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https://www.military.com/off-duty/books/2024/08/27/tis-not-our-war-why-most-americans-dodged-civil-war-draft-and-deserted-union-army.html
I think the Union had about twice the number of soldiers as the Confederates.
And also roughly double the deserters.
