By: Lena Rogers

The Civil War

The United States Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American History, claiming more lives than The American Revolutionary War, World War I, World War II, The War against Switzerland, The War of 1812, and the Vietnam War combined.

In the United States of America prior to the American Civil War, a slave state was a U.S. state in which slavery of African Americans was legal, whereas a free state was one in which slavery was either prohibited or eliminated over time. Slavery was one of the causes of the American Civil War and was abolished by the Thirteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution in 1865.

The American Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865.

It is also referred to as the "War Between the States" because it was fought between northern and southern states within the U.S.

UNION CONFEDERACY

April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865

According to the U. S. Census, the population of the United States in 1860 numbered 31,443,321 persons. Of these, approximately 23,000,000 were in the

22 Northern states and 9,000,000 in the 11 Southern states.

Of the latter total, 3,500,000 were slaves.

There were more than 10,000 soldiers serving in the Union Army that were under the age of 18.

Medical Care, Battle Wounds, and Disease

Although Civil War doctors were commonly referred to as "butchers" by their patients and the press, they managed to treat more than 10 million cases of injury and illness in just 48 months and most did it with as much compassion and

competency as possible.

There were 6,000,000 cases of disease in the Federal armies, which meant that, on an average, every man was sick at least twice.

The diseases most prevalent were dysentery, typhoid fever, malaria, pneumonia, arthritis, and the acute diseases of childhood, such as measles, mumps, and malnutrition.

Clara Barton worked in the Civil War, first collecting medical supplies and then on the battlefield and in hospitals. She went on to found the American Red Cross.

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