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In Perspective:
The number of Union Soldiers who died (359,528) during the Civil War is greater than the number of US Army Soldiers who died in World War II (318,274).
The total number of Union and Confederate Soldiers who died in the Civil War exceeds the number of US Army Soldiers who died in all of America's other wars combined.
More American Soldiers were killed in the three days of fighting at Gettysburg (Union: 3,155, Confederate: 3,500) than died during the eight years of the Revolutionary War (4,044).
Between 3,500 and 5,000 horses were killed in the three days of fighting at Gettysburg. |