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Gen
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Gen asked in Politics & GovernmentMilitary · 11 months ago

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??

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  • Anonymous
    11 months ago
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    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.

  • 11 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.

  • 11 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.

  • Anonymous
    11 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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  • 11 months ago

    I DEFY you to cite a reliable source the there was a draft anywhere close to the start of that war.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    11 months ago

    Cite your source that "the North was so excited to fight the south in the Civil war."

  • Pearl
    Lv 7
    11 months ago

    maybe cause thats just the way they do things

  • hamel5
    Lv 7
    11 months ago

    Sorry sport - the South actually had a draft first. 

  • Anonymous
    11 months ago

    I've literally heard conservatives call it "The War of Northern Aggression."

  • Mandy
    Lv 7
    11 months ago

    Are you purposely being stupid?

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