All race, mostly white, but there was a whole division for African Americans
Both. In the beginning they enlisted (volunteered). When the reality of war struck them (the horrors of war); they had to be forced to fight (drafted).
They sued conscript or drafting to basically form most of their armies. Most soldiers were drafted by their side from the population.
Yes, soldiers fought in the Civil War. Sadly, that is the fact of war.
Civil War Soldiers Museum was created in 1991.
The same as white soldiers, to shoot and be shot at.
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no!
They were drafted.
They were drafted.
Sadness.
They were drafted.
in the civil war the soldiers didnt get to do anything for enteertainment they had to fight a lot