave system.


248 posted on 06/23/2013 1:26:10 AM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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To: donmeaker

What do you think of this?

http://www.etymonline.com/cw/conscript.htm


257 posted on 06/23/2013 5:06:12 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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