It was very important because the North outnumbered the South in men and munitions and food and clothing and shoes. The South needed all the men she could get,
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the union let African American American enlist
The 1862 Confederate draft laws caused Confederate President Jefferson Davis to suspend certain Constitutional rights as a precautionary measure. The draft was not popular with Southern citizens nor with Confederate governors. Davis was safe however, as no open rebellions occurred, as was the case in the North when they passed draft laws in 1863.
The first effective draft by the federal government, called for all men between the ages of 18 and 40 to be enrolled into local militia units.The first was the Confederate Draft during the Civil War, calling for all men from ages of 18-35 to join the Confederate army
destroyed a confederate draft fleet defending mobile bay
It was an important battle taken place in a small town that was on the Confederate supply route