To be fair, almost half of those died trying to keep the tragedy going.
uh, they were following orders. They were soldiers. To think that every Civil War Confederate soldier supported slavery is asinine. Most by all records did not support it and did not own slaves. They were fighting for their right for self determination. They were fighting for their right to secede from a Union they perceived as being controlled by rich Northern states at the expense of poor Southern states.
Grow up.