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Civil War Statistics. Bloodiest War in U.S. history Union Deaths = about 360,000 + Confederate Deaths = about 260,000 Total Deaths in the Civil War = 620,000 - Recently, people actually think that number is closer to 700,000!!. If you added all of our wars. French and Indian
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Civil War Statistics Bloodiest War in U.S. history Union Deaths = about 360,000 + Confederate Deaths = about 260,000 Total Deaths in the Civil War = 620,000 - Recently, people actually think that number is closer to 700,000!!
If you added all of our wars French and Indian American Revolution War of 1812 Mexican War Spanish-American War World War I World War II Korean War Vietnam War And our current Wars the total numbers of deaths would not equal that of the Civil War
Statistics 2) 2% of the Entire US population killed compared to .3% in WWII (today that would be around 7 million people) 3) There was an estimated 2,261 (major) 10,000 (major and minor) battles fought during the Civil War – 11 of which were in the Dakota territory 4) U.S. Debt after the war = $2,845,000,000
Statistics 5) About 10,000 Union troops were under the minimum age of 18 years old – soldiers would write 18 on the bottoms of shoes so they wouldn’t have to lie about age 6) Nearly 200,000 African Americans would enlist in the Union army
The ranks are from lowest to highest Private Corporal Sergeant Lieutenant Captain Major Colonel General ( based on a star system) Army Rank