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THE BALANCE SHEET OF DISASTER
The plan of voluntary enlistments, even when puffed up by outrageous bounties, having failed to raise the necessary men, Congress was forced to recommend the draft—a draft for the armies of freedom. Then what happened? To escape conscription shifty patriots began hiring substitutes, hiding behind any old scarecrow that they could shove into the ranks. They even traded for a job
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