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I found this whilst carousing about and thought it was interesting how it shows that the vast majority of U.S. Males at the time were in non-manufacturing occupations. It seems there may have been just as many farm boys fighting in the north as there were in the south.US census, 1860: Free population of the Northern States: approx. 17,500,000 Males in Manufacturing approx. 900,000 (5.1%) ****************************************************** Free population of Border States approx. 2,600,000 Males in Mfg. approx. 60,500 (2.3%) ****************************************************** Free population of the CSA approx. 5,500,000 Males in Mfg. approx. 90,000 (1.6%)
The soldiers on both sides were remarkably similar. Northern farm boys and Southern farm boys killing each other. At Fredericksburg the Union Irish Brigade fought the CSA Irish.An interesting story is that of the three childhood friends who grew up in Gettysburg, Jack, Mary(Jennie) and Wesley. Wesley moved to Va and later was in CSA army. Jack Skelly fought for the Union.. Jack was badly wounded at Winchester and Wesley saw him in hospital shortly before Jack's death. Jack asked Wesley to take a message to Jennie, his fiancee. Wesley got to Gettysburg but never delivered the message. Wesley Culp was killed on Culp's Hill , his uncle's farm. Jennie Wade was the only civilian casualty being killed by a stray bullet thru her kitchen door.http://users.snip.net/~hart/page22.htmlI was told this tale in a class and later found it on the net
