Population |
Enrolled |
Ratio |
34,300,000 |
3,868,000 |
11.1% |
Enrolled |
Combat Deaths |
Other Deaths |
Wounded |
Total |
WIA/KIA Ratio |
3,868,000 |
184,594 |
373,458 |
412,175 |
970,227 |
2.23 |
KIA |
Dead |
Casualty |
Months |
KIA/Month |
4.8% |
14.4% |
25.1% |
48 |
3,846 |
1864 |
1990s |
Per Capita |
5.2 |
44.4 |
$1,294 |
According to some scholars, at least 618,000
Americans died in the Civil War, and some experts say the toll reached 700,000. At any rate, these casualties exceed the nation's loss in all its other wars, from the Revolution through Vietnam. The Union armies had from 2,500,000 to 2,750,000 men. Their losses, by the best estimates:
Battle deaths: 110,070
Disease, etc.: 250,152
Total 360,222
The Confederate strength, known less accurately because of missing records, was from 750,000 to 1,250,000.
Its estimated losses:
Battle deaths: 94,000
Disease, etc.: 164,000
Total 258,000
In addition to its dead and wounded from battle and disease, the Union listed:
Deaths in Prison 24,866
Drowning 4,944
Accidental deaths 4,144
Murdered 520
Suicides 391
Sunstroke 313
Military executions 267
Killed after capture 104
Executed by enemy 64
Unclassified 14,155
The Confederacy does not have detailed records, because they either never kept good records or they were destroyed during reconstruction along with the rest of their society.
