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I am pretty sure Ohio had the most companies... that saw action anyway. Lotta Generals, and Presidents have called Ohio home.

The NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets are an homage to this I think.

New York had draft riots... I'd like to see your source.

Also, New Mexico Territory, was the sight of the Battle of Glorietta Pass. Colorado Union soldiers send a whole bunch of Texas shitheels walking back to Texas. Your numbers are... flawed.

What is the size of a Company? Cav Companies are diff than Infantry... and Artillery is organized into Batteries. Since the answer varies, your data doesn't really hold water. No offense.

Also, the five civilized tribes inhabiting current day Oklahoma were slave owners... and fought for the Confederacy.

MInnesota became a state in 1858, and it was primarily fur traders that came up the Mississippi, but beat a regiment from Virginia at Gettysburg and still have the Flag at the Capital, in St. Paul.

U.S at 4% and Portugal at 5% cannot be the case.

I just find it hard to believe that that applies universally across countries and cultures and hemispheres and school systems and everything. But maybe I just don't want to believe it because it means I already screwed everything up for my September-born kid! Doomed from birth, poor thing!

There really isn't. Since there is an extra 30 minutes in scoreless games it makes it extra hard to win without scoring a non pk goal.

>surely this can't still be giving intentionally-held-back kids an edge once they are older?

That's the weird thing: It does. Being the oldest/tallest/strongest/smartest kid in your cohort means coaches give you more game time, or you gain more academic confidence and skill among your peers in early grades. And it snowballs from there.

Professional soccer in the U.S. probably also trails college football and college basketball...

Wouldn’t the age effect be different for countries where the school year starts in Jan-Feb instead of September?

I don't mean that everywhere in Europe does it, but quite a few places do, some of which are in europe (eg the UK)

All of my Tennessee kin fought for the Union.

BuT sTaTe’S rIgHtS

No way England have a better chance the France, and I am English.

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I was surprised by VT as well. Looking at population numbers at the time VT and NH had ~320k people each compared to NY's 3.8M. Adjusting for population the recruitment numbers were pretty similar for all 3 states.

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Apparently the War Department had asked citizens ineligible to be drafted to pay someone to fight for them, not in their stead but to provide more troops outside the draft. Lincoln paid Staples to set an example and encourage more people to do it.

Something to do with supporting the policy or something like that. Idk exactly why but he did.

I was definitely one of those parents desperate to get my kids to school as soon as possible! But one has a September birthday and is the youngest in his year, and I know that other parents, in a different position (I've, who could afford private childcare) held back their kids with September birthdays because of this idea they would be more likely to get college sports scholarships or do better or whatever. Not being from the US and having gone to uni with people from other countries (who start school at different times and ages), i have always thought this is really weird -- like surely, and compared to kids from other nations with different school systems, surely this can't still be giving intentionally-held-back kids an edge once they are older?

I’d like to see it ordered in reverse

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Sports organizations that want to categorize which age divisions players play in. They don’t care about what day, they want your birth year, and to group you with other kids of the same year.

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As the other person commented, it’s the opposite. At young ages, the difference of 11 months is a huge percentage.

Let’s say we have 2 players we have to choose between. Player A and Player B. Both were born in the same calendar year, so for many sports they are grouped together for divisions and such.

Player A was born in January

Player B in December.

Let’s also imagine that they are 8 years old, trying out for their first travel team. At this point in their lives, 11 months of extra growth has given Player A a slight advantage, and the coach picks him for the team. Player B doesn’t make it, but sticks with the sport in recreational leagues.

Player A however gets more specialized coaching, more practice since they’re also playing rec league and travel, and they get more experience playing at a more “serious” level.

Well now it’s a year later, and time for tryouts again.

Player A still has 11 months of growth over Player B, but he’s also got a year of more intensive, in depth training, and more time playing the sport. Even though Player B has been practicing his best, and playing rec level, he just hasn’t developed at the same rate. Plus, he’s still 11 months behind on his physical growth. This gap in skill, experience, and maturity has prevented him from making the team again.

A year later, their 3rd tryouts, will show the divide between the two players has grown even further than the previous years, and any hope of Player B catching up is looking unlikely without some serious, specialized training.

This cascading effect continues throughout their lives, and the effects can be seen greatly when puberty enters the equation, and the rapid development of some players, but not others, coincides with important milestones, like making a high school sports team, or some other big event.