[billbears]

No Walt I'll touch it and I've covered this before. Unlike abe who micromanaged every aspect of the War, which begs the question how could he NOT know of the travesties his army was doing not only to the army of the South, but her citizens, regardless of age or sex, or the property in the South? (as covered in the Official Record)

Several of the Confederate States did allow for enlistment of blacks, Tennessee being one in particular . Also many of the men came straight off their farms, started companies within their own towns without being officially tied to the Confederate Army. There are plenty of reasons and you as well know that. Just because official documentation didn't come down from Richmond until late in the War doesn't mean it didn't happen. As I said, the South in the beginning took a different outlook on what roles the general government should play. And micromanaging their soldiers, even to the point of punishing them for freeing slaves, was not something that was done so 'efficiently' as lincoln did

[WhiskeyPapa]

As I said, the South in the beginning took a different outlook on what roles the general government should play.

Is that why it passed a conscription act that it forced on the states in April, 1862?

Add some meat to your posts. Show some numbers and some contemporary sources.

Walt