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To: 0.E.O

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.


154 posted on 06/12/2013 1:40:56 PM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: central_va

Oddly, the insurrection resorted to the drafted long before the US.

And noone really wanted to fight for slavery either, as you tell us.

“A rich man’s war, but a poor man’s fight.” was the way they put it.

Slave owners got deferments. Non-slave owners were conscripted into the militia, and the militia was forced to patrol for runaway slaves long before the war started.


170 posted on 06/12/2013 8:19:54 PM PDT by donmeaker (Blunderbuss: A short weapon, ... now superceded in civilized countries by more advanced weaponry.)
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