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.
I am not disputing that. I have always said the North had a massive manpower advantage over those defending their homes.
My point about bringing up Lord Dunmore's proclamation is to point out that the Civil War was pretty much the same as the American war of independence.