BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Civil War Draft Wheel

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1. SIAHDW_160427_04.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2016_DC_SIAH_CWDraft DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Civil War Draft Wheel (8 photos from 2016)
2. SIAHDW_160427_33.JPG: Union Draft Wheel, about 1863: A draft wheel was one device used for conscription during the Civil War. For the wooden wheel displayed here, officials placed papers with the names of men eligible for the Union army inside (the state where it was used is not known). They spun the wheel, pulled papers from the hole, and wrote the names on a list of draftees to be called for service. The Civil War is a defining experience in our national history. Americans battled over the future of the Union and slavery. The scope and brutality of the war quickly strained the military resources of North and South. The Confederacy instituted a draft in April 1862; the Union followed in March 1863. Both hoped that a draft would relieve manpower shortages and encourage voluntary enlistment. Both sides envisioned easy victories after eleven Southern states seceded and war broke out in 1861. But the bitter, costly fight lasted four years -- the country's bloodiest and most divisive conflict. More than three million saw battle: some 530,000 lost their lives, and another 400,000 were scarred, maimed, or disabled.
3. SIAHDW_160427_36.JPG: Selecting names for the draft in New York City, Harper's Weekly, September 5, 1863
4. SIAHDW_160427_40.JPG: Union General Joshua L. Chamberlain taking the final salute of Confederate General John B. Gordon on April 12, 1865, at Appomattox, by artist Don Troiani.
5. SIAHDW_150717_04.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2015_DC_SIAH_CWDraft DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Civil War Draft Wheel (5 photos from 2015)
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6. SIAHDW_150717_07.JPG: Union Draft Wheel, about 1863: A draft wheel was one device used for conscription during the Civil War. For the wooden wheel displayed here, officials placed papers with the names of men eligible for the Union army inside (the state where it was used is not known). They spun the wheel, pulled papers from the hole, and wrote the names on a list of draftees to be called for service.
7. SIAHDW_150717_10.JPG: The Civil War is a defining experience in our national history. Americans battled over the future of the Union and slavery. The scope and brutality of the war quickly strained the military resources of North and South. The Confederacy instituted a draft in April 1862; the Union followed in March 1863. Both hoped that a draft would relieve manpower shortages and encourage voluntary enlistment. Both sides envisioned easy victories after eleven Southern states seceded and war broke out in 1861. But the bitter, costly fight lasted four years -- the country's bloodiest and most divisive conflict. More than three million saw battle: some 530,000 lost their lives, and another 400,000 were scarred, maimed, or disabled.
8. SIAHDW_120212_02.JPG: The following pictures are from the page 2012_DC_SIAH_CWDraft DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exhibit: Landmark Object: Civil War Draft Wheel (2 photos from 2012)
  Civil War Union Draft Wheel, About 1863: State officials in the North placed papers with the names of men eligible for the Union army into the wooden wheel. Then they spun the wheel, pulled papers from the hole, and wrote the names on a list of draftees to be called for service. The scope and brutality of the Civil War quickly strained the military resources of North and South. The Confederacy instituted a draft in April 1862; the Union followed in March 1863. Both hoped that a draft would relieve manpower shortages and encourage voluntary enlistment. This was the first time the United States established general compulsory military service and many considered it an infringement on individual liberty. Critics also charged class discrimination, as the North and South draft laws provided ways for propertied men to avoid the army. In all the Union conscripted about 46,000 soldiers, the Confederacy drafted about 82,000.
9. SIAHDW_120212_12.JPG: Civil War 150th Anniversary: The Civil War is a defining experience in our national history. Americans battled over preserving the Union and ending slavery. Both sides envisioned easy victories after eleven Southern states seceded and war broke out in 1861. But the bitter, costly fight lasted four years -- the country's bloodiest and most divisive conflict. More than three million men saw battle; some 530,000 lost their lives; another 400,000 were scarred, maimed, or disabled. Today, the people of the United States continue to struggle with issues of race, civil rights, heritage, and the politics of federalism, all legacies of the Civil War and Reconstruction. The sesquicentennial of the war presents an opportunity to recall that conflict and its aftermath in a spirit of reconciliation and honest reflection to better understand how its events still affect our lives.
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Description of Subject Matter: Civil War Draft Wheel, Third Floor East
This landmark object -- the Civil War Draft Wheel -- identifies the American wars and politics wing of the museum.
As part of the Armed Forces collections at the National Museum of American History, the Draft Wheel is an object that demonstrates the very beginning of conscription in the United States. It functioned as part of a procedure to select men for military service. The names of men eligible for the draft were written on slips of paper and dropped into holes inside the wheel. An official pulled out names to fill the ranks of the Union army.
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