“Not press gang so much, but they were there because they…” — TheFluffenhammer's podcast at 1:15:27
“Not press gang so much, but they were there because they had no other choice. It wasn't what we think of today as a professional army in that regard. The officer corps was a lot of people from nobility or wealth who had bought their commissions. That was how you progressed. You bought your commissions. Yeah. And as…”
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