[0.E.O]

The Emancipation Proclamation went over like wet fart up North. It spawned Conscription Riots and the Copperheads to go Hermitile.

I thought conscription spawned the Conscription Riots. Hence the name. Silly me.

[central_va]

Nobody wanted to be drafted to fight for the “black man”. It was ok to volunteer for Lincoln’s War but being drafted was a whole different kettle of fish.