The Civil War had begun. Immediately following the ... This left one million slaves in Union territory still in bondage. Throughout the North, African Americans and their white allies were exhuberant.
American women would not be welcome as full-time military members until 1948, but those who really, really wanted to fight ...
as it prevented the Confederacy from advancing any further into Union territory. Click here to see the 20 largest armies assembled during the Civil War.
Pillow, Tennessee on April 12, 1864 100,000+ — Number of Civil War Union corpses found in the South through a federal reinterment program from 1866-1869 303,356 — Number of Union soldiers who ...