[Heyworth]

ex-slaves in the South were forcibly conscripted into the Federal army

And a third of the CSA army were conscripts.

[since 1854]

After April 1862, ALL Confederate soldiers were conscripts, since the rebel conscription law kept all soldiers in the ranks indefintely, regardless of when their terms of service were supposed to expire. Union troops, on the other hand, where free to go home when their 3-year enlistment terms expired. Three-quarters re-upped voluntarily.