PC: US Civil War becomes a World War

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I said male population, not men of military age.:)

My bad.

I have a major beef with people that think the entire male population of any country can be put under arms. It's the ultimate tooth:tail argument. How many active civilian workers is the minimum to sustain an army? The answer seems to be around 9 workers per soldier.

The CSA managed higher, but they had a large "not white" workforce, and if they're accounted for the numbers are a lot more normal, although a significant number of these "not whites" served with the army in the field, and generally aren't counted in the CS army strengths. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia probably had around 10,000 slaves and free blacks in their logistics train., and they don't appear on his returns.
 
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