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The casualties of the American Civil War were the highest of any war that America has ever fought in. Out of 2.4 million soldiers, 620,000 were killed in the war. 360,000 of them were Union soldiers, while the other 260,000 were from the Confederacy. However, even the death rate was extremely high, it was actually due to disease and harsh conditions more than actual combat that took the lives of many soldiers who fought in the war.
The confederacy was known as The Confederate States of America - there was really no slang name for it, but here are some slang names for confederate soldiers: Reb, Grayback, Johnny Reb.
Yes. Texas was a part of Confederacy and a Texas regiment was the last group of rebel soldiers to surrender.
The ratio was 2.64 union soldiers for every confederate soldier. NEW RESPONDENT The most optimistic calculations give as an overall ratio between the two armies, in terms of men employed on the field of 1,50-1,75 Union soldiers for every Confederate.
There were 360,000 Union soldier deaths and 258,000 Confederate soldier deaths during the American Civil War.