The Confederacy 1861-1865 (orange)
THE PRICE OF THE CIVIL WAR
UNION
Soldiers 2,500,000-2,750,000
Soldiers wounded who survived 275,175
Soldiers who lost their lives 360,222
Civilians who lost their lives None
CONFEDERATE
Soldiers 750,000-1,250,000
Soldiers wounded who survived 102,703
Soldiers who lost their lives 258,000
Civilians who lost their lives 50,000
The total cost of the war was $20 billion (approximately $250 billion in today’s money), or five times the total expenditure of the federal government from its creation in 1788 to 1865. (2)
(1) Map
(2)Fleming, Candace. The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary. (New York: Schwartz & Wade Books, 2008)
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