1. Civil War was the war between the USA and the Confederate States of America.
2. Eleven states left the union and formed their own country. These states were called the Southern States. The war as initiated by the Northern States.
3. South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee were the Confederate States.
4. The Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865.
5. The war began on April 12, 1861, when Southerners fired at Fort Sumter in South Carolina.
6. Approximately 3 million people fought in the war.
7. 640,000 people died during in the Civil War.
8. It was the bloodiest war in the history of US wars.
9. South Carolina was the first state to leave the Union.
10. ‘The
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Abraham Lincoln was the elected president during the Civil war.
13. During the war, infection in wounds was the chief killer.
14. One out of every 65 Northern people and one in every 45 Southern people killed during the war.
15. Amputation of limbs was the most common operation performed by surgeons during the war.
16. Survival chances of soldiers during the war was 1 in 4.
17. Civil War is known by 25 different names, the famous names are- “The Brothers War”, “The War of the Rebellion” etc.
18. The first time National Draft was used in America was during the Civil War.
19. In Civil War only 1% was an army, 9% were drafted and rest were volunteers.
20. Soldiers used to walk for 15 to 20 miles a day during the war.
21. More soldiers died of diarrhea then soldiers killed in the war.
22. The war continued for 1,396 days and soldiers fought approximately every day.
23. 300,000 horses died in the civil war.
24. During the Civil War, the number of orphans was doubled in the US.
25. 470,000 soldiers were prisoners during the war.
26. On May 26, 1865, the Southern soldiers surrendered to the Northern.
27. In 1860, Mississippi and South Carolina had more slaves than the free people.
28. 2,625 soldiers and sailors were awarded medals during the
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About 10,500 battles were fought in the Civil War.
48. At the time of Civil War, the former US President John Tyler became the Confederate.
49. Robert E. Lee is said to be the Bloodiest General of Civil War.
50. former President Franklin Pierce tried to end the war by assembling all the former US Presidents.
51. The US Postal Service started delivering mails at home after seeing women standing in cold and waiting for letters from the Civil War.
52. 40% of dead bodies of soldiers were never found or identified.
53. Fountain Hughes was born as a slave, freed after the Civil war, he faced WW1, WW2, and beginning of Cold War.
54. During the Civil War, if any rich person got drafted they can pay a substitute to go to the war at his place.
55. There are many other famous Civil Wars that are written in the pages of history like- Spanish Civil War, Chinese Civil War, Russian Civil War, etc.
56. The number of people died in Civil War is more than deaths in any American conflicts.
57. The Battle of Antietam was battle of the only single day but about 12,401 Union soldiers killed and wounded.
58. In prison camp, more than 56,000 soldiers died due to hunger, diseases, and lack of