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Why did Northern men volunteer to fight in the Union Army?
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:11 pm
There was a draft but my understanding is that drafted numbers were relatively low.
So why would someone on a farm in Ohio volunteer to go attack people in another state who just wanted to be left alone?
So why would someone on a farm in Ohio volunteer to go attack people in another state who just wanted to be left alone?
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Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:20 pm to weagle99
To preserve the Union.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:36 pm to weagle99
And the stupidest thread on TD today goes to...
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:38 pm to Parmen
I don't know. I am trying to understand their motivation. Some theoretical socio-economic compact seems like a weak reason to risk one's life.
If California wanted to leave today how many people would volunteer to go kill them so they have to stay in the US?
If California wanted to leave today how many people would volunteer to go kill them so they have to stay in the US?
This post was edited on 6/24/17 at 3:42 pm
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:42 pm to weagle99
Treason is about as good a reason as any.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:43 pm to weagle99
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If California wanted to leave today how many people would volunteer to go kill them so they have to stay in the US?
They're all free to leave, but they don't get to take the land with them.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:46 pm to weagle99
I'll let Ulysses S. Grant's words from a letter to his father speak for themselves:
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There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I hereafter want to be ranked with the latter.
This post was edited on 6/24/17 at 3:47 pm
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:47 pm to weagle99
They fought to have all of the Confederate statues removed from Southern cities.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:47 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
quote:So you you volunteer to fight them and die for that land? I ducking wouldn't
They're all free to leave, but they don't get to take the land with them.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:47 pm to DisplacedBuckeye
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They're all free to leave, but they don't get to take the land with them.
It's amazing how many people actually believe the government owns land.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:49 pm to lsupride87
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So you you volunteer to fight them and die for that land?
Y'all have the weirdest fantasies.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:50 pm to imjustafatkid
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It's amazing how many people actually believe the government owns land.
I haven't seen anyone say that.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:55 pm to imjustafatkid
Stop paying your property taxes and report back on what happens.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:58 pm to weagle99
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Stop paying your property taxes and report back on what happens.
By this logic, you don't own your salary either.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 3:59 pm to weagle99
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If California wanted to leave today how many people would volunteer to go kill them so they have to stay in the US?
I'd donate good money to the cause!!!
Posted on 6/24/17 at 4:03 pm to weagle99
The draft came later in the war.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 4:10 pm to weagle99
No idea, my fam came from the North, but half fought for the Union the other for the Confederacy.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 4:11 pm to goatmilker
Man power shortages for the South in 62 and a bit later for the North.
Posted on 6/24/17 at 4:35 pm to weagle99
This quote from Ang Lee's "Ride with the Devil" just about sums it up for me.
Mr. Evans: They (Yankees) rounded every pup up into that schoolhouse because they fancied that everyone should think and talk the same free-thinkin' way they do with no regard to station, custom, propriety. And that is why they will win. Because they believe everyone should live and think just like them. And we shall lose because we don't care one way or another how they live. We just worry about ourselves.
Jack Bull Chiles: Are you sayin', sir, that we fight for nothin'?
Mr. Evans: Far from it, Mr. Chiles. You fight for everything that we ever had, as did my son. It's just that... we don't have it anymore.
Mr. Evans: They (Yankees) rounded every pup up into that schoolhouse because they fancied that everyone should think and talk the same free-thinkin' way they do with no regard to station, custom, propriety. And that is why they will win. Because they believe everyone should live and think just like them. And we shall lose because we don't care one way or another how they live. We just worry about ourselves.
Jack Bull Chiles: Are you sayin', sir, that we fight for nothin'?
Mr. Evans: Far from it, Mr. Chiles. You fight for everything that we ever had, as did my son. It's just that... we don't have it anymore.
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