Statistics
1. Gettysburg is the bloodiest battle in the Civil War, with 23,053 Union casualties and 28,063 Confederate deaths. How many casualties were there in total?
UNION FATALITIES
2.There were 67,088 deaths in action, and 43,012 were mortally wounded. What was the total number of deaths in these two categories?
3. 224,580 soldiers died by disease. Out of the total number of deaths, 389,753, about what percent is this?
4. There were around 2.1 million soldiers enrolled in the Union army, out of these 30,192 died as prisoners of war. How many Soldiers did not die as prisoners of war?
CONFEDERATE FATALITIES
5. 94,000 soldiers died in action or were mortally wounded. Out of the total number of deaths in the Confederate army, 289,000, how many were not mortally wounded or killed in action?
6. 164,000 Confederate soldiers died of disease. How many less is this in comparison to the Union deaths by disease?
7. 31,000 Confederate soldiers died as prisoners of war, how many total soldiers died in the war as prisoners of war?
ANSWERS
1) 51,116 2) 110,100 3) About 58% 4) 2,069,808 5) 195,000 6) 60,580 7) 61,192
