1 Click here to see a copy of a 1997 letter from BSA concerning the unacceptable and unwarranted practice of turning new Cub Scouts on their heads when pinning on the Bobcat Badge. 2  It ends with the following statement: 3  There is no point to this type of ceremony, and it contains significant potential for harm.
As many as 620,000 individuals lost their lives during the Civil War, more than in any other war before or since. Confederate deaths were about 260,000 of which 93,000 were killed in combat, while Union deaths were 360,000 of which 110,000 deaths were in combat. Disease was the major cause of death in the civil war. Out of 620,000 deaths, over 400,000 were from diseases.
Over 600,000 soldiers died during the Civil War whereas 400,000 died during World War I. Soldiers feared dying and having to be buried by their opponents in the war, especially since the details of the burial conditions differed depending on who won the battle and which unit was assigned to burial duty.