[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)     

[Humal]

Sam,
According to "Civil War Trivia and Fact Book" by Webb Garrison, p. 166, Federal numbers killed or mortally wounded in battle were 110,100; numbers died of disease were 224,580. For the Confederates, the numbers were 94,000 killed or mortally wounded in battle; 164,000 died of disease.

There were nearly 30,000 casualties for one day's fight on one day at Sharpsburg/Antietam. (p. 144) 51,112 combined dead, wounded, or missing for the two armies at Gettysburg. (p. 152) At the Battle of Franklin, Tenn., there were 6,000 Confederate loses and more than 2,000 Union losses (p. 161) At Cold Harbor, at least 6,800 Federals died in less than 10 MINUTES! (p. 161) The estimated number of prisoners of war estimated to have died were 23,000 Federal prisoners and more than 26,000 Confederate prisoners (p. 163).

On p. 154 it says there were 200,000 blacks eventually served in the Union army & navy. You had an article on this a while back. I couldn't find the figures then.

This is a fascinating book chocked full of statistics about the War Between the States. Just don't care for its title. :-)