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Tag: Conscription

The Confederate Conscription Act

April 16, 2022 WalterCoffey

Jefferson Davis signs a bill into law creating the first national military draft in American history.

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Cease This Child’s Play

March 28, 2022 WalterCoffey

Jefferson Davis submits a special message to the Confederate Congress urging members to approve military conscription.

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The Deteriorating State of the Confederacy

March 13, 2020 WalterCoffey

March 13, 1865 – President Jefferson Davis submitted a contentious message to the Confederate Congress as a growing sense of defeat spread throughout the South.

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Jefferson Davis’s 1864 Message to Congress

November 7, 2019 WalterCoffey

November 7, 1864 – The second session of the Second Confederate Congress assembled and received President Jefferson Davis’s optimistic annual message. Throughout the war, Davis

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The Gold Hoax

May 18, 2019 WalterCoffey

May 18, 1864 – A forged presidential proclamation was sent to the press in an effort to drive up the price of gold. This caused

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Federal Conscription: Lincoln Insists the Draft Continue

August 7, 2018 WalterCoffey

August 7, 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln rejected New York Governor Horatio Seymour’s request to suspend the military draft in his state. The Enrollment Act,

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