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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.
180,000 â Number of African American soldiers that served in the Civil War. 1 in 5 â Average death rate for all Civil War soldiers. 3:1 â Ratio of Confederate deaths to Union deaths. 9:1 â Ratio of African American Civil War troops who died of disease to those that died on the battlefield, largely due to discriminatory medical care