What percentage of the northerner forces war foreign born during the civil war?
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the summer of 1861, an American diplomat in Turin, Italy, looked out the window of the U.S. legation to see hundreds of young men forming a sprawling line. Some wore red shirts, emblematic of the Garibaldini known for pointing one finger in the air and shouting l'Italia Unità! (Italy United!). Now they wanted to volunteer to take up arms for l'America Unità!
Meanwhile, immigrants already in the United States responded to the call to arms in extraordinary numbers. In 1860, about 13 percent of the U.S. population was born overseas — roughly what it is today. One in every four members of the Union army was an immigrant, some 543,000 of the more than 2 million Union soldiers. Another 18 percent had at least one foreign-born parent. Together, immigrants and the sons of immigrants made up about 43 percent of the U.S. armed forces.
Meanwhile, immigrants already in the United States responded to the call to arms in extraordinary numbers. In 1860, about 13 percent of the U.S. population was born overseas — roughly what it is today. One in every four members of the Union army was an immigrant, some 543,000 of the more than 2 million Union soldiers. Another 18 percent had at least one foreign-born parent. Together, immigrants and the sons of immigrants made up about 43 percent of the U.S. armed forces.
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