States could raise armies to send to fight in the Civil War. Colleges could not. Did college teachers and students go to war? Yes, but in state regiments, not college regiments.
Graduates of many, many colleges fought in the Civil War. Nearly all college graduates were officers. The Army college, West Point, is best known. Students from the Citadel Military Academy in Charleston, South Carolina, may have been the first to fire on Fort Sumter.
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Sent people to fight on both sides.
sent people to fight on both sides
Illinois sent more than 170 regiments to fight in the Civil War.
49 000 soldiers were sent to fight in the Vietnam war.
Nebraska was not a state during the American Civil War, but a territory of the US. This territory sent troops, although not in great numbers, to fight for the Union. Nebraska became a state in 1867.
For the Union: 23; for the South: 11 Additionally, all border states sent forces to fight for the South and the North.
As a country, only the Soviet Union sent aid. However, many foreigners went to Spain to fight for the Republic but they were not sponsored by their governments. The Americans formed the Lincoln Brigade.
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It sent a number of troops to fight,paid taxes to help pay for the war,etc.
100 000
200,000 men were sent from Minnesota, because they were believed to be the best fighters.