Approximately 650,000 soldiers died fighting in the Civil War. About one-third died in battle and two-thirds died from diseases that plagued the army camps. In addition, tens of thousands of Civil...
Approximately 258,000 Confederate soldiers died in the American Civil War. Of that number, 94,000 were the result of battle wounds. The rest died from disease and other causes.
Around five million people served in the Civil War. About 620,000 died during the war. Many thousands more died later of wounds, and again thousands more went missing and were not seen again.