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Skedaddling, Crimping, and Deserting
PART TWO: A HOUSE TORN ASUNDER
From: From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge
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Chapter Seven focuses on public and financial support for the war effort during the early weeks of the Civil War. Topics discussed include the need for more men, “bounties” and public donations, reception in the press, drafts, American skedaddlers and deserting, British colonialists being crimped and crimping, and the north becoming a zone for freedom while the south enticed with profit.