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The Confederate Conscription Acts, 1862 to 1864, were a series of measures taken by the Confederate government to procure the manpower needed to fight the American Civil War . The First Conscription Act, passed April 16, 1862, made any white male between 18 and 35 years old liable to three years of military service.
The Confederate States Army, also called the Confederate Army or the Southern Army, was the military land force of the Confederate States of America (commonly referred to as the Confederacy) during the American Civil War (1861–1865), fighting against the United States forces to win the independence of the Southern states and uphold and expand the institution of slavery. [3]
This iteration of the Department of the South comprised posts in North Carolina and South Carolina from the Second Military District and posts in Alabama, Florida and Georgia from the Third Military District. [1] It was commanded by General George G. Meade from July 28, 1868 to March 13, 1869. [1]
The Citadel Military College of South Carolina[ 5] (simply known as The Citadel) is a public senior military college in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Established in 1842, it is the third oldest of the six senior military colleges in the United States. The Citadel was initially established as two schools to educate young men from ...
The five districts and the states within them were: First Military District ( Virginia) Second Military District ( North Carolina, South Carolina) Third Military District ( Georgia, Alabama and Florida) Fourth Military District ( Arkansas and Mississippi) Fifth Military District ( Texas and Louisiana) Each of these districts fell under the ...
The U.S. military generates a whopping $34.3 billion in annual economic activity and 254,095 jobs in South Carolina, a new study shows. The military alone accounts for 11.2% of the Palmetto State ...
Army of the South. The Army of the South was a field army of the Confederate States in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Formed from a collection of separate Confederate commands, it participated in the Battle of Bentonville. The following month, the unit was reorganized as the Army of Tennessee .
The South Carolina National Guard, or Carolina militia as it was originally known, was born from the Carolina Charter of 1663. The charter gave to the Proprietors the right "to Leavy Mu ſ ter and Trayne all sortes of men of what Conditon or where ſ oever borne in the said Province for the tyme being". [ 2]