{"id":158,"date":"2014-06-26T21:33:37","date_gmt":"2014-06-27T01:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=158"},"modified":"2022-06-16T19:17:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-16T23:17:10","slug":"ten-interesting-facts-american-civil-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=158","title":{"rendered":"Ten Interesting Facts&#8230;The American Civil War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/history\/Ten-Interesting-Facts-Civil-War.png\" alt=\"Ten Interesting Facts\" width=\"450\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium; color: #000000;\">Studying the American Civil War can be fascinating. Read these ten interesting facts. Below you will find links to a printable version. Scroll to the bottom of the page to find a staggered flip chart organizer and timeline to use during your study of the Civil War.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/civil_war\/blog\/TenInterestingFactsCivilWar.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">Get the handouts for this post including the timeline foldable organizer in printable format.<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<h2 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">1. <strong>Lincoln&#8217;s Hat Shot<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">In August 1863 while Abraham Lincoln was heading home from the White House, someone took a shot at him. The bullet went through his hat. Lincoln asked the guards to keep the incident quiet because he did not want to worry his wife.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">2.<strong> Fort Sumter<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">The first confrontation of the Civil War took place on April 12, 1861, when Confederate troops attacked Fort Sumter beginning the war. The war ended on April 9, 1865, when Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House. The beginning and end dates were used in creating the title of the Civil War novel <em>Across Five Aprils<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">3. <strong>Deaths<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p align=\"justify\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">Approximately 625,000 men died in the Civil War. This is more than any other American War.<\/span><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<table style=\"height: 100%;\" width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"47%\"><strong>Major U.S. War <\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"20%\"><strong>U.S. Deaths<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"32%\"><strong>Date<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"47%\">American Revolutionary War<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"20%\">25,000<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"32%\">1775 \u2013 1783<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"47%\">Civil War<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"20%\">625,000<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"32%\">1861 \u2013 1865<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"47%\">World War I<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"20%\">116,516<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"32%\">1917 \u2013 1918<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"47%\">World War II<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"20%\">405,399<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"32%\">1941 \u2013 1945<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"47%\">Korean War<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"20%\">36,516<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"32%\">1950 \u2013 1953<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"47%\">Vietnam War<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"20%\">58,209<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"32%\">1955 \u2013 1975<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"47%\">Gulf War<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"20%\">258<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"32%\">1990 \u2013 1991<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"47%\">Afghanistan War<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"20%\">2,229<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"32%\">2001 \u2013 Present<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"47%\">Iraqi War<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"20%\">4,800<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"32%\">2003 \u2013 2011<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/civil_war\/blog\/TenInterestingFactsCivilWar.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">Get the handouts for this post including the timeline foldable organizer in printable format.<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">4. <strong>Size of the Armies<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">The Union Army had 2,100,000 soldiers. This was almost twice the size of the Confederate Army of 1,064,000.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">5. <strong>Number of Slaves<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">Of the 9 million people living in the Southern States, 3.4 million were slaves. Two states actually had more slaves than free people: Mississippi and South Carolina. These slaves were worth more than 2 billion dollars.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">6. <strong>Uniforms<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">During the first few battles of the Civil War, soldiers did not have regular uniforms. This made knowing who was the enemy difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">7. <strong>Disease<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">More men died from disease than in the actual fighting.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten;\"><strong>Top Ten Causes of Military Deaths <\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<table style=\"height: 100%;\" width=\"90%\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Cause<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Confederacy<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Union<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1. Killed in action<\/td>\n<td>54,000<\/td>\n<td>67,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2. Dysentery\/Diarrhea<\/td>\n<td>50,000<\/td>\n<td>45,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>3. Wounds<\/td>\n<td>40,000<\/td>\n<td>43,700<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4. Typhoid<\/td>\n<td>30,000<\/td>\n<td>34,800<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>5. Prison<\/td>\n<td>26,100<\/td>\n<td>31,200<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>6. Pneumonia<\/td>\n<td>17,000<\/td>\n<td>20,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>7. Malaria<\/td>\n<td>20,000<\/td>\n<td>10,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8. Smallpox<\/td>\n<td>8,000<\/td>\n<td>7,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>9. Tuberculosis<\/td>\n<td>7,000<\/td>\n<td>7,000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>10. Measles<\/td>\n<td>6,000<\/td>\n<td>5,2000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: medium;\">8. <strong>Worst Battles<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">The bloodiest day in U.S. military history took place at Antietam on September 17, 1862, when more than 5,000 soldiers died.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten;\"><strong>Top Bloodiest American Civil War Battles<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\"><strong> Battle \/ Date \/ Place<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\"><strong> Commanders<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\"><strong> Forces Engaged<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\"><strong> Winner<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\"><strong> Casualties<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">Gettysburg<br \/>\n<em>July 1-3, 1863<\/em><br \/>\nPA<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">Robert E. Lee (S)<br \/>\nGeorge G. Meade (N)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\">75,000 (S) 82,289 (N)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\">North<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">North: 23,049<br \/>\nSouth: 28,063<br \/>\nTotal: 51,112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">Chickamauga<br \/>\n<em>Sept. 19-20, 1863<\/em><br \/>\nGA<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">Braxton Bragg (S)<br \/>\nWilliam S. Rosecrans (N)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\">66,326 (S) 58,222 (N)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\">South<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">North: 16,170<br \/>\nSouth: 18,454<br \/>\nTotal: 34,624<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">Chancellorsville<br \/>\n<em>May 1-4,1863<\/em><br \/>\nVA<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">Robert E. Lee (S)<br \/>\nJoseph Hooker (N)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\">60,892 (S) 133,868 (N)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\">South<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">North: 17,278<br \/>\nSouth: 12,821<br \/>\nTotal: 30,099<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">Spotsylvania<br \/>\n<em>May 8-19<\/em><br \/>\nVA<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">Robert E. Lee (S)<br \/>\nUlysses S. Grant (N)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\">50,000 (S) 83,000 (N)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\">South<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">North: 18,300<br \/>\nSouth: 9,000<br \/>\nTotal: 27,399<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">Antietam (Sharpsburg)<br \/>\n<em>Sept. 17, 1862<\/em><br \/>\nMD<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">Robert E. Lee (S)<br \/>\nGeorge B. McClellan (N)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\">51,844 (S) 75,316 (N)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\">Draw<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">North: 12,410<br \/>\nSouth: 13,724<br \/>\nTotal: 26,134<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">Wilderness<br \/>\n<em>May 5-7, 1864<\/em><br \/>\nVA<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">Robert E. Lee (S)<br \/>\nUlysses S. Grant (N)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\">61,025 (S) 101,895 (N)<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"18%\">Draw<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\" width=\"22%\">North: 17,666<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">9. <strong>Age of the Soldiers<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">The average Civil War soldier was 23 years old. He averaged 5\u20198\u201d tall\u00a0and weighed about 143 pounds.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten; font-size: 14pt;\">10. <strong>Slaves Escaping<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\">Before the Civil War, approximately 5,000 slaves tried to escape each <strong>year<\/strong>. Once the Civil War began, about 5,000 slaves tried to escape each <strong>month<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/h3>\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/civil_war\/blog\/American-Civil-War-Facts-for-Kids-2.png\" alt=\"Ten Interesting Facts for Kids about the American Civil War\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/civil_war\/blog\/American-Civil-War-Facts-for-Kids.png\" alt=\"Ten Interesting Facts for Kids about the Civil War\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1500\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-10\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten;\">All 3 handouts for this post have been merged into one for your convenience. All 3 links go to the same pdf. This handout includes the following:<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/civil_war\/blog\/TenInterestingFactsCivilWar.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Ten Interesting Facts . . . The American Civil War<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-10\">\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/civil_war\/blog\/TenInterestingFactsCivilWar.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten;\">Free Printable American Civil War Timeline Organizer<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana; font-size: medium;\"><strong>&amp;\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/civil_war\/blog\/TenInterestingFactsCivilWar.pdf\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten;\">Civil War Timeline<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/civil_war\/blog\/Free-Staggered-Flip-Timeline-2.png\" alt=\"Free Staggered Flip Timeline the Civil War With Answer Key\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-5\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/civil_war\/blog\/Free-Staggered-Flip-Timeline.png\" alt=\"Free Staggered Flip Timeline the Civil War With Answer Key\" width=\"960\" height=\"1440\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: kgkindergarten;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Want to learn more?<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Check ou<\/span>t <a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=7340\"><strong>Famous People Interviews.\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This post goes over a class project in which students dressed up as famous people and were interviewed as if they were these people by classmates. This great project helped students learn details about historical people our teaching standards required the students to learn.\u00a0 A timeline template is provided with this post. A sample completed timeline is provided for <strong>Abraham Lincoln<\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">You might also be interested in<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/?p=5945\"> I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg, 1863<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"container text-center\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-sm-4\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2320\" src=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent-282x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent-282x300.png 282w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent-600x637.png 600w, https:\/\/bookunitsteacher.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/nametransparent.png 644w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Studying the American Civil War can be fascinating. 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