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![]() ![]() Īnother unit which was composed of Hispanics was D Company "The Spanish Company" of the Garibaldi Guard, 39th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment. ![]() Gallegos commander of the Third New Mexico Volunteer Infantry, and Lieutenant Colonel Francisco Perea, who commanded Perea's Militia Battalion. Gen.), the commanding officer of the First New Mexico Volunteer Infantry, Colonel Jose G. 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. The "New Mexico Volunteer Infantry", with 157 Hispanics officers, was the Union unit with the most officers of that ethnic background. 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. Army", the "Northern Army" and the "National Army". It was also known as the "Federal Army", the "U.S. The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. The three largest Hispanic groups in the United States are the Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans. 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. This number increased to 10,000 by the end of the war. It is estimated that approximately 20,000 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. Some were born in a US Territory and therefore did not have the right to US Citizenship. Many of them were Spanish subjects or nationals from countries in the Caribbean, Central and South America. Not all the Hispanics who fought in the American Civil War were " Hispanic-Americans", in other words citizens of the United States. Hispanics in the American Civil War fought on both the Union and Confederate sides of the conflict. ![]()
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