>The first drawing of names happened on Saturday, July 11 without incident. >Names were put on small pieces of paper, placed in a box, and then drawn >one-by-one. The names put into the drawing were mainly mechanics and >laborers that had been published in newspapers.[10] Though rioting in New >York did not commence yet, riots involving opponents of conscription broke >out in other cities, including Buffalo on July 6, 1863.[14] There was >speculation about similar reaction in New York City to the draft, which >coincided with the efforts of Tammany Hall (the base of Democratic power in >the city) to enroll Irish immigrants as citizens so they could vote in local >elections. Consequently, many such immigrants suddenly discovered they had >to fight for their new country. > >I don't make this stuff up man.
I know but what's the source? From the sounds of it, it was not anything systematic rather it was a move by a corrupt local government to minimize the impact of conscription on their supporters. From the article I cited it would appear that immigrants were under represented. Actually later in the article the authors mentioned that Scranton PA and Albany NY were the only northern cities where the impressment rates were the same, 0, because both cities paid the bounties on anyone who was drafted. Also the statement was made about people being drafted as soon as they stepped out of the immigration stations. That was not the case. While immigrants were conscripted there is no record on how immediate that was. For all we know it could have happened the day they passed through immigration, a year or 10 years after. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:279710 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
