Almost 2.4 million soldiers fought in the Civil War – about 1.56 million for the North and probably 800,000 for the South (records for the Confederate are incomplete).

Approximately 2.4 million soldiers were engaged in the Civil War, with around 1.56 million fighting for the North and an estimated 800,000 for the South (although Confederate records remain ...

Combined with the number of U.S. soldiers killed since the Revolutionary War, the toll ranges from 1.265 million to 1.397 million. Regardless of the Civil War estimate, the number of active-duty ...