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An Article Contributed by Jenny Goellnitz

Casualties for the American Civil War:

• Union dead: 364,511
• Union wounded: 281,881
• Total Union Loss: 646,392

• Confederate dead: 260,000
• Confederate wounded: 194,000
• Confederate Total Loss: 454,000

Total number of Dead in the Civil War: 624,511

The Civil War soldier's chances of not surviving the war was about one in four, in comparison to:

• 4,435 died in the Revolution
• 2,260 in War of 1812
• 13,283 in the Mexican War
• 2,246 in the Spanish American
• 116,516 in World War I
• 405,399 in World War II
• 33,746 in Korea
• 58,152 in Vietnam

Up until the Vietnam War, the number killed in the Civil War surpassed all other wars combined.

• 110,100 Union soldiers died in battle: 67,088 KIA, 43,012 MW.
• 224,580 died of disease.
• 30,192 died as prisoners of war
• 24,881 died of non battle causes
• 1,804 members of the Navy were killed
• 3,000 died of wound of accident
• 2,226 were wounded

1 Army commander, 3 corps commanders, 14 division commanders, and 67 brigade commanders, including 32 generals, were killed in the Union Army.

• Confederate KIA and MW 94,000
• Died of disease 164,000
• Died as prisoners of war 31,000
• Wounded: 194,026

1 Army Commander, 3 Corps commanders, 7 division commanders, and 62 brigade commanders were killed in the CSA Army.

• Prisoners of War: Union, mortality rate of 15.5%
• Confederate, mortality rate of 12.0%

Medical Statistics

• Chance of dying: about one in four

For the Union Army:

• 1 out of approximately 65 men were killed in action
• 1 of 56 died from wounds
• 1 of 13.5 died of disease
• 1 of 10 was wounded in action
• 1 of 15 was captured or reported missing
• 1 of 7 captured died in prison

Death Rate for Union and Confederate Soldiers by Disease

• "Continued Fevers" C- 33.27% U-22.28%
• "Malarial Fevers" C-1.15 U-0.95
• "Eruptive Diseases" C- 5.12% U-5.27%
• "Intestinal Complaints" C-1.48% U-1.25%
• "Pulmonary Diseases" C-18.89% U-2.34%

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