Title: Hispanics in the American Civil War - Wikipedia
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Hispanics in the American Civil War
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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

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Hispanics in the American Civil War
First row
David Farragut • Santos Benavides • Augusto Rodriguez
Second row
Federico Fernández Cavada • Julius Peter Garesché • Luis F. Emilio
Third row
Loreta Janeta Velazquez
(On the left disguised as "Lieutenant Harry Buford" and on the right as herself)
Hispanics in the American Civil War fought on both the Union and Confederate sides of the conflict. Not all the Hispanics who fought in the American Civil War were " Hispanic-Americans ", in other words citizens of the United States. Many of them were Spanish subjects or nationals from countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America. Some were born in a US Territory and therefore did not have the right to US Citizenship. It is estimated that approximately 3,500 Hispanics, mostly Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans and Cubans (Puerto Rico and Cuba were Spanish colonies) living in the United States joined the war: 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.