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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.
elliswa Guest. In trying to estimate civilian deaths in the Civil War there has been, surprisingly, little careful work. McPhersonâs 'Battle Cry of Freedom (1988) estimates about 50,000 civilian dead. I think that this is certainly too low.