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Pages in category "Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 241 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
Albert Woolson. Albert Henry Woolson (February 11, 1850 – August 2, 1956) was the last known surviving [ 1] member of the Union Army who served in the American Civil War; he was also the last surviving Civil War veteran on either side whose status is undisputed. At least three men who outlived Woolson claimed to be Confederate veterans, but ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [ e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery should be ...
Category. : Military personnel killed in the American Civil War. Notable military personnel who were among the more than 215,000 American soldiers, marines, and sailors were killed in action or mortally wounded during the American Civil War. It does not include those who died of disease or accident during the war, or after the war as a result ...
The American Civil War (April 1861 – May 1865) [ 1] pitted the forces of the northern "Union" or "Free" states against those of the southern "Confederate states". [ 2] Long simmering sectional antagonisms and differences were brought to a head by the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States in November 1860 and led to the ...
American Civil War. United States Colored Troops ( USCT) were Union Army regiments during the American Civil War that primarily comprised African Americans, with soldiers from other ethnic groups also serving in USCT units. Established in response to a demand for more units from Union Army commanders, USCT regiments, which numbered 175 in total ...
Similarly, the ABMC Records do not cover inter-war deaths such as the Port Chicago disaster in which 320 died. As of June 2018 total of US World War II casualties listed as MIA is 72,823 [ 93] e. ^ Korean War: Note: [ 20] gives Dead as 33,746 and Wounded as 103, 284 and MIA as 8,177.
Pennsylvania was the site of the bloodiest battle of the war, the Battle of Gettysburg, which became widely known as one of the turning points of the Civil War. [ 1] Numerous more minor engagements and skirmishes were also fought in Pennsylvania during the 1863 Gettysburg Campaign, as well as the following year during a Confederate cavalry raid ...