The USA enlisted a large number of men in the spring of 1861 for three years. The so-called CSA enlisted a large number of men in the spring of 1861 for one year. After that first year, the so-called CSA had to conscript those volunteers for the duration. After three years (and before what they all knew would be a bloody summer) over 100,000 Union veterans re-enlisted voluntarily.
These facts help give the lie in the record to the CSA myth that these weak people continue to perpetrate. I guess they need myth for a crutch.
Walt
Curious Walt, what exact power was it again under the Constitution that these men were 'enlisted' for three years? Never mind, you already know the answer to that (there wasn't one), and you know it's just another example of the northern Tyrant wiping his rear with the Constitution.