Black slaves ran away and joined. Also some women cut their hair REALLY short and snuck in the army. :)
The Northern soldiers nicknames were the Yankees or Yanks.
(Union) Bluebelly (Confederate) Johnny Reb
Because of the larger northern polulation and industry, Union soldiers were confident the Civil War would be short.
there were 10 blinded soldiers during the civil war
Yes, during the civil war the soldiers from the south were called Rebels.
Discipline and determination.
Most union soldiers were wealthy and well organized.
General Franco was assisted in the Spanish Civil War primarily by his soldiers from Morocco, but in terms of foreign parties, Nazi Germany and Fascist Italy contributed mightily in soldiers and supplies.
the soldiers lived in camps.
northern battle songs in Civil War
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In the US Civil War, the large population in the Northern states allowed to field many more troops than the South. During the US Civil War, the Union had as many as two million soldiers in uniform. The South had fewer than 900,000 troops in total.