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Lincoln's appeal for volunteer Union troops after the surrender of Fort Sumter.
Well, honey, the main difference between the draft laws of the Union and the Confederacy was that the Confederacy implemented conscription much earlier in the game, while the Union took its sweet time getting on that bandwagon. Also, the Confederacy exempted certain groups like overseers and planters, while the Union was like "nah, everyone's gotta serve." So basically, one side was all about that early bird special, while the other side was like "equality for all...except y'all exempt rich folks."
The Confederacy
210000 in the Union to 80000 in the Confedaracy.
Union - though most Unionists were never Abolitionists