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To: Bull Snipe
Which is why you wouldn't want to be a draftee.

The draft law still outfitted the ranks of the North, and I believe much less so in the South because they were fighting invaders, and people naturally volunteer to fight invaders.

121 posted on 04/28/2022 1:18:11 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

One other manpower move the North made that paid of greatly was to open the army up for enlistment of free blacks and former slaves. This brought over 100,000 men into the Union Army.


122 posted on 04/28/2022 1:51:17 PM PDT by Bull Snipe
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