[Cleburne]

The Confederacy would have been over in a matter of months without its army, the members of which were almost overwhelmngly driven by an urge to drive out the invaders. Now, I believe the North should not have issued a call for arms and escalate to war as it did, but rather work things out peacefully, with some concesions to the South such as Sumter. We can argue all day whether this was possible; I think it was, but perhaps it wasn't. At any rate war passions ran high and the North and South paid dear for it in blood.

[WhiskeyPapa]

The Confederacy would have been over in a matter of months without its army, the members of which were almost overwhelmngly driven by an urge to drive out the invaders.

Which urge waned pretty quicky and the Richmond government had to resort to conscription in April, 1862--because there was little enthusiasm for re-elistment.

Walt

[Non-Sequitur]

The Confederacy would have been over in a matter of months without its army, the members of which were almost overwhelmngly driven by an urge to drive out the invaders.

The members of which were almost 30% draftees. And a large percentage of the remainder were forced to remain in past their original enlistment. But I'm sure that those who were left no doubt were driven by an urge to drive out the invaders.