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> Anyway, the US didn’t have conscription issues though. Yes, once states resorted to use of non-volunteer forces (starting with Massachusetts in early summer
by dragonwriter 2y ago
> Anyway, the US didn’t have conscription issues though.
Yes, once states resorted to use of non-volunteer forces (starting with Massachusetts in early summer 1776, then New Hampshire in 1777 before the general call by Congress that year, and then more states after the call by Congress), there were “conscription issues” in the US, including fatal rioting over the perceived violation of rights.
For reasons that are probably obvious, the neatly packaged mythology taught to grade school students that is all most Americans learn about the Revolutionary War doesn't focus on this, but it absolutely was a thing.