[DoodleDawg]

Hence the need for the conscription act. Nobody wanted to die to either keep the black man enslaved or to free them.

So then when the Confederacy adopted conscription the year before the North passed their conscription act, was it because nobody wanted to fight for Southern independence?

[DiogenesLamp]

So then when the Confederacy adopted conscription the year before the North passed their conscription act, was it because nobody wanted to fight for Southern independence?

I guess you need a refresher on this. For the government that believed in slavery, Conscription is not hypocrisy. For the government which claimed to be against slavery, conscription is slavery and that government is a hypocrite.

Also, those defending themselves from aggression and invasion should get more leeway than those who are instituting the aggression and invasion.

I would forgive the Poles for being brutal in putting down the Nazi invaders too.

[central_va]

So then when the Confederacy adopted conscription the year before the North passed their conscription act, was it because nobody wanted to fight for Southern independence?

The North and the South needed the their form of the conscription act for opposite reasons.

The war was popular in the South all the way up to the fall of Atlanta. The problem retaining troops was not the mission, rather for the South the problem with troop retention was just being in the Confederate Army because it was so arduous, feast or famine food, maybe decent uniforms maybe not, and strict disciplinarian generals that loved to fight but cared little about the day to day running of armies. The Southern Quartermaster corps was corrupt and "sutlers" were never allowed in to relieve shortages and provide a few things to make camp life bearable.

The problem for the North was the war was not really popular. The Union had all the supplies it needed and compared to the South camp life was a vacation. Sutlers, "Hookers" and supplies were plentiful. Discipline was lighter than the South. There were a few times the Union had supply problems but that was on purpose as a tactical move they chose to break of and go without supply lines, like the "Sherman's March". There are other examples of where Union Armies were cut off (Nashville and Mississippi Campaign) but those are the exceptions.

So the war was unpopular in the North and the mission unclear. First, the war was to "preserve the union". Then, after losing battle after battle, they switched to freeing the slaves which went over like a led balloon. Draft riots and conscription soon followed.

[central_va]

The North and the South needed the their form of the conscription act for opposite reasons.

Fixed it.