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An exact count of soldiers who died in combat and from disease during the Civil War is impossible, historians say. Prof Hacker estimates between 650,000 - 850,000 deaths, but believes the most likely number was about 750,000. That is equivalent to 7.5 million US dead in 2012 numbers.
The American Civil War was one of the deadliest wars in American History. 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.