made people not volunteer but be forced to be in the army.. i just learned about this in school!
They called the Confederate soldiers the Rebels or "Rebs"
Yes there were. Although the Union outnumbered the Confederate soldiers...
Kentucky and Delaware were two.
Union soldiers fought for the north, for the remaining United States of America. Confederates fought for the south, for the newly created Confederate States of America. Both north and south were overwhelmingly rural at that time, and almost all the soldiers on both sides were farm boys.
The ones fighting for the South - the cotton-growing slave-states.
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.
Federal soldiers were present in the Confederate states as a part of Reconstruction until the Compromise of 1877.
The confederate soldiers were to support the South's efforts to defend the Southern States. They also had a duty to repel the Union troops.
most of the battlefields were located in Confederate states.
The Confederates were the Southern soldiers of the Confederate States in Colonial America.
his grant of amnesty to former Confederate soldiers
The Confederate States lost the war. They were not more successful.
The Union soldiers defeated the Confederate soldiers. The southern states surrendered and the northern states put many sanctions on the southern states after the war.
Hazel W. Jones has written: 'Index to Mississippi Confederate soldiers' -- subject(s): Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Army, Genealogy, History, Mississippi Civil War, 1861-1865, Registers, Soldiers, United States Civil War, 1861-1865
They called the Confederate soldiers the Rebels or "Rebs"
Yes there were. Although the Union outnumbered the Confederate soldiers...
Kentucky and Delaware were two.