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Most Americans were farmers - well over 90% of the people lived on a farm. So the soldiers were farm boys, and their fathers. Most had lived all their lives on the family farm, had gotten what schooling was available at little one room school houses, and had never been anywhere in their lives, except for the trips a few times a year the family made to the nearest town, usually the county seat, to trade for things they could not produce themselves on the farm - like sugar, salt, coffee, gunpowder, tobacco. The city boys went to war too, of course, but they were few in number compared to the farmers.
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Who did America fight against in the Civil War?
In the US Civil War, Confederate soldiers from the South fought against Union soldiers from the North. Both sides had to resort to conscription to keep their armies at full strength. The South passed draft laws first then the North had to do the same.
What were the soldiers referred to in the civil war?
the south were the confedrate soldiers An the north were the union soldiers
Transportation in the North and South during the Civil War?
The war had primarily been fought in the south, not the north. The south had to be re-built.
What is the difference between a union and a confederate soldier?
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.
Did the north or south have the larger fighting force?
The south they fought on their home land and they were motivated to fight
