Tennessee was Confederate state. However the people of the state were divided and many joined the Union army. Its capital, Nashville, fell early to the Union advance but many big and important battles were fought in the state. Many of the Union supporters in Tennessee were located in the eastern part of the state.
About 91,921.
Approximately 2 million soldiers served for the Union during the American Civil War, and roughly 750,000 served for the Confederacy. All told, 620,000 soldiers lost their lives during the war.
The Battle of Fort Pillow was a controversal battle. The Union decided it was a massacre and used this to generate support to continue the war. There were many accounts and newspapers that stated all the black soldiers were killed. This is not true; there were nearly 60 taken prisoner. It was one of the first battles where the Confederates had captured black soldiers. How would they treat them? Were they runaway slaves or prisoners of war? The Union soldiers defending Fort Pillow were of two groups. The black soldiers had been slaves in that area of Northern Mississippi or Western Tennessee. The white soldiers were also from Western Tennessee and some had deserted from the Confederate Army. The white troops were part of a cavalry unit that had been terrorizing the local farmers. About half of the Confederate army attacking the fort were from Tennessee and saw the white soldiers as robbers and thieves and saw the blacks as slaves. There was a lot of animosity among them. However, the Confederates did capture 268 men and released another 70 for medical treatment aboard the Union gunboats.
The general nickname for Union soldiers was Billy Yank.
97,000 Union soldiers
80 union soldiers
how many soliders did the union have
there were about 2.1 million soldiers in the union
the union soldiers carried around many things :)
there was 39,830 soldiers on the Union side in battle of shiloh
The Battle of Shiloh was a battle in the American Civil War in which the Confederates attacked Union soldiers in Southwestern Tennessee. The Union eventually won this battle.
I you mean soldiers: Confederacy - 1,064,000 soldiers Union - 2,200,000 soldiers
275,200
There is 114,ooo Union Soldiers.
Tennessee was Confederate state. However the people of the state were divided and many joined the Union army. Its capital, Nashville, fell early to the Union advance but many big and important battles were fought in the state. Many of the Union supporters in Tennessee were located in the eastern part of the state.
2,000 NEW RESPONDENT 481 Union soldiers were killed in the Battle of Manassas.