Presidential Fodder Author:George D. N. Coletti The attack on Fort Sumter rallied the North to the defense of American nationalism. Enthusiastic young men clamored to join the Union army in 1861. The came with family support for the reasons of patriotism, and adventure. Soldiers in the Union army were generally slim young men over 5"8", with brown hair, blue eyes, and mostly Christian farmers... more ».
The Northerner soldiers were acutely aware off the
issues at stake and were passionately concerned about these issues./ They were they were responsible for the future of the their American nation.
Seven of these Union Soldiers would become future presidents of the United States.« less