In the Confederate army, 75 percent of the men served in the infantry, 20 percent in the cavalry, and 5 percent in artillery. In the Union army, 80 percent of the men were in the infantry, 14 percent in the cavalry, and 6 percent in artillery. Southerners who had not farmed included carpenters, mechanics, merchants, machinists, lawyers, teachers, blacksmiths, and dentists. Union rosters contained references to more than 300 different careers, including accountant, surveyor, locksmith, teacher, carpenter, shoemaker, black- smith, painter, mason, teamster, and mechanic. The majority of soldiers North and South had been farmers before the war. Most soldiers were between the ages of 18 and 39 with an average age just under 26. Wiley, who pioneered the study of the Civil War common soldier, the average Yank or Reb was a ‘white, native-born, farmer, protestant, single, between 18 and 29.’ He stood about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed about 143 pounds. Union Cavalry Soldier Who Was the Common Soldier of America’s Civil War?Ībout 2.75 million soldiers fought in the Civil War - 2 million for the North and 750,000 for the South.Īccording to historian Bell I.
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