Question

What forms did dissent take and how were they handled for the south in the civil war?

Answer 1

The Confederates established the first mandatory military recruitment in the history of America in April 1862. It was obvious that the South, with a total population of 9 million (including 4 million slaves) needed to use its entire male population to repel the North, which had a population of 22 million in 1860. In the south, men who had 20 slaves were exempted from recruitment, however, the mandatory program aroused the resentment of most of the army because most were poor. With the war, the south was left devastated, with great material destruction and an economic one. The growing precariousness of the Confederates led to about one third of the army deserting.

While the northern economy grew the southern one sank victim of the inflation, of the shortage caused by the war, reason why the population had many disadvantages to feed itself and to continue with its normal life.