It quickly became a sticking point in the North, where the district one lived and registered in basically determined who would be drafted and who would not. The men who were “condemned to serve,” as it was called, considered it an unfair system. They had become part of what was seen as forced servitude.
The shouts of “rich man’s war and poor man’s fight” was the rallying cry which saw thousands of eligible men take to the streets in riotous protests. Anyone who doubts the significance of this uprising can read about the 1863 New York Draft Riots for a firsthand account, when over 2,000 protesters were killed, and around 8,000 injured, according to one source
A, Pennsylvania. Quaker’s first used the Pennsylvania as a colony. Also think about the last name penn, Pennsylvania.
Battle of San Juan Hill, near Santiago, Cuba