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Statistics from the War (en español)
In Spanish, this reading features statistics on the number of deaths during the Civil War.
Estadísticas de la guerra
La siguiente tabla contiene estadísticas acerca de la Guerra Civil. 1
750,000
Número total de muertos en la Guerra Civil 2
504
Muertes diarias durante la Guerra Civil
2.5
Porcentaje aproximado de la población estadounidense que murió durante la Guerra Civil
7,000,000
Número estadounidenses muertos, si el 2.5 % de la población muriera en una guerra hoy en día
8,064
Número de soldados estadounidense que murieron en las guerras de Afganistán e Irak (a la fecha de 13/3/13) 3
2,100,000
Número de norteños movilizados para combatir con el Ejército de la Unión
880,000
Número de sureños movilizados para combatir con la Confederación
Más de 40
Porcentaje estimado de muertos en la Guerra Civil que nunca fueron identificados
66
Porcentaje estimado de soldados afroamericanos de la Unión muertos que nunca fueron identificados
2 de 3
Número de muertos durante la Guerra Civil a causa de una enfermedad y no en combate
68,162
Número de solicitudes respondidas por la Missing Soldiers Office desde 1865 hasta 1868
4,000,000
Número de personas esclavizadas en los Estados Unidos en 1860
180,000
Número de soldados afroamericanos que prestaron servicio en la Guerra Civil
1 de 5
Tasa promedio de mortalidad de los soldados en la Guerra Civil
3:1
Índice de mortalidad de soldados de la Confederación versus soldados de la Unión
9:1
Índice de tropas afroamericanas de la Guerra Civil que murieron a causa de una enfermedad versus tropas que murieron en el campo de batalla, principalmente debido a una atención médica discriminatoria
Más de 100,000
Número de cuerpos de partidarios de la Unión en la Guerra Civil hallados en el Sur mediante un programa federal para el proceso de reinhumación, de 1866 a 1869
303,356
Número de soldados de la Unión reinhumados en 74 cementerios nacionales por mandato del Congreso hasta 1871
0
Número de soldados confederados sepultados en esos cementerios nacionales 4
- 1Salvo cuando se señale, las cifras se han adaptado del sitio adjunto “The Civil War by the Numbers”, American Experience: Death and the Civil War sitio adjunto, (consultado el 25 de abril de 2013).
- 2 Guy Gugliotta, “New Estimate Raises Civil War Death Toll”, New York Times, 3 de abril de 2012.
- 3 Iraq and Afghanistan statistics from “U.S. and Coalition Casualties,” CNN.
- 4Salvo cuando se señale, las cifras se han adaptado del sitio adjunto “The Civil War by the Numbers”, American Experience: Death and the Civil War sitio adjunto, (consultado el 25 de abril de 2013).
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Facing History & Ourselves, "Statistics From the Civil War," last updated August 12, 2022.
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