The American Civil War resulted in the deaths of 620,000 Americans, equivalent to 6 million people today. It lasted from 1861 to 1865 and ended slavery, but at the cost of 2% of the American population. It had the highest death toll of any American war and was triggered by the Confederate Army’s attack on Fort Sumter. The Battle of Gettysburg had the highest death toll, with 51,000 casualties.
Approximately 620,000 Americans, or 2% of the population, died in the American Civil War. This is proportionally equivalent to 6 million people today. The United States Civil War took place between the Northern states (Union) and Southern states (Confederacy) between 1861 and 1865. The Northern victory ended slavery and formed the American states into a unified nation. The price, however, was the lives of 620,000 people. This was 2% of the American population. as there were just over 31 million US residents at the time. The American Civil War was the conflict with the highest death toll in the world after the Napoleonic Wars of 1815 and lasting until World War I in 1914. It is also the American war with the highest number of military deaths, followed by 405,399 deaths in the second World War.
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The Confederate Army attacked Fort Sumter in Charleston Bay, South Carolina on April 12, 1861, triggering the start of the American Civil War.
The highest death toll during the American Civil War belongs to the Battle of Gettysburg in which 51,000 people died.
Aside from the 620,000 people killed, 476,000 were wounded and another 400,000 people were captured or missing during the American Civil War.
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