The Union.
Union fought to free slaves, Confederate fought to stay slave states.
The civil war was the name of the war?
The Union=North and The Confederate=South, fought in the Civil War
There were 360,000 Union soldier deaths and 258,000 Confederate soldier deaths during the American Civil War.
During the Civil War the Union had about 22million and the Confederate had about 12.5million -- 9million being free and 3.5million being slaves.
During the Civil War, the Union army focused on conquiring Southern land and freeing Confederate slaves.
some were forced to fight for their masters but many escaped and fought for the union
The Union.
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Union fought to free slaves, Confederate fought to stay slave states.
The nickname for them was contraband. This came out of a little argument between a union officer and a confederate officer. The confederate officer wanted the slaves who were with the union forces and to protect them the union officer told the confederate that they were "contraband." Contraband in war is not returned, so in calling them that the union officer was using military rules to protect them. It was not meant as an insult.
Confederate and Union
The civil war was the name of the war?
They didn't use slaves. In fact, they freed slaves they found in confederate areas. These slaves followed the Union forces to stay safe.
No they were against it that is why they had the civil war.
Lincoln freed the slaves in the Confederate States, because they were in rebellion against the Union. Causing most of the Civil war, Lincoln decided to make the Emancipation to abolish the rebillion and keep the Union stable.