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Why was the military draft controversail in both the union and the confederacy?
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Like the Vietnam War, if a man didn't have the money to buy his way out of it, he got inducted (drafted). Wealthy men in the Civil War could purchase men to take their place in the military; wealthy men in the Viet War could hire expensive lawyers or go to colleges (draft deferrments). Poor men in either war had to accept the draft or go to prison.
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What advantages did the confederates have over the union?
One advantage that the Confederacy had in the war was its talented military leaders.
Was Maryland on the union or the confederacy?
Union
Was General Robert E. Lee confederacy or union?
Confederacy.
Was general William Rosecrans Union or Confederacy?
Union
Who were the Union's military leaders who left the US Army?
There many military officers who resigned their US military commissions to become commanders in the Confederacy. Certainly the most prominent ones were Robert E. Lee and Albert S. Johnston.
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
Did the union or confederacy impose greater military and economic burdens on its citizens?
The Confederacy did b/c they called for a draft for the army and placed high taxes and tariffs on stuff to raise money for the new government and to help fight the war.
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.
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.
What year did the draft start and end?
The 3 Most Common Examples of the Military Draft in the history of the U.S.A are The Confederacy put in their draft in 1862 The Union instituted their draft in 1862 (mass riots ensued in New York and Boston) In Vietnam the military instituted a draft in early 1969
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
When did the Union implement a nation military draft?
March 3, 1863
What was the confederacy's military action as a sovereign nation?
Seizing Fort Sumter from the Union Army
What advantages did both of the union and confederacy have?
The union had more resources overall and a great military, but the confederates had a large amount of cotton.
What was the confederate military plans?
During the American Civil War, the Confederacy's initial military plan was a simple but enviable one: to defend its territory from Union incursions. Not needing to invade the Union in order to survive, the Confederacy only needed to parry any attacks that the Union might make against it.
What was the Confederacy's first military action as a sovereign nation?
Seizing Fort Sumter from the Union Army
What was the confederacy a first military action as a sovereign nation?
Seizing Fort Sumter from the Union Army
