The Old Museum at Manassas

Last update
Jul 13, 2005

The Civil War was Big and Costly.

The Civil War cost more American lives than any other war in which Americans have fought. Of the 4,137,000 under arms in both armies, 622,000 died.

Civil War
Duration:
4-12-1861 to 4-9-1865
47 months 28 days
Pop, 32,000,000
Armies 4,137,000
Americans killed: 622,000
World War I
Duration:
4-6-1917 to 11-11-1918
19 months 5 days
US Pop: 105,000,000
US Armies: 3,665,000
US killed: 116,000
World War II
Duration:
12-7-1941 to 9-7-1945
44 months 26 days
US Pop: 133,000,000
US Armies: 8,291,335
US killed: 400,000
Korea
Duration:
1950 to 1953
.
US Pop:1950, 150,697,361
US Armies: ???,???
US killed: 33,642
Vietnam
Duration:
1961 to 1973
.
US Pop:1970, 203,235,298
US Armies: 2,637,100
US killed: 58,148
Desert Storm
Duration:
1990
100 days
US Pop:1990, 250,122,000
US Armies: ???,???
US killed: 137

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