Soldiers After The Civil War

During the Civil War, the lives of the soldiers in war shared many similarities and differences. The lives of the soldiers before the war were very similar, despite the opposing views of each side of the war. Most of the Union Army was made up of young white men born in North America. Although soldiers generally ranged in age from 18 to 45, boys as young as 12 often served as cavalry, buglers or drummer boys, and some men in their fifties and sixties enlisted as privates. Most of the Union Soldiers were under 30 while almost half of the Union Soldiers had been farmers before joining the Army, the others represented a wide variety of occupation. Their education and schooling was just as diverse. Soldiers with university degrees fought alongside