Mises Daily
Author:
Ralph Raico
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merchants, and mostly farmers had defied one of the great military machines of Europe, and the greatest empire, and won. It was a triumph that gladdened the hearts before. The war itself cost many millions of lives, the worst bloodbath in European history to that time. The point is that these individualists were no led to draft riots, particularly in New York City, but a precedent had been set. Union veterans formed the Grand Army of the Republic, demanding pensions and