360,000 Union soldiers and 260,000 Confederates were recorded as killed in the war. It is important to remember that many Confederate records were lost in the destruction at the end of the war, so the numbers are incomplete.
Roughly 620,000 in total.
Approximately 360,000 Union troops and 258,000 Confederate troops died during the American Civil War.
Total war was General Sherman's strategy. He was to use total war to destroy the resources of the south. I am also a civil war expert so you can trust my answer.
During the Civil War, General Sherman held strong to a total war policy.
The were many people in the civil war.
There is no exact number. It is closely estimated to be 642,000 total dead.
365,000 total dead. 140,414 killed in action
100,000
Unfortunately, all veterans of the US Civil War are dead.
3 million
During the civil war he was dead.
52,000
about 700,000 people did in the civil war. so sad.
A battle doesn't make a War a total war: total war is when you devote all your resources to a war. In the Civil War, Americans rationed things but didn't give them up completely: this is a form of Total War that isn't harmful to the advancement of the people after the war. Petersburg was a total battle. Trench warfare, massive artillery, tens of thousands dead. This made the battle a total war battle but didn't make the war a total war.
It is estimated that over 618,000 men died during the US Civil war from all causes including combat, disease and accident. Below is an excellent site for this and more on the US Civil War.
no total war is when peoples will is destroyed.
Total deaths in combat in the Civil War - supposed to be 620,000