No accurate number is known. Estimates range from 600,000 to 1 million.
2 Million 213 thousand Union and approximately 1 million Confederate, as accurate information is not available
made people not volunteer but be forced to be in the army.. i just learned about this in school!
At the outbreak of the Civil War the Union didn't have well trained soldiers, with exception of the Regular Army Units, which at the end of 1860 consisted of 16215 Rank and File, which, not to count the number of officers who dismissed to enroll in the Confederate Army, were mainly dispersed along the Western frontiers.
They called the Confederate soldiers the Rebels or "Rebs"
Yes there were. Although the Union outnumbered the Confederate soldiers...
Grant's Army employed 24,531 soldiers, Confederate's 16,171.
The confederate army was about between 71,699-75,000 ; -)
The soldiers of the Army of the United States were known as the 'Union' during the US Civil War. The soldiers of the opposing side, the Confederate States Army, were the rebels.The soldiers of the Army of the United States were the 'Union' during the US Civil War. The soldiers of the opposing side, the Confederate States Army were the rebels.
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The Confederate Army was looking for shoes which Gettysburg had a factory for. The Confederate Army had sent soldiers to the town to get the shoes but ran into waiting Union Soldiers. (idiots)
The Confederates, the South, the Rebels and the Grays were some of the names given to Confederate soldiers by Union soldiers
2 Million 213 thousand Union and approximately 1 million Confederate, as accurate information is not available
Confederate uniforms were grey. The Union Army wore dark blue.
Confederate soldiers were headed to Gettysburg Pennsylvania seeking shoes. Inadvertently they encountered Union soldiers. This was the inception of the Battle of Gettysburg.
William T. Sherman was a leader of Union soldiers.
As the start of the US Civil War unfolded a number of Union army officers decide to resign and join the new Confederate army. Approximately 296 joined and many had been excellent Union officers.
Galvanized Yankees