Recollections of the Civil War; With Many Original Diary Entries And Letters Written From the Seat of War, And With Annotated References
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Horatio Seymour was the Gov- ernor, and the constitutional commander-in-chief of its military forces. He was a popular orator, a plausible demagogue, a man of much force and ability, and a leading Democratic politician, having great influence both in the State and in the national councils of his party. In the early part of 1863, the Federal government had decided to make an effort to add to the strength of its armies by a compulsory draft. Steps were being taken to enforce such a draft througho...ut the United States at the very time that the battle of Gettysburg was 112 Enforcing the Draft in New York 1 13 being fought. Governor Seymour and the State of New- York resisted the draft and threw obstacles in the way of its enforcement. It was of great importance to the Northern armies and to the national government that the draft should be a success. Volunteering had ceased, and we had resorted to bounties to fill our ranks. Owing to the terrible havoc and distress of the war, appeals to pa- triotism no longer availed.
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