The major similarity was that they were all Americans. Confederate Soldiers suffered more than the Union soldiers. The Union On the other hand suffered also. But a difference about them is that Union Allowed African Americans. The Confederate only allowed White.The Both teams went to camp and trained.
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.
former confederate and union soldiers
Likely interegated and executed as a public display to instill fear to other Union soldiers.
The Battle of Bull Run, fought on July 21, 1861, primarily involved the Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The Union army was composed mainly of troops from various Northern states, while the Confederate army consisted of soldiers from Southern states, particularly Virginia, where the battle took place. Notably, Virginia played a crucial role in the conflict, as it was the battleground and home state of many Confederate soldiers.
Those were the two parts of America during the Civil War. The Confederacy was an attempt at forming a new nation, but Congress did not recognise it, and just referred to that region as 'the states in rebellion'. The Union was the other part, that remained loyal.
Yes there were. Although the Union outnumbered the Confederate soldiers...
They called the Confederate soldiers the Rebels or "Rebs"
The ratio was 2.64 union soldiers for every confederate soldier. NEW RESPONDENT The most optimistic calculations give as an overall ratio between the two armies, in terms of men employed on the field of 1,50-1,75 Union soldiers for every Confederate.
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Approximately twelve percent death rate for Confederate in Union POW camps. The death rates of Union soldiers was slightly higher in Confederate POW camps.
If it was the Confederate soldiers, the Union would attack the Confederates. If it was the Union soldiers, then the Confederates would attack the Union.
The Yankees
In 1861, fighting broke out between confederate and union soldiers in Charleston, South Carolina.
The conflict between Barbara Frietchie and the Confederate soldiers arose during the Civil War when General Stonewall Jackson's troops marched through Frederick, Maryland. Frietchie, a staunch Union supporter, defiantly displayed the Union flag from her window, which angered the Confederate soldiers. In a symbolic act of defiance, she challenged them to shoot her rather than desecrate the flag, highlighting her commitment to the Union cause. This encounter embodies the tension between loyalty to the Union and the Confederate invasion of Northern territories.
Confederate soldiers fought for the South and state rights, Union fought to keep inslaved
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Union 460 Confederate 387 That is just the death count from the battle. Total casualties (Killed, MIA, Etc.) Union 2896 Confederate 1982