Volunteers+and+Draftees

__ 4. VOLUNTEERS AND DRAFTEES __ // Volunteers and Draftees: North and South, pp. 475-6 // Why was the draft in both North and South so deeply resented? Explain who was exempt from the draft, and who wasn’t. What happened in New York City in the summer of 1863, and who was targeted by the mobs?

The draft was hated due to the fact that the rich could easily pay their way out of it with a sum of 300$ or hire substitutes, while those who lacked the funds were forced into the war. The peak of this frustration arose in 1863, when anti-black Irish Americans rioted against Lincoln and the drafts, pillaging and rampaging the streets of New York in their rage.