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United States Navy recruitment poster from 1918. Note the appeal to patriotism. (Digitally restored). Prior to the outbreak of World War I, military recruitment in the US was conducted primarily by individual states. [79] Upon entering the war, however, the federal government took an increased role.
English: United States map of 1861, showing affiliation of states and territories regarding secession from the Union at the start of the American Civil War. Legend: States that seceded before April 15, 1861
Foreign enlistment in the American Civil War (1861–1865) reflected the conflict's international significance among both governments and their citizenry. Diplomatic and popular interest were aroused by the United States' status as a nascent power at the time, and by the war's central cause being the globally divisive issue of slavery. [ 2 ]
Civil War recruiting poster for black soldiers. Note that the officer is white. The 1st Mississippi Cavalry (African Descent) was renamed the 3rd U.S. Colored Cavalry Regiment (3rd USCC) on 11 March 1864. The unit was attached to the 1st Brigade, United States Colored Troops, District of Vicksburg, Department of the Tennessee until April 1864 ...
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.
During the American Civil War, a department was a geographical command within the Union's military organization, usually reporting directly to the War Department. Many of the Union's departments were named after rivers or other bodies of water, such as the Department of the Potomac and the Department of the Tennessee. The geographical ...
Camp Meigs is a former American Civil War training camp that existed from 1862 to 1865 in Readville, Massachusetts. [1] It was combined from the former Camp Brigham (formed to train the 18th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry ) [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and Camp Massasoit (formed to train the 24th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry ) [ 4 ] [ 5 ...