Civil War Facts and Info
 

US CENSUS OF 1860 - 31,443,321
NORTH 22,324,758
SOUTH 9,118,563

DATE OF SECESSION OF THE SOUTHERN STATES

 
SECEDED
SOUTH CAROLINA
DEC. 20,1860
MISSISSIPPI
JAN. 9,1861
ALABAMA
JAN. 11,1861
FLORIDA
JAN. 11,1861
GEORGIA
JAN. 19,1861
LOUISIANA
JAN. 26,1861
TEXAS
FEB. 1,1861
VIRGINIA
APRIL 6,1861
ARKANSAS
MAY 6,1861
TENNESSEE
MAY 6,1861
NORTH CAROLINA
MAY 13,1861


TOTAL UNION PRISONERS
HELD BY THE SOUTH - APPROXIMATELY 126,950
WITH THE PRISONER FATALITY AT 22,576

TOTAL CONFEDERATE PRISONERS
HELD IN THE NORTH - APPROXIMATELY
220,000. THE WAR DEPARTMENT LISTS
PRISONERS FATALITIES AT 26,436


SIZE OF ARMIES (ESTIMATE ONLY)
FEDERALS - 1,550,000 TO 2,300,000
CONFEDERATE - 800,000 TO 1,600,000

SIZE OF NAVIES (ESTIMATE ONLY)
FEDERAL - 132,554
CONFEDERATE - 5,827

COMPARATIVE CASUALTIES IN AMERICAN WARS
WAR       DEATHS
REVOLUTIONARY     4,435
WAR OF 1812     2,260
MEXICAN      13,283
CIVIL WAR      1,086,564
SPANISH AMERICAN    2,446
WORLD WAR I     116,516
WORLD WAR II     406,742
KOREA      54,246
VIETNAM      57,939

BRAKE DOWN  OF CIVIL WAR CASUALTIES
FEDERAL ARMY DEATHS 360,222
CONFEDERATE DEATHS  258,000
TOTAL WAR DEATHS  623,026
WOUNDS    471,427
 TOTAL   1,094,453

TOTAL COST  OF WAR (ESTIMATE ONLY)
FEDERAL - $6,190,254,700
CONFEDERATE - $714,379,372

HORSE  POPULATION IN 1860
CONFEDERATE - 1,698,338
FEDERAL - 4,417,130

MULE POPULATION
CONFEDERATE - 800,665
FEDERAL - 328,890

PERCENTAGE OF RESOURCES IN 1860
POPULATION
CONFEDERATE - 28%
FEDERAL - 72%

BANK DEPOSITS
CONFEDERATE - 20%
FEDERAL - 80%

RAILROADS MILES
CONFEDERATE - 30%
FEDERAL - 70%

FACTORIES
CONFEDERATE - 27%
FEDERAL - 83%


GENERALS OF THE BLUE AND GRAY


MILITARY EXPERIENCE
USA
CSA
WEST POINT GRADUATES 
217
146
NON GRADUATES OF WEST POINT 
11
10
GRADUATES OF OTHER MILITARY SCHOOLS 
9
23
REGULAR ARMY AND NAVY OFFICERS 
36
22
STATE MILITIA OFFICERS 
40
10
EUROPEAN ÉMIGRÉ OFFICERS 
20
3
OTHER WITH MEXICAN WAR BACKGROUND 
62
58
INEXPERIENCE CIVILIANS 
188
153
 TOTAL 
583
425

 
OCCUPATIONS
USA
CSA
LAWYER, JURISTS 
126
129
PROFESSIONAL SOLDIERS 
194
125
BUSINESSMEN
116
55
FARMERS 
23
42
POLITICIANS 
47
24
EDUCATORS
16
15
CIVIL ENGINEERS 
26
13
DOCTORS 
11
4
ALL OTHERS
24
18
 TOTAL 
583
425

 
CASUALTIES
USA
CSA
KILLED IN ACTION AND DIED OF WOUNDS
47
77
RESIGNED 
110
19
DIED BY ACCIDENT OR DISEASE
18
15
APPOINTMENTS CANCELLED
22
5
ALL OTHERS 
12
10
 TOTAL
209
126


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