tuctrohs t1_iyo5t6s wrote on December 2, 2022 at 9:14 PM

Reply to comment by BLAZENIOSZ in [OC] Number of Union Army Units/Companies during the American Civil War. by BLAZENIOSZ

It would be interesting to see this on a per unit population basis.

BLAZENIOSZ OP t1_iyo6tac wrote on December 2, 2022 at 9:21 PM

NY had the most soldiers which make sense, but Ohio had the highest percentage of enlistment.

Also Tennessee was a southern state, quickly fell and provided a lot of support to the Union.

RogerSaysHi t1_iyp9o53 wrote on December 3, 2022 at 2:22 AM

Tennessee also had a county that seceded from the confederacy, it didn't technically rescind its secession until 1986.

Drill1 t1_iypdlhs wrote on December 3, 2022 at 2:54 AM

Fannin County Georgia succeeded from the confederacy too, not sure when they were readmitted back into the state. My 3rd GGF was a captain in the Union Army, lost an eye and an arm at Shiloh, he was from Blue Ridge, GA

Five_inches_of_taint t1_iypsc1i wrote on December 3, 2022 at 5:04 AM

Brohio confirmed.

trippy108 t1_iypwlrg wrote on December 3, 2022 at 5:49 AM

And MN was the first state to send soldiers to the fight! Source: https://www.mnhs.org/fortsnelling/learn/military-history/civil-war

daveescaped t1_iyr2pht wrote on December 3, 2022 at 2:39 PM

Why were there so many units from frontier states like Illinois and Missouri but so few from CT and other New England states? There had to be greater population in New England at that time.