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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.
Among them: 1  The US government ignores the Philippine War. 2  The total given by the VA for the Indian Wars (1,000) seems to be a wild guess. 3  The official number of Americans killed in the Revolutionary War (4,435) is only about 2/3 the numbers usually given by historians. The total of US combat deaths during the Civil War is given as 140,414 -- or some 30,000 higher than most historians would estimate.