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What explains why the confederacy did not draft slaves and free blacks into the army?
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Because it would have run counter to the whole meaning of the Confederacy. Confederate meant white.
When the Southern armies were starting to run out of manpower, one General suggested recruiting black troops, and the comment was struck from the minutes of the meeting and hushed up till after the war.
Not till the final weeks of the combat did they start recruiting blacks, and it was too late to make any difference.
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Why did the confederacy not draft slaves and free blacks into the army?
That would be like turkeys voting for Xmas.
Why didn't the confederacy draft slaves and free blacks into the army?
Because it was already bad enough what blacks had to go through at that time!
Why the confederacy did not draft slaves and free blacks into the army?
That would be like turkeys voting for Xmas.
What is the explanation to why the Confederacy did not draft slaves and free blacks into the army?
Your "facts" are in error.Between 65,000 and 100,000 blacks served in the Confederate Army. Let me restate that: as many as 100,000 blacks served in the Army of the South. These men were cooks, musicians, and soldiers.Of the 179,000 blacks who served in all aspects of the Union Army and 19,000 who served in the Navy, 40,000 died in service.Where the majority of Northern blacks volunteered, many of the Southern blacks were pressed into service, although quite a few volunteered to serve in the Confederate cause.
Why do both confederacy and union need to use a draft?
The Union and Confederacy needed to start a draft because both need more soldiers in their army
Why did both the union and the confederacy need to use draft?
they needed to draft people so they could fight for what they believed in! That's wrong every body
What were the main differences between the draft laws of the Union and the Confederacy?
There were two major difference between the draft laws of the Confederacy and the Union. They differed in these ways:A. In the Union, a citizen who was drafted did not have to serve if they could pay the Government $300 or find a person to replace himself;B. In the Confederacy, a person was subject to the draft unless they owned 20 or more slaves.Those are the major differences. Ages of eligibility in the South was expanded later on.
A problem for confederacy in starting a draft of soldiers was that?
it went against the belief in a limited government power
Why did both the US and the Confederacy introduce draft laws?
During the US Civil War, both the Confederacy and the Union passed draft laws. They believed that the previous method of relying on volunteers was not providing enough recruits to their military organizations. The South passed their draft law in the Spring of 1862 and the North passed theirs one year later.
In the South a man who owned more than slaves did not have to enlist for the draft.?
20. Question unclear. More what than slaves?
What was the political effect of the Emancipation Proclamation?
Many of the poor Irish emigrants protested the proclamation, leading to riots when the Union instituted the draft. It gave the Union the moral high ground so that: diplomatically, it prevented England, France, and Spain from recognizing The Confederacy as a sovereign nation, preventing them from lending direct military or financial support.
What happened in new york city when the draft was issued?
Abe Linicon said that all slaves were free south( confeerate) but the border state slaves were still slaves!
