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.
123 posted on 04/28/2022 1:55:23 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp
("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
a hundred thousand soldiers is a hundred thousand soldiers.
Even the Confederacy came around to realize that pool of manpower may support their cause. But changing the law in 1865 did little to benefit the Confederate war effort.
124 posted on 04/28/2022 2:04:19 PM PDT by Bull Snipe