By the end of the war more than 186,000 black soldiers had joined the Union army; 93,000 from the Confederate states, 40,000 from the border slave states, and 53,000 from the free states. Black soldiers faced discrimination as well as segregation.
List of colleges and universities near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. There are 59 colleges within 50 miles of Pittsburgh. Located in Pennsylvania with a population of 305,704, the closest colleges are ranked by distance from Pittsburgh. The nearest college is Bradford School at a distance of 1.5 miles from Pittsburgh center.
Share |. US Map showing Location Map of Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. The economic centre of the region, Pittsburgh has surprisingly 151 high-rise buildings and 446 bridges; because of hundreds of bridges, the city is also known as 'the City of Bridges'.owever, the trend gradually changing and now the economy of the city is largely depends upon technology, healthcare, education and some other financial services. Likewise, the city has grown with plenty of industrial sites along with various offices buildings, shopping complex, and housings.