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You will need information on casualties, food rations for each side, and the cost of the Civil War compared to other wars the United States fought (up through the Gulf War).


Casualties

• One of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War (Bohannon, 2011)
• Confederate losses 18,000+ out of 66,000 in battle (Bohannon, 2011)
• Union losses, 16,000 out of 58,000 (Bohannon, 2011)

Food Rations (Academy, 2007)

• Both sides recieved "hardtack", a rock-hard cracker item
• Dried, salted meat; pork especially
• Rice
• Potatoes

Cost of Civil War (and battle) compared to other wars

• Total cost of the Civil War was 9 million (Davis, 2004)
• For the Confederate Government the war cost 3 million dollars
• For the Union Government the war cost 6 million dollars
• Total lives lost were 620,000 (Davis, 2004)
• Confederate lost 260,000 out of 1 million that enlisted
• Union Lost 360,000 soldiers out of 2,300,000 that enlisted
• Other Major Wars
• World War I
• 100,000 died (Mintz, 2007)
• $32 billion (Lozada, 2009)
• World War II
• 400,000 died (Mintz, 2007)
• $288 billion (Calore 2009)
• Vietnam (Ganzel, 2007)
• 58,000 lives lost
• $173 billion

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2. Academy, . "Civil War Food." Civil War Academy. Civil War Academy, 2007. Web. 8 Feb. 2012.
3. Levins, Hoag. "A Taste of Ciivil War Food." Historic Camden County. Historic Camden County, 8 Mar. 2006. Web. 7 Feb. 2012.
4. Davis, Kenneth. Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know about American History But Never Learned. N.p.: HarperCollins, 2004. N. pag. Print.
5. Mintz, Samuel. "Learn About World War I." Digital History. Digital History, 2007. Web. 8 Feb. 2012. <http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/ww1/index.cfm>.
6. Lozada, Carlos. "The Economics of World War I." The National Bureau of Economic Research. The National Bureau of Economic Research, 2009. Web. 8 Feb. 2012. <http://www.nber.org/digest/jan05/w10580.html>.
7. Mintz, Samuel. "Learn About World War II." Digital History. Digital History, 2007. Web. 8 Feb. 2012. <http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/modules/ww2/index.cfm>.
8. Calore, Paul. "What World War II Cost The United States." What It Costs. Ed. Lisa Ellis. What It Costs, 2009. Web. 8 Feb. 2012.
9. Ganzel, Bill. "The VIetnam War." Wessels: Living History Farm. The Ganzel Group, n.d. Web. 2007. <http://www.livinghistoryfarm.org/farminginthe50s/life_08.html>.