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That's pretty much what happened.
>troops go down to the docks
>oi where ye from?
>noice anyway you're conscripted don't run off now
That's why they don't let you buy your way out of getting drafted anymore, humorously enough.
>lincoln says alright lets start conscription
>richfags would just buy their way out because you could do that
>damn we still need bodies because apparently the confederates are terminators or someshit
>increase the payment required to get out of it
>richfags just pay it again
>ok now you gotta pay someone else to take your place AND now we're gonna pay people to enlist
>cleverfags start enlisting over and over and over because in those days there wasn't homeland security, some of them earning the equivalent of 100K today
>OK LISTEN NO MORE OF THAT
>draft riots suddenly break out after richfags can't get out of being drafted anymore
People don't really understand how closely fought the civil war actually was and the sheer amount of fresh meat the union just threw in the grinder. There were fresh armies appearing basically overnight and is why in ACW games the confederates tend to have higher quality troops.