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To: DiogenesLamp
Many of them were impressed into the Union army against their will...

Only 2% of the Union army were draftees. Over 20% of the Confederate army were draftees.

157 posted on 09/25/2012 8:42:08 AM PDT by Ditto (Nov 2, 2010 -- Partial cleaning accomplished. More trash to remove in 2012)
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To: Ditto
Only 2% of the Union army were draftees. Over 20% of the Confederate army were draftees.

Firstly, you are making a tue quoque argument. Secondly, I think your numbers are either false, or falsely reported. My reading of History recalls the circumstance of Irish immigrants being grabbed newly arrived off the ships in American Harbors. No doubt these were listed as "volunteers."

I do not begrudge a nation's right to draft it's citizens to fight in that nation's wars, but to draft immigrants from other nations, to help them fight in a war in which they had no stake? That is just dirty.

25% of the Union forces were foreigners.

193 posted on 09/26/2012 7:38:10 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp (Partus Sequitur Patrem)
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