Not enough boots to go round.
It was considered acceptable to strip dead soldiers of their boots.
People of all ages were forced to work in wet and dangerous working conditions.
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Almost all Civil War rifles were muzzle loaders.
58 IMPROVEMENT In all 178,975 blacks soldiers served in the Union Army.
Approximately 2 million soldiers served for the Union during the American Civil War, and roughly 750,000 served for the Confederacy. All told, 620,000 soldiers lost their lives during the war.
About 365,000 Union soldiers and 260,000 Confederate soldiers died during the Civil War. This includes all causes of death, not just combat.
All ages, from scholboys to retirees.
The Union side was 2,100,000 men strong and the Confederate side was 1,064,000 strong. All together, 3,164,000 soldiers fought in the American Civil War.
The main cause of death in the US Civil War was disease because of the unsanitary conditions in hospitals used to care for wounded soldiers. One of the greatest killers was Dysentery, a disease that killed over 45,000 Union soldiers and 50,000 Confederate soldiers. It is estimated that two thirds of all deaths among US Civil War soldiers were due to various diseases.
There were many things like starvation diesese and all the normal things that war people suffer
Not all soldiers got to go home. some died, some just stayed just to fight, you know.
Its a memorial in Spain to honor all the soldiers who died in Spain's civil War