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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.

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Cory Rohan

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