The Beginning of the Ming Dynasty. During the final 40 years of the Yuan Dynasty era (1279â1368), there were famines, drought, flooding on the Yellow River, a bubonic plague pandemic, and other natural disasters.
Cause of Death The Stonewall Jackson Monument on the Manassas Battlefield. By Rob Shenk â CC BY-SA 2.0. Four days later he begins to complain of chest pains and difficulty breathing. His surgeon and doctor, Hunter Holmes McGuire, diagnoses pneumonia in the right lung. Pneumonia was one of the most common causes of death during the Civil War. Doctors of the time sometimes relied on methods that were fast going out of favor. Stonewall was given mercury for its strong laxative properties and to induce vomiting.
IMPROVED ANSWER: About 620,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War. The Union lost about 360,000 troops, and the Confederacy lost about 260,000. More than half of the deaths were caused by disease. About a third of all Southern soldiers died in the war, compared with about a sixth of all Northern soldiers. <b>IMPROVED ANSWER:</b>   <b>About 620,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War. The Union lost about 360,000 troops, and the Confederacy lost about 260,000. More than half of the deaths were caused by disease.