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The North was not forced to pass conscription laws until 1863. Prior to that, Northern states recruited volunteers based on the idea that the Union should remain united. As news of bloody battles and high casualties were reported, there were fewer volunteers than when the war first began. For the most part, Northern volunteers did not go to war to free slaves. Most had no likening for slavery, however, they did not, as a whole fight to end slavery. Most soldiers lived in states without slavery, therefore the slavery issue was not vital to them.

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