Working people in general support the Northern…

July 1863 CE

Working people in general support the Northern war effort but have no voice in Republican policy and occasionally desert from the army or refuse reenlistment.

Because of their low wages, often less than five hundred dollars a year, the working class is particularly antagonized by the federal provision that allows more affluent draftees to buy their way out of the Federal Army for three hundred dollars.

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New York Draft Riots View → American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View →

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