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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 Union grand strategy for defeating the rebellious
states: As envisioned by General
George McClellan, it called for three simultaneous
overland assaults , combined with a blockade of southern
ports and naval thrusts up and down the Mississippi.
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