The Confederacy couldn't use Texas cattle to feed its soldiers during the Civil War because the Union had blocked the Mississippi River.
The confederacy would not use slaves as soldiers because they were afraid they would defect to the north. So they were made to dig trenches and the like during the war.
Johnnies during the Civil War referred to soldiers in the Confederacy. The Union soldiers actually referred to them as Johnny Reb's.
Yes. They were fighting for the rebel states - the Confederacy.
Yes. They were fighting for the rebel states - the Confederacy.
People worked as blacksmiths, farmers, merchants, silversmiths, planitation owners and soldiers.
Approximately 2 million soldiers served for the Union during the American Civil War, and roughly 750,000 served for the Confederacy. All told, 620,000 soldiers lost their lives during the war.
They couldnt vote, have free speech, and this is going to sound strange but if an jew was caught farting they would be executed by soldiers of germany.
Yes. In fact, watch the movie "Glory" (starring Matthew Broderick) about the first all-black union infantry unit in the US army. As for the Confederacy, they were more reluctant, but eventually approved using black soldiers as the Confederacy was vastly outnumbered by the Union soldiers and Union-made weaponry.
Yes. In fact, watch the movie "Glory" (starring Matthew Broderick) about the first all-black union infantry unit in the US army. As for the Confederacy, they were more reluctant, but eventually approved using black soldiers as the Confederacy was vastly outnumbered by the Union soldiers and Union-made weaponry.
The soldiers mainly ate tack, a hard, dry piece of bread. They also ate dried meat.
They had more soldiers, double the Confederacy. They also had more weapons because of being more industrialized.
The best estimate was that in the North, almost two million soldiers were in the military during the course of the US Civil War. The best estimate for the Confederacy is perhaps 750,000.