Best-known was the regular army General George Thomas - he said he had taken his oath to the United States and saw no case for changing his loyalties. His family in Virginia were so ashamed that they turned his portraits to face the wall.
the north had 2 million troops and the south had 800,000 troops
around 28,000
James Longstreet. He supported the Union (and the Republicans), rather than the North. But many Southerners still viewed this as treachery.
Fully 3/4 of southerners did not own slaves at the eve of the Civil War.
Many southerners in the mid-1800s viewed the North with suspicion and resentment. They saw the North as economically and politically dominant, and believed that its growing industrial power threatened the traditional agrarian way of life in the South. Southerners also resented what they perceived as interference by the North in their institution of slavery.
the north had 2 million troops and the south had 800,000 troops
mainly it was fought in the south, although many battles were fought in the north and as far west as Oklahoma.
around 28,000
about 4.1 million people
James Longstreet. He supported the Union (and the Republicans), rather than the North. But many Southerners still viewed this as treachery.
Many white southerners had slaves during the Civil War, but when the north won they didn't have slaves any more so the white southerners' lives were very different.
Fully 3/4 of southerners did not own slaves at the eve of the Civil War.
Many pro-Union Southerners kept the North informed of supply caches to provide targets for the Northern army. In addition, these Southerners withheld financial support to the South.
The Civil War. The War between the States. The War between Brothers. The War of Northern aggression.
The war had primarily been fought in the south, not the north. The south had to be re-built.
About 250,000 Confederates fought in the Civil War
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