Casualties

The Civil War is the single bloodiest war in American History from the Revolution to today. Over 1.5 million casualites were reported for the war. Also, people with post-traumatic problems during and after the war were not accounted for in casualties. They were left uncared for. With 2% of the population at the time dead with a number of about 620,000, that would be about 6 million people today. Families were probably ruined by the loss of the brothers, fathers, and sons. Americans are all aware of this war and the effect it had on history. All of these casualties were people that were prepared to give their lives for their cause. The Southern soldiers fought for their way of life and what they thought was right, but many of them died, the South losing what they gave their lives for. The North lost soldiers just to prove that their ways were correct. The 1.5 million lives lost, shocking many Americans, could not have been avoided. A diplomatic solution would have been the best, but the war was inevitable.