[Humal]

"The pow camps on both sides were miserable hellholes with disease taking a large toll in lives. You were almost better off getting killed on the battlefield."

This is so true. Another uncle from a different line was wounded at Shiloh, taken to the federal prison at Perryville, Kentucky, where he died a month later. I can't imagine the pain and suffering the man went through during that time.

[SAMWolf]

The Severity of the War

     The severity of the war measured in the number of casualties on both sides is a moral tragedy within itself.  There were more Americans killed and wounded in the "The War for Southern Independence" than most all other American wars combined.

	Killed	Wounded
Revolutionary War	4,435
War of 1812	2,260
Mexican War	13,283
Spanish American	2,446
World War I	116,708	204,002
World War II	405,316	670,846
Korean War	36,916	103,284
Vietnam War	58,193
TOTAL	639,557	978,132

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North

South

Total
Died and Wounded			*1,166,850
Died	405,850	260,000	665,850
Prison camp deaths	22,576	26,436	49,012

(some sources put total POW deaths at 55,200)