about how many americans died in the civil war?
We have a disconnect in our society about what’s going on, who has served and what they experienced.”. In many ways, Americans today feel removed from the Global War on Terror and military conflict, True said. “So few have served, and that it’s very easy for people say now that ‘I didn’t want these wars,’ but that doesn’t mean that we aren’t all part of this,” she said. Volunteers decorated the graves of more than 20,000 Union and Confederate soldiers. During World War II, decoration day was expanded and renamed Memorial Day to honor all Americans who died in military service. Deaths per day is the total number of Americans killed in military service, divided by the number of days between the dates of the commencement and end of hostilities. As of November 2, 2011 Total of US World War II casualties {Military and Civilian} not recovered is 73,692; by February 15, 2014 the total of US World War II Casualties {Military and Civilian} not recovered is 73,637; total of US World War II Casualties buried at sea are 6,061. e. As many as 620,000 individuals lost their lives during the Civil War, more than in any other war before or since. Confederate deaths were about 260,000 of which 93,000 were killed in combat, while Union deaths were 360,000 of which 110,000 deaths were in combat. Disease was the major cause of death in the civil war. Out of 620,000 deaths, over 400,000 were from diseases. At least 618,000 Americans died in the Civil War, and some experts say the toll reached 700,000. The number that is most often quoted is 620,000. At any rate, these casu … alties exceed the nation's loss in all its other wars, from the Revolution through Vietnam. In total deaths the American Civil War was the deadliest war in American history (although in combat related deaths, World War II remains the deadliest conflict with 292,000 combat deaths). Other deaths resulted from disease and accidents. c. ^ Civil War: All Union casualty figures, and Confederate killed in action, from The Oxford Companion to American Military History except where noted (NPS figures). estimate of total Confederate dead from James M. McPherson, Battle Cry of Freedom (Oxford University Press, 1988), 854. Today, out of a nation of 320 million people, 1.3 million Americans are in active duty military, and another 1 million serve in the reserves, according to the Department of Defense. That small figure influences the way the general public thinks about the cost of conflict, True says. That’s almost half of all Americans who have ever died during wartime, and more than a hundred times more than died during the American Revolution, according to the latest estimates from the Department of Defense and the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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