Raising The Confederate Army Controversial exemption from draft by being a white male plantation owner who owns more than 20 slaves. : Many more southerners were exempted from the draft than Northerners 1862, 500,000 men in Confederate Army Total of 900,000 served in war Did not include slaves that were recruited for cooking, laundry, and manual labor After 1862 conscription was not working because Union had captured large areas of Confederacy which cut off much of the population. 1864, faced manpower shortage Desperate confederate gov't began to draft as young as 17 and as old as 50. Manpower Shortage Many had concluded that they were going to lose so keep an adequate army for long was hard 1864-65 there were 100,000 desertions. In desperate attempt the confederate congress conscripted 300,000 slaves, but the war ended before they could do so. States' Rights Versus Centralization O Greatest division in the south was difference in opinions about the doctrine of states' rights It was so popular among whites that they resisted any authority even if it meant winning the war. . They restricted Davis's trying to impose martial law and suspend habeas corpus :They blocked conscription Noncooperative governors Joesph Brown of Georgia and Zebulon M. Vance of North Carolina tried to keep their troops separate from the Confederate troops and hoarded supplies for their state militias. o Centralization - The confederate made great strides on centralizing power in south End of war southern bureaucracy was larger than North's Experimented with food draft Permitted soldiers to feed themselves by taking crops from farms in their paths The gov't wanted slave to work as laborers often over the objection of their owners They took control of railroads and shipping and imposed regulations on industry They limited corporate profits States' rights was a handicap but they still centralized the south They were becoming more like the institution they wanted to escape Economic and Social Effects of the War o Devasted southern economy Cut of southern planters from northern market Make sale of cotton overseas harder
Robbed farms and industries that did not own lots of slaves of a male workforce Left some unable to function effectively
o North increased production of all goods, agricultural and industrial, in the south it was decreased by more than a third. o Fighting wrecked southern economy Most major battles on southern soil As result the already bad railroad system was almost destroyed Many plantations and valuable farmland were destroyed by the Union Economic Woes 1862 Northern naval blockade made south experience massive shortage Focusing only on producing cotton and other export crops the south didn't make enough food to meet their needs. Despite women and slaves now working on farms the absence of men meant the end of being able to keep up with production Large number of doctors drafted meant towns without medical care :Blacksmiths, carpenters, and other craftsmen were in short supply Shortages, inflation, and suffering made southern society unstable Major food riots(some lead b