[Held_to_Ransom]

Jefferson Davis suspended Habeus Corpus for every single living person in the Confederacy, and except for the 3.5 million slaves who never had it a day in their lives, and who were legally counted as furniture, not people.

Every single man who carried arms in the Confederate Army did so under National Conscription.

[4CJ]

Every single man who carried arms in the Confederate Army did so under National Conscription.

We've had this debate before and you were wrong then just as you are now. Many Confederates - black, red, yellow and white - were more than happy to enlist. Many were conscripted - just as the Yankees were.