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RE: What Battle or Conflict Stands Out in History?
(03-14-2015 05:43 PM)South Carolina Duke Wrote:  Correct. So did or did not Lincoln's troops use conscripted Mercenaries ?


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Most of them were poor Irish immigrants so I wouldn't call them battle hardened mercenaries in the ilk that they were professional military personnel. I would be more comfortable calling them coerced volunteers, but the term "impressed into service" might well be more accurate. Suffice it to say the effect is the same as conscription. But do note that the South also used immigrants but frequently in the context of indebted servitude. The South just didn't have anywhere near the numbers of them.
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