Question

6. The 1860 United States census indicated a total population of 31,443,321

persons. The Northern states (Union) numbered approximately 22,000,000
(includes 500,000 slaves in the Border States), while the Southern states
(Confederacy) totaled slightly more than 5,500,000. (The South also held an
additional 3,500,000 slaves.) Since the Union population totaled 22,000,000, while
the Confederacy numbered more than 5,500,000, the Union, with nearly a 4-to-1
manpower advantage, could afford attrition, but the Confederacy could not.
During the four year Civil War, modern weaponry was employed on the battlefield
with outdated Napoleonic tactics. As a result, bloodshed via attrition was a major
factor in determining the outcome of the conflict.

Question- Who had the greater number of soldiers that fought in the war?

South (Confederacy)

North (Union)

Border States (Union)

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

Population of the United States in 1860, compiled from the original returns of the Eighth Census under the Secretary of the Interior.