At the start of the US Civil War, there were about 31 million soldiers fighting in the war. This was to a rough estimate of 22 million fighting in the North, and a rough estimate of 9 million fighting in the South.
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About 350,000 Union soldiers died. About 250,000 Confederate soldiers died. The reason why more Union soldiers died is because the Union army had almost double the size of the Confederacy!
58 IMPROVEMENT In all 178,975 blacks soldiers served in the Union Army.
The American Civil War (1861-1865) had more soldiers on the Union side, with estimates suggesting that the Union Army had over 2 million soldiers, while the Confederate Army had around 750,000 to 1.2 million soldiers. The Union had a significant advantage in terms of population, industrial capacity, and resources during the conflict.
2 Million 213 thousand Union and approximately 1 million Confederate, as accurate information is not available
The buffalo soldiers were the black soldiers in the Union army who helped settle the west by fighting against the native Americans.