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[CIVIL WAR]. [CONFEDERATE IMPRINTS]. [CONSCRIPTION AND SUBSTITUTES]. Ten printed documents, 1861-1865. Together 45 pages, 8vo, paper wrappers, all with "rebel Archives" stamp. Some foxing.
A Bill to amend the existing Acts for the exemption of persons from military service, 1862 (P&W); A Bill to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service, 20 January 1863 (P&W534); A Bill to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service, 21 January 1863 (P&W536); A Bill to put an end to the exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes, 28 January 1864 (P&W657); A Bill to increase and strengthen the army of the Confederate States, 22 January 1863 (P&W537); A Bill in relation to Substitutes in the Army, 19 February 1863 (P&W556); A Bill to provide for the organizing, arming and disciplining of the militia...[24 December 1864] (P&W755); An Act to provide for the more efficient execution of conscription, and for the arrest of deserters and absentees from the army, 10 January 1865 (P&W778); A Bill to regulate the business of Conscription, 10 January 1865 (P&W780); A Bill to organize forces to serve during the war, 14 February 1865 (P&W812).
THE RICH MAN'S WAR AND THE POOR MAN'S FIGHT. The titles of these imprints explain the government's difficulties: state efforts to raise militia forces were erratic; draft evasion and desertion was high. Heavy battle losses could not be replaced and as the 1865 measures show, by the final months of the war the government had to take drastic measures under "unavoidable military necessity" (14 February 1865). They cut exemptions, consolidated forces, and even did the unthinkable, and the absurd: armed slaves to fight in defense of their own servitude. Together 10 items. (10)
A Bill to amend the existing Acts for the exemption of persons from military service, 1862 (P&W); A Bill to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service, 20 January 1863 (P&W534); A Bill to declare what persons shall be exempt from military service, 21 January 1863 (P&W536); A Bill to put an end to the exemption from military service of those who have heretofore furnished substitutes, 28 January 1864 (P&W657); A Bill to increase and strengthen the army of the Confederate States, 22 January 1863 (P&W537); A Bill in relation to Substitutes in the Army, 19 February 1863 (P&W556); A Bill to provide for the organizing, arming and disciplining of the militia...[24 December 1864] (P&W755); An Act to provide for the more efficient execution of conscription, and for the arrest of deserters and absentees from the army, 10 January 1865 (P&W778); A Bill to regulate the business of Conscription, 10 January 1865 (P&W780); A Bill to organize forces to serve during the war, 14 February 1865 (P&W812).
THE RICH MAN'S WAR AND THE POOR MAN'S FIGHT. The titles of these imprints explain the government's difficulties: state efforts to raise militia forces were erratic; draft evasion and desertion was high. Heavy battle losses could not be replaced and as the 1865 measures show, by the final months of the war the government had to take drastic measures under "unavoidable military necessity" (14 February 1865). They cut exemptions, consolidated forces, and even did the unthinkable, and the absurd: armed slaves to fight in defense of their own servitude. Together 10 items. (10)