586–92.David G. Smith, "Race and Retaliation: The Capture of African Americans During the Gettysburg Campaign." The best estimates of the number of deaths of Confederate soldiers are about 94,000 killed or mortally wounded in battle, 164,000 deaths from disease and between 26,000 and 31,000 deaths in Union prison camps. While on the march or in parade formation, Confederate Armies often displayed a wide array of dress, ranging from faded, patched-together regulation uniforms; rough, homespun uniforms colored with homemade dyes such as Confederate troops marching west on East Patrick Street, September 12, 1862Confederate soldiers were also faced with inadequate food rations, especially as the war progressed. In contrast, about 25,000 Union soldiers died as a result of accidents, drowning, murder, killed after capture, suicide, execution for various crimes, execution by the Confederates (64), sunstroke, other and not stated. All but extremely improbable estimates of this number range between 600,000 and 1,500,000 men.—Jefferson Davis to Howell Cobb, Confederate States of America – Message to Congress, March 1861On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the On March 1, 1861, Davis assumed control of the military situation at Charleston, South Carolina on behalf of the Confederate States government, where state militia threatened to seize All but extremely improbable estimates of the number of Confederate soldiers range between 600,000 and 1,500,000 men.Records of the number of individuals who served in the In comparison, the best estimates of the number of deaths of Union soldiers are 110,100 killed or mortally wounded in battle, 224,580 deaths from disease and 30,192 deaths in Confederate prison camps, although some historians also dispute these figures. LII, Part 2, pp. Let us put the negro to work, but not to fight.The overwhelming support most Confederates had for maintaining black slavery was the primary cause of their strong opposition to using African Americans as armed soldiers. Some historians have suggested that the threat of conscription may have had a greater effect on raising volunteers than it did in providing large numbers of reliable soldiers.
A fourth candidate, Senator John Bell of Tennessee, was fielded by the Constitutional Union Party, mostly former Whigs and Know Nothi… In April 1862,The Confederate Congress enacted several more amendments throughout the war to address losses suffered in battle as well as the United States' greater supply of manpower. In reality, as disease and casualties took their toll, most regiments were greatly reduced in strength. [O]nly 20 percent of the sample of 429 Southern soldiers explicitly voiced proslavery convictions in their letters or diaries. Jackson's goal was to maintain discipline in a volunteer army whose homes were under threat of enemy occupation.Historians of the Civil War have emphasized how soldiers from poor families deserted because they were urgently needed at home. According to historian Paul D. Escott: Since some Confederate soldiers would have died for these reasons, more total deaths and total casualties for the Confederacy must have occurred. Blue for infantry, yellow for cavalry, and red for artillery. 1161–62.Eicher, p. 807. Official Records, Series IV, Vol. This could differ with some units, however, depending on available resources or the unit commander's desire. The best conjecture for Union Army wounded is 275,175.Confederate forces at Mobile, Alabama, and Columbus, Georgia, also had already surrendered on April 14, 1865, and April 16, 1865, respectively.
[F]or a great many of the most powerful southerners the idea of arming and freeing the slaves was repugnant because the protection of slavery had been and still remained the central core of Confederate purpose ... Slavery was the basis of the planter class's wealth, power, and position in society. In addition to the Indians, I will receive all white male citizens, who are good marksmen. Confederate soldiers were also faced with inadequate food rations, especially as the war progressed.