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The primary reason so many soldiers died from disease during the American Civil War is due to poor sanitation conditions.
Until Louis Pasteur discovered the cause of disease, no one had ever heard of the germ theory of disease.
Florence Nightingale, A Battlefield Nurse, had to keep statistics showing the value of cleanliness before commanding officers would take the effort to keep hospitals clean. After the cause of disease was discovered and the value of cleanliness was proven, disease among solders decreased.
Walter Reed reduced it some more when he proved that mosquitoes carried malaria and yellow fever.
Today injury is the main cause of problems with stress a close second.
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About how many soldiers die in a war?
Am. Revolution: 25,000 Civil War: 625,000 Vietnam: 58,209 WWI: 116,000 WWII: 405,000
How many soldiers from Michigan have died in the Iraq war?
soldiers die 200321
When did most US soldiers die?
The most US soldiers died during the American Civil War. That is because Americans were fighting on both sides.
In World War 2 what diseases did soilders get?
Many of the soldiers in the US Revolutionary War died from typhus or smallpox. Others died from lack of proper nutrition. Conditions were often terribly unsanitary, causing some to die, especially when their immune systems were already compromised. More soldiers actually died from diseases than were killed in fighting.
How many soldiers die during the war on Anzac day?
go die in a hole
How did most soldiers die during the civil war?
diseases
Why did so many soldiers die from disease during the American Civil War?
Poor sanitation conditions was the primary cause of death from diseases among the troops that served in the American Civil War.
What diseases did many solders die from in the civil war?
They mostly died from infections.
How many people died in the civil war and what caused the majority of soldiers to die?
Over 258,000 Confederates, and 359,000 union troops died in the war. Most died from diseases like measles and dysentary.
What did the most soldiers die from in the civil war?
Infection
What killed more men than fighting during the US Civil War?
Dysentery killed most soldiers in the Civil War.
How did the majority of the soldiers die in the civil war?
More than 50% of the soldiers who died in the Civil War died of disease or complications from their wounds.
Did more soldiers die from illness or injury in the civil war?
illness
Did more than half the soldiers in the civil war die?
yes
How many union casualties where in the civil war?
Although the Union ad wonthe Civil War (1861-1865) they had about 110.070 soldiers die from battle . They had about 360,222 die in all (250,152 men died from disease).
Can a killer whale die from diseases?
yes many of diseases
About how many soldiers die in a war?
Am. Revolution: 25,000 Civil War: 625,000 Vietnam: 58,209 WWI: 116,000 WWII: 405,000
