Tuesday, June 11, 2013

November 12, 1861---Davis needs more than a few good men



NOVEMBER 12, 1861:        

 In a military dispatch, C.S.A. President Jefferson Davis expresses surprise at the low number of volunteers for the army. Many men choose to serve only with their local militias rather than fight with the main Confederate army (there has been a high amount of volunteerism in local areas, but not as much as had been predicted, and many say they will refuse to fight outside of their States). The Confederacy also does not have enough rifles and cannons to equip its men.


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