Black federal soldier by a slave auction house in occupied Atlanta, Georgia, 1864Submitted by captureorbit t3_10hys8v in pics
WillQTheGreat t1_j5deoyi wrote
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Both are used to refer to the same thing. Basically, anyone who fought for the United States during the war.
The closest thing you'll find in terms of a difference is "volunteers" and "regular Army". As time went on though, the regular army played a smaller and smaller role. I read somewhere that during the Mexican-American war, volunteers made up roughly 66% of US forces. During the civil war, it was 97%.
WillQTheGreat t1_j5dfq3i wrote
Comparing these two wars, however, may be comparing apples to oranges. I do think it gives an interesting perspective though.
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