2006-11-03 02:46:19 · 3 answers · asked by fruitytudy40 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
The numbers for those serving in the various armed forces the North outnumbered the South 2,200,000 to 1,064,000.
2006-11-03 03:35:39 · answer #1 · answered by Michael 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Population of the states who joined the Confederacy was 9 million total (slave and free). Population of the Union states and territories was 13 million.
2006-11-03 06:48:19 · answer #2 · answered by blueprairie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know where Michael got his info, as it has been in history the north had 4 to 1 over the south, counting the Immigrants they brought in from other countries, The south had won every major skirmish until that traitor Lee would not listen to his generals and lost 24000 men in 2 days at Gettysburg, Stewart and Hood wanted to bring their Calvary in from behind the Yankees and get them in a cross fire , Lee said no he wanted to bust the middle charging up hill in the open against fortified positions, Hood tried to kill Lee and would have had the others not stopped him. my great grand father was one of the officers there at the time,
2006-11-03 06:40:46 · answer #3 · answered by jim ex marine offi, 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋