Title: Hispanics in the American Civil War - Wikipedia
Headings: Hispanics in the American Civil War
Hispanics in the American Civil War
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Contents
Notable military personnel
Union forces
Confederate forces
Hispanic women in the Civil War
Medal of Honor
Hispanic Union units
The 1st California Cavalry Battalion
The Garibaldi Guard, D Company "The Spanish Company"
New Mexico Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Hispanic Confederate units
European Brigades and the Louisiana Tigers
The Spanish Guards
Confederate units of Texas
Post-war
See also
Notes
References

Content: 2,500 for the Confederacy and 1,000 for the Union. This number increased to 10,000 by the end of the war. Hispanic is an ethnic term employed to categorize any citizen or resident of the United States, of any racial background, of any country, and of any religion, who has at least one ancestor from the people of Spain or is of non-Hispanic origin, but has an ancestor from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central or South America, or some other Hispanic origin. The three largest Hispanic groups in the United States are the Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans. The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the "Federal Army", the "U.S. Army", the "Northern Army" and the "National Army". It consisted of the small United States Army (the regular army ), augmented by massive numbers of units supplied by the Northern states, composed of volunteers as well as conscripts . The "New Mexico Volunteer Infantry", with 157 Hispanics officers, was the Union unit with the most officers of that ethnic background. Besides Colonel Miguel E. Pino and Lieutenant Colonel Jose Maria Valdez who belonged to the 2nd New Mexico Volunteer Infantry, the New Mexico Volunteer Infantry also included Colonel Diego Archuleta (eventually promoted to Brig. Gen.), the commanding officer of the First New Mexico Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Jose G. Gallegos commander of the Third New Mexico Volunteer Infantry, and Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Perea, who commanded Perea's Militia Battalion.