Why was the America Civil War referred to as "the rich man's war and the poor man's...

[Max]

...fight"?
"The New York Draft Riots (July 13 to July 16, 1863; known at the time as Draft Week[2]), were violent disturbances in New York City that were the culmination of discontent with new laws passed by Congress to draft men to fight in the ongoing American Civil War. The riots were the largest civil insurrection in American history apart from the Civil War itself.[3] President Abraham Lincoln sent several regiments of militia and volunteer troops to control the city. Although not the majority, many of those arrested had Irish names, according to the lists compiled by Adrian Cook in his "Armies of the Streets." The protestors were overwhelmingly working class men, resentful because they believed the draft unfairly affected them while sparing wealthier men who could pay to exclude themselves from its reach."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Draft_Riots
Actually, I was referring to the draft that had been instituted by the union. If you had $300 you were exempt. All other men of age were called to arms. Hence "poor man's fight."

Interestingly, the largest insurrection in American history, apart from the Civil War itself, were the New York Draft Riots during the middle of Civil War.

 

[billy]

Because rich men had the greatest stake in the outcome of the war, they stood to lose everything they had if slavery were ended. A poor man though stood to gain very little if they won. But the law made it possible for a man to buy his way out of military service, essentially by hiring a substitute to fight in his place. Naturally you had to be rich to do that and the person you hired was likely to be poor. Thus the rich wanted the war but the poor were doing most of the fighting, and dying.


Why don't people just search it up themselves?