Record #:

14362

Author(s):

Coffey, Michael W.

Abstract:

As the Civil War progressed, the Confederacy was faced with a dwindling supply of soldiers. To offset this, the Confederate Congress passed a conscription law, or draft. A section of the law, passed in early 1864, required 17-year-olds and men aged 45 to 50 to join up. The boys were called the Junior Reserves and the men the Senior Reserves.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 50 Issue 2, Spring 2011, p12-13, por

Subject(s):

North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Junior Reserves; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Conscription, Confederate; North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Senior reserves