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Dysentery killed most soldiers in the Civil War.
Joel Labadie
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∙ 8y agoThe world of medicine had not reached the level of being able to cure diseases. Soldiers wounded in battle were more likely to die from disease then from being killed by gunfire.
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Who actually killed more men fighting during the civil war?
Disease killed more people than bullets.
Who killed more army troops during the civil war than enemy bullets?
disease killed 2/3 of the troops
How many American were killed during the civil war?
It is estimated that the number of Americans who were killed during the Civil War were 620,000. Many more have died in other wars and conflicts.
What was the biggest number of American solders killed?
The biggest number of American soldiers killed was during the American civil war. more Americans were killed then then in every other war combined.
How many people were killed in the American civil war in the 1860's?
The term "people" implies civilians; that figure would have to be researched. As for men killed during the US Civil War, for both sides, approximately 800,000 men were killed on the battlefields. Far more than that died from diseases.
What actually killed more than fighting during the civil war?
One would assume that the highest number of causalities during a war is from gunfire. However, this was not true during the Civil War; three out of five Union troops died of disease, whereas, two out of three Confederate troops similarly died. Even if a solider survived the Civil War he incurred lifelong health challenges. A fifty year old Civil War veteran of 1890 resembled someone seventy five years old.
Why do you think so many more Americans were killed during the civil war than all the others?
maybe because they were meaner. I dont know
When did more than 400000 soldiers die?
During World War 2 (1941-1945), over 405,000 US service members were killed. During the US Civil war(1861-1865), more than 600,000.
Who cured soldiers during the civil war?
Usually blind luck! More Civil War Soliders died at the hands of doctors then were killed directly on the battlefield. Your best bet, if wounded, was to be stranded away from medical help!
How many people were killed in the Somalian civil war?
As most of the records has been lost through the war there has not been a precise number of people who dead in the civil war. In other way it is still continuing until this day since 1991.according to the wikipedia it has recorded that estimated number of hungry has resulting famine (about 300,000 dead).Fighting escalated until 19 American troops and more than 1,000 Somalis were killed in a raid in Mogadishu during October 1993.as we can see from this reference there is no exactly amount of people who dead in civil war in somalia.
How was the Civil War like no other war?
The Civil War killed more people than any other war.
Who had more casualties in the civil war?
The North had more casualties but the south had a greater percentage of the total population killed.
