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There were approximately 2.2 million Union troops throughout the entirety of the Civil War. Only about half of these were native-born Americans.

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Total number of union forces in civil war?

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How did the losses of soldiers compare between the North and the South during the US Civil War?

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How many states total left the union during the civil war?

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