Sometimes their lives.
Sometimes it is only minor body parts.
Sometimes it involves life threatening injuries.
For some there is psychological damage.
There are always long periods away from your family.
There is not being available to provide comfort and council to your children.
It is an Honorable Profession. Thank them for serving the Nation.
18-19 United States soldiers were killed.
There are many different soldiers in the American army. The United States of America's army consists of more than five thousand and sixty soldiers in total.
Chilton A White has written: 'Speech of Hon. Chilton A. White, of Ohio, on the enlistment of Negro soldiers' -- subject(s): African American Participation, African American soldiers, History, Participation, African American, Recruiting, enlistment, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army
American Soldiers
It was the United States Colored Troops in 1864.
William Henry Wadsworth has written: 'Speech of Hon. William H. Wadsworth of Kentucky, on the enlistment of Negro soldiers' -- subject(s): African American Participation, African American soldiers, History, Recruiting, enlistment, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army
There are curently around 1.4 million American active duty troops.
Norwood P. Hallowell has written: 'The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion' -- subject(s): Accessible book, African American Participation, African American soldiers, History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Regimental histories, United States, United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865) 'Black Soldiers in the War of the Slaveowners' Rebellion' -- subject(s): Correspondence, United States, United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 20th (1861-1865), African American Participation, Soldiers, Personal narratives, United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865), Biography, History
Thomas G. Rodgers has written: 'Irish-American units in the Civil War' -- subject(s): Confederate States of America, Confederate States of America. Army, History, Irish American Participation, Irish American soldiers, Uniforms, United States, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, United States. Army
Diane Smolinski has written: 'Revolutionary War soldiers' -- subject(s): American forces, History, Juvenile literature, Military life, Social aspects, Social conditions, Soldiers, United States, United States. Continental Army 'Soldiers of the War of 1812' -- subject(s): Armed Forces, History, Juvenile literature, Soldiers, United States War of 1812 'Key battles of the Civil War' -- subject(s): Campaigns, History, Juvenile literature, United States Civil War, 1861-1865 'Home Front in the North (Americans at War' 'Battles of the Spanish-American War' -- subject(s): Campaigns, Juvenile literature, Spanish-American War, 1898 'The Revolutionary War home front' -- subject(s): Causes, History, Juvenile literature, Social aspects, Social conditions 'Important people of the Revolutionary War' -- subject(s): Biography, History, Juvenile literature 'Soldiers of the Spanish-American War' -- subject(s): Campaigns, History, Juvenile literature, Soldiers, Spanish-American War, 1898, United States, United States. Army, United States. Navy
David H. Hackworth has written: 'About face' -- subject(s): History, Biography, Soldiers, Personal narratives, American, Korean War, 1950-1953, United States, United States. Army, American Personal narratives 'Steel My Soldiers' Hearts' -- subject(s): Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Personal narratives, American, Regimental histories, History, United States. Army. Infantry Division, 9th. Regiment, 39th. Battalion, 4th, United States, American Personal narratives
American troops.