Word Root of evolve The Latin word volvere, meaning âto rollâ or âto turn around,â gives us the root volv. Words from the Latin volvere have something to do with turning.
Civil War Casualties At Antietam. Though the number of killed and wounded in the Civil War is not known precisely, most sources agree that the total number killed was between 640,000 and 700,000.
For 110 years, the numbers stood as gospel: 618,222 men died in the Civil War, 360,222 from the North and 258,000 from the South â by far the greatest toll of any war in American history. But new research shows that the numbers were far too low.