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Civil War Page =This is the Civil War Troops site MG found in class: []= = Welcome! On this page, we will all look for some Civil War facts and keep adding them to this page. Remember to add your name and the link to the website where you got the facts. =

1. (Liana) Approximately 130,000 freed slaves became Union soldiers during the war. http://www.civil-war.ws/facts/
Isn't it also interesting that black soldiers were paid $10 per month while serving in the Union Army. This was $3 less than white soldiers. Does anyone know what laws were put in place to stop this type of discrimination? Morah Gannon

===** 2. (Brayan) ** **The rifling of the barrel increased the effective range to appoximately 750 – 900 feet. This made a charge more deadly and a waste of men. []**===


 * 3. (Arianna) Of the 364,000 on the union side who lost their lives, a third were killed or died of wounds and two third died died of disease. **

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=5. ( Natan http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_did_Confederates_call_their_flag)The Confederate States of America had **3** different versions of their National Flag. The common flag most familiar as a "Rebel flag" was actually the battle flag carried by each regiment to help identify the unit. Each regiment usually carried their regimental battle flag and the National flag=

== 6. (Gabi) The Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American History, claiming more lives than The American Revolutionary War, World War I, World War II, The War against Switzerland, The War of 1812, and the Vietnam War combined.(WHOA) == http://www.idiotica.com/cranium/encyclopedia/content/civilwar.htm

This site has many errors. Let's start a list of the errors.

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=7. (Rachel) There were 6,000,000 cases of disease in the Federal armies, which meant that, on an average, every man was sick at least twice.= =http://www.19thalabama.org/cwfacts.html= =8. (Grace) There were 6,000,000 cases of disease in the Federal armies, which meant that, on an average, every man was sick at least twice.(WOW)= =[]=

9. (Avi) Two percent of the population (mor than620,000) died in the war. :(
10. (Max) The leader of the Confederacy (Jefferson Davis) fought in the Mexican War and was a U.S. Congresman. []