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The Enrollment Act of 1863 (12 Stat. 731, enacted March 3, 1863) also known as the Civil War Military Draft Act, [1] was an Act passed by the United States Congress during the American Civil War to provide fresh manpower for the Union Army. The Act was the first genuine national conscription law. The law required the enrollment of every male ...
One Million Men: The Civil War Draft in the North (1971). Perri, Timothy J. "The Economics of US Civil War Conscription." American Law and Economics Review 10#2 (2008), pp. 424–53. online; Shankman, Arnold (April 1977). "Draft Resistance in Civil War Pennsylvania". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 101 (2): 190– 204. JSTOR ...
World War I draft card. Lower left corner to be removed by men of African ancestry in order to keep the military segregated. Following the U.S. declaration of war against Germany on 6 April, the Selective Service Act of 1917 (40 Stat. 76) was passed by the 65th United States Congress on 18 May 1917, creating the Selective Service System. [10]
The Selective Service System was first founded in 1917 to feed bodies into America's World War I efforts. It was disbanded in 1920, fired back up in 1940, re-formatted in 1948, and then terminated ...
It was most famously used during the Second World War when more than 10 million men were drafted into the military between 1940 and 1946. Show comments Advertisement
The most recent draft was in 1973 during the Vietnam War. ... National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2025. ... Coming soon: A military draft for women? USA.gov, Feb. 14, How laws are made.
In September 2024, Prime Minister Miloš Vučević announced that conscription will return in September 2025 with the mandatory military service lasting 75 days. [171] Civil service will still be possible as an alternative. [267]
Under the law, if there is a draft in place the registration information would be used to summon people ages 18 to 25 for military service. The last draft call was held by lottery in 1972.