Slavery was a very big issue during the Civil War, so I’m gonna talk the black soldiers and how they got to be able to …show more content…
Some of the early estimates put their numbers between 750,000 and 1,000,000 men served on the Confederate side of the American Civil War. The number of casualties of the Confederate army are about 94,000 men were either killed or mortally wounded on the battlefield. It is also estimated that about 164,000 soldiers died due to diseases and about 26,000 to 31,000 died in the Union prison. A total of 25,000 died of various reasons like accidents, murder, killed after capture of the Union soldiers, suicide, drowning, sun stroke, and execution for committing crime. 174, 223 Confederate soldiers surrendered to the Union army at the end of the war (Confederate Soldiers). The government was responsible for their rations, uniforms, training, arms, equipment, and pay the rate of $11 per month (Confederate