1868 end of Civil war 1,030,000 casualties (3% of the population),
including about 620,000 soldier deaths two-thirds by disease Based on 1860
census figures,
8% of all
white males aged 13 to 43 died in the war,
including 6% in the North and 18% in the South. About 56,000 soldiers died
in prisons during the Civil War |