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Civil War Conscription: Battleground of Citizenship? A PEP Event on May 17, 4:30

Colleen Boggs (English) discusses responses to the American Civil War draft.

5/3/2022
4:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Moore Hall B03
Intended Audience(s): Public
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In 1863, the Union instated the first-ever Federal draft. A massive bureaucratic undertaking, the draft transformed the relationship of Americans to the state and to one another, laying bare social divisions as wealthy draftees paid “commutation fees” to avoid serving, or hired substitutes to serve instead. Colleen Glenney Boggs (Parents Distinguished Research Professor) explores this fascinating story, drawing on her recent book Patriotism by Proxy (Oxford, 2020). Tuesday May 17 at 4:30 in Moore Hall B03. 

Sponsored by the Political Economy Project, this event is free and open to the public.

For more information, contact:
Henry Clark
henry.c.clark@dartmouth.edu
Permanent URL to this event: https://pep.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=66968

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