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If the North was so excited to fight the south in the Civil war..then why have a draft for it?
no need to have a draft if all able bodied men are going to join to the war.. why did north force many to fight and die??
11 Answers
- Anonymous11 months agoFavorite Answer
The north was having trouble drumming-up support for the Civil War so they made-up the rumor about the war being caused by slavery .......Worked.
- Needful SinnerLv 711 months ago
You have a battle, x amount die... all wonderful to have conscripts but you can't just throw them in, they do need to be trained.
Demand for replacement exceeded logistics, so get more.
- jeeper_peeper321Lv 711 months ago
NYC announced they were gonna have conscription for the civil war
that lead to the draft riots in NYC, where they tried to kill every black person in NYC
they even went so far as to try and burn down a Black orphanage with 400 children inside, luckily the army got there fast enough to save the children
the democrats in NYC were no different than the democrats in the south-- just evil people, then and now.
- Anonymous11 months ago
EXCELLENT POINT!
Many will overlook the New York Draft Riots or the Union recruiting Irish immigrants off the boat!
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- STEVEN FLv 711 months ago
I DEFY you to cite a reliable source the there was a draft anywhere close to the start of that war.
- ?Lv 711 months ago
Cite your source that "the North was so excited to fight the south in the Civil war."
- hamel5Lv 711 months ago
Sorry sport - the South actually had a draft first.
Source(s): https://u-s-history.com/pages/h249.html - Anonymous11 months ago
I've literally heard conservatives call it "The War of Northern Aggression."