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To: 4ConservativeJustices
Why should I? You have yet to post any document that proves they were draftees - not volunteers - and that their terms were for 3 years.<

That proves it. You don't know your history for beans. LOL>>>>....

Try the Journal of the Confederate Congress, II, 154; V, 228.

1,173 posted on 10/16/2003 2:19:50 PM PDT by Held_to_Ransom
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To: Held_to_Ransom
That proves it. You don't know your history for beans. LOL>>>>...

No, it just proves you can't read, and don't understand your that the acts in question did not apply to "ALL" Confederates, and that they could still volunteer. Senate Bill 32 (p. 153):

On motion by Mr. Baker, to amend the bill by inserting:

Sec. --. All persons subject to enrollment, who are not now in the service, under the provisions of this act, shall be permitted, previous to such enrollment, to volunteer in companies now in the service,

It was determined in the affirmative.

Vol V, pp. 219-220

All of the persons aforesaid who are now in the armies of the Confederacy... [many were in STATE militias]

Provided, however, That all such companies, squadrons, battalions, and regiments, whose term of original enlistment was for twelve months, shall have the right, within forty days, on a day to be fixed by the commander of the brigade, to reorganize said companies, battalions, and regiments. [swap units]

Provided further, That all persons under the age of eighteen years or over the age of thirty-five years, who are now enrolled in the military service of the Confederate States, in the regiments, battalions, and companies hereafter to be reorganized, shall be required to remain in their respective companies, battalions, and regiments for ninety days, unless their places can be sooner supplied by other recruits not now in the service.


1,175 posted on 10/16/2003 3:45:12 PM PDT by 4CJ (Come along chihuahua, I want to hear you say yo quiero taco bell. - Nolu Chan, 28 Jul 2003)
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