To: Ursus arctos horribilis
"In the south Jews enlisted overwhelmingly to fight for their country, not so in the north, there they were for the most part conscripted. (read drafted)"
In 1862, the Confederacy conscripted every man who was between the ages of 18 and 35.
64 posted on
05/13/2005 7:08:59 PM PDT by
familyop
("Let us try" sounds better, don't you think? "Essayons" is so...Latin.)
To: familyop
"In 1862, the Confederacy conscripted every man who was between the ages of 18 and 35."
And, what does this have to do with the Jewish enlistment rates of north versus south?? Hard to conscript if they were already serving.
93 posted on
05/14/2005 11:28:47 AM PDT by
Ursus arctos horribilis
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