Confederate program set in Des Moines

[RobertP]

And yet the Union had no problems keeping their ranks filled as I pointed out before. The Confederate soldier had no out. He was in until he was killed or injured too badly to serve any more or the war ended. The Union soldier had no such problem. Once his enlistment was up then he could go home. When the 3 year enlistments ran out in the summer of 1864 the Union army could have melted away to nothing. Yet it didn't. The overwhelming majority of soldiers re-upped to see the job through. They kept the faith to the very end. So at the end of the day, I'd have to say that while 94% of the eligible draftees weren't 'really down with the program', the overwhelming of those who enlisted certainly were. And they were the ones who whipped the rebels and preserved the country as our forefathers gave it to us.

Purely a matter of military age population, immigrants without a job and ex-slaves. Neither side had the edge on patriotism. Get over it.

 

[RobertP]

I do get it, you & yours are the ones constantly bringing up the US Draft as evil while the CS Conscription was somehow all angelic. The US had several draft riots & the CS had whole swath's of the CS where a conscription officer could only go w/ an armed escort. IIRC three US states were completely exempted from the draft, Iowa being one, because they had already met their quotas. No CS state could say the same about conscription.

Do you ever take off your blue costume? I said neither was evil, both were a necessity.

 

[KeyserSoze]

Purely a matter of military age population, immigrants without a job and ex-slaves.

With a healthy dose of Lost Causer fantasy.

Neither side had the edge on patriotism. Get over it.

Ah yes, the Southron theme song:

You drag it around like a ball and chain
You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain
You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown
Got your mind in the gutter, bringin' everybody down
Complain about the present and blame it on the past
I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little a*s

Get over it
Get over it
All this b*tchin' and moanin' and pitchin' a fit
Get over it, get over it

 

[dvrmte]

With a healthy dose of Lost Causer fantasy.



Ah yes, the Southron theme song:

You drag it around like a ball and chain
You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain
You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown
Got your mind in the gutter, bringin' everybody down
Complain about the present and blame it on the past
I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little a*s

Get over it
Get over it
All this b*tchin' and moanin' and pitchin' a fit
Get over it, get over it

Oh... poor thing, did a Lost Causer pee in your cornflakes this morning. Such a whiner.

 

[RobertP]

With a healthy dose of Lost Causer fantasy.



Ah yes, the Southron theme song:

You drag it around like a ball and chain
You wallow in the guilt; you wallow in the pain
You wave it like a flag, you wear it like a crown
Got your mind in the gutter, bringin' everybody down
Complain about the present and blame it on the past
I'd like to find your inner child and kick its little a*s

Get over it
Get over it
All this b*tchin' and moanin' and pitchin' a fit
Get over it, get over it

Now that one hurt KS. I see you're busy trampling out the vintage again this week. Good luck.

 

[KeyserSoze]

Oh... poor thing, did a Lost Causer pee in your cornflakes this morning. Such a whiner.

Because I took exception at the Lost Causer habit of disparaging the Union soldiers? Sorry but when I see yet another example of where that 'heritage not hate' y'all love to sling around is just so much Southron BS then I feel obligated to comment.

 

[KeyserSoze]

Now that one hurt KS.

You Lost Causers were always a thin-skinned lot.

 

[CivilWarTalk]

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