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A 5 page paper which examines the problems involved in the Union and Confederate efforts to raise armies, specifically considering conscription, bounties, and substitutes (exemptions). Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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would be in endless supply. Before the slavery issue divided the United States into northern and southern regional divisions, there was a Regular Army system, in which enlistees served
for five years (Matlof Multimedia U.S. History). There was also the United States Army, for which there was no nationality requirement, and most of the recruited infantrymen were not
native Americans, and were neither an impressive military unit, nor "a unified striking force" (Matlof Multimedia U.S. History). With the Southern secession from the union, the Regular Army was
depleted substantially by Jefferson Daviss formation of a Confederate Army (Matlof Multimedia U.S. History). For this reason, President Abraham Lincoln established a 40-regiment volunteer unit of over 40,000 men,
who were committed to serve either three years or until the end of the war (Matlof Multimedia U.S. History). Statistically speaking,
it would certainly appear that the North always had the clear advantage, in terms of manpower. According to 1860 census statistics, there were 31,443,321 living in the U.S., with
approximately 23,000,000 living in the 22 northern states, while 9,000,000 lived in the Confederate states, with 3,500,000 of them being slaves, who did not engage in combat (Matlof Multimedia U.S.
History). However, these statistics are deceiving because most of the northern regiments lacked training and equipment, and most of the generals were merely political appointees of President Lincoln, who
knew little or nothing about military strategy (Matlof Multimedia U.S. History). Large numbers of wartime casualties were suffered immediately, and neither the North nor the South had developed a
reliable system of replacement volunteer soldiers (Matlof Multimedia U.S. History). In the North, when the members of the experienced regiments began dying off, commanders would be compelled to send
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