Facts in Five
Originally posted on Practically Historical:
Easily forgotten statistics…
about our fighting men in the Civil War:
Two out of every five soldiers killed in action would be buried as ‘Unknown’
The average soldier was 23 years old, 5’4″ tall, and weighed 143 pounds
One in ten soldiers were wounded in combat
The Union desertion rate was 12% - Confederate was 16%
One in 65 soldiers died in combat
Edged weapons accounted for less than 2% of Civil War casualties
Only one in seven wounded soldiers would survive their injuries
Death by disease and infections doubled the Killed-in-action rate.
No doubt figured, just amputate
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