My point is the Lincolnites were much more brazen in the recruitment of starving Irish immigrants and the British government noticed and protested the scam. One of the realistic episodes of Gangs of New York was the portrayal of Irish immigrants being escorted straight into the army once they stepped foot off the boat. It seems a little surprising there were more German immigrants in the U.S. Army, but they evidently wanted revenge for us whipping their Hessian ancestors. Then we had to do it all over again TWICE in the 20th Century because the French and British could not win without us.