STATISTICS ON THE CIVIL WAR
Northern Forces
Number Serving | Battle Deaths | Other Deaths | Total Deaths | |
Army | 2,128,948 | 138,154 | 221,374 | 359,528 |
Navy | 0,084,415 | 002,112 | 002,411 | 004,523 |
Marines | 000,148 | 000,312 | 000,460 | |
2,213,363 | 140,414 | 224,097 | 364,511 |
Southern Forces[1]
Number Serving | Battle Deaths | Other Deaths | Total Deaths | |
Army | * | 94,000 | 164,000 | 258,000 |
Navy | * | * | * | * |
Marines | * | * | * | * |
1,000,000 (Est.) | 94,000 | 164,00 | 258,000 |
- ↑ Conflict of opinion exists among experts regarding Confederate Casualties. James G. Randall’s estimates are offered here.
* Figures not available
COMPARISON WITH RECENT WARS
Battle Deaths | Other Deaths | Total Deaths | |||
|
234,414 | 388,097 | 622,511 | ||
|
053,402 | 063,114 | 116,516 | ||
|
291,557 | 113,842 | 405,399 | ||
|
033,629 | 020,617 | 054,246 |
ESTIMATED COST OF THE WAR
The Secretary of the Treasury in 1866 reported that the Civil War, to that time, had cost the Federal Government $6.19 billion dollars. The National Debt in 1865 stood at $2.85 billion dollars.
It cost the Federal Government nearly $2 million per day from 1861 through 1865 to wage the war.
By 1910 the cost of the war, including pensions and burial of veterans, had reached $11.5 billion dollars.
The value of the Confederate dollar in gold dropped from 90 cents in 1861 to 6 cents in 1864. Most Confederate dollar bills are worth more today than they were in 1865.
Estimated cost of the war to the Union _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ |
$6,190,000,000 |
Estimated cost of the war to the Confederacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |
$3,000,000,000 |
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