>>63863052
>During the civil war only 2% of union soldiers were drafted, 6% were draft replacements (usually paid by the drafted guy) and 92% were volunteers.
can i see a source? those are surprising numbers.
some narratives of Lincoln describe a fight to get the north motivated for a war to restore the union. maybe that was the case early on, and the volunteers were much more commonplace as the war wore on.
furthermore 6% being people who could afford draft replacements suggests the cost was quite low but idk.