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To: DesertRhino
The draft was first instituted by the Confederates, and resistance to the Confederate draft was endemic to the rebel system. And the Confederate desertion rate also shows that devotion to the slaveowners’ war was very limited.
26 posted on 08/25/2017 12:13:25 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Colonel Kangaroo

Particularly since Southerners that owned 20 or more slaves were exempt from being drafted into the Confederate Army.


37 posted on 08/25/2017 2:14:23 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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