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To: Dalberg-Acton

Conscription started in the Confederacy.


44 posted on 01/25/2014 10:03:15 PM PST by Colonel Kangaroo
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To: Colonel Kangaroo
Regardless, those conscripted weren't likely fighting for "what they thought was right".

From the wikipedia:
The vast majority of troops were volunteers; however, of the 2,100,000 Union soldiers, about 2% were draftees, and another 6% were substitutes paid by draftees.

45 posted on 01/25/2014 10:11:35 PM PST by Dalberg-Acton
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