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Union
Statistics:
2.9 million men served
1.5 million enlisted - 3 years duration
630,000 casualties
360,000 killed in action or died of disease
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Confederate
Statistics:
1.2 million men served
800,000 enslited – 3 years duration
340,000 casualties
250,000 killed in action or died of disease
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The Confederate States of America: South Carolina led
the way out of the Union on December 20, 1860, and by
March 1861, six more states, outraged over Lincoln's
election to the presidency and emboldened by South Carolina's
example, also seceded: Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,
Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. After the bombardment
of Fort Sumter and Lincoln's call for troops to put
down the rebellion in April, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee,
and North Carolina followed suit, bringing the number
of states in the new Confederacy to eleven.
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