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militia
Militia is civil soldiers. militia helps army when required.
American Militia Men
Reserves paramilitaries,reservists, local militia, mercenaries, territorial army, soldiers, guerrillas, soldiers of fortune, legionnaires
I guess you mean during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). It took 32,000 American soldiers and 59,000 militia (91,000 men) to defeat 60,000 Mexicans during that war.
The loyalists remained loyal to the British throughout the American Revolution.
During the Revolutionary War, American soldiers were equipped with weapons provided by their state's militia stores, or from their own homes.
The Militia!
Militia.
The answer is Militia.
It is a militia.
A professional soldier that hires his or her services is known as a mercenary. An army group of such volunteer soldiers would be mercenaries.