[OC] Number of Union Army Units/Companies during the American Civil War.Submitted by BLAZENIOSZ t3_zax40a in dataisbeautiful
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Apparently the War Department had asked citizens ineligible to be drafted to pay someone to fight for them, not in their stead but to provide more troops outside the draft. Lincoln paid Staples to set an example and encourage more people to do it.
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