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"Deaths per day" is the total number of Americans killed in military service, divided by the number of days between the commencement and end of hostilities. "Deaths per population" is the total number of deaths in military service, divided by the U.S. population of the year indicated.
The number of casualties is simply the number of members of a unit who are not available for duty. For example, during the Seven Days Battles in the American Civil War (June 25 to July 1, 1862) there were 5,228 killed, 23,824 wounded and 7,007 missing or taken prisoner for a total of 36,059 casualties.
The war left an estimated 698,000 soldiers dead, along with an undetermined number of civilian casualties, making the Civil War the deadliest military conflict in American history. [g] The technology and brutality of the Civil War foreshadowed the coming world wars.
Pages in category "Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 242 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
38. The US gave its soldiers drugs. The U.S. military gave its soldiers a plethora of drugs to up their strength, speed and stamina. In just three years, from 1966 to 1969, the U.S. military ...
In total, the Union Army had 2,200,000 soldiers, including 698,000 at their peak. The Confederacy had 750,000 to 1,000,000 soldiers, with a peak of 360,000. [4] This list contains notable holders of political office who died as a result of their personal involvement in the Civil War, from both the Union and Confederate sides.
Chisholm, Julian (1861). A Manual of Military Surgery for the Use of Surgeons in the Confederate Army. Ginn, Richard (1997). The History of the U.S. Army Medical Service Corps. United States Army. Letterman, Jonathan (1866). Medical Recollections of the Army of the Potomac. Livermore, Thomas L. (1901). Number and losses in the civil war in ...
The American Way of War: A History of United States Military Strategy and Policy, (1977) Utley, Robert M. Frontier Regulars; the United States Army and the Indian, 1866–1891 (1973) Richard W. Stewart, ed. (2004). American Military History Vol. 1: The United States Army and the Forging of a Nation, 1775–1917.