The biggest loss of life in U.S history

Between 600,000 and 800,000 people are believed to have died during the American Civil War, which continues to be the worst conflict in the nation. Compared to World War 2, the war claimed nearly half as many American lives, and it also claimed five to six times as many deaths as World War 1. The bloodiest battle, with about 50,000 casualties, was the Battle of Gettysburg, which was followed by the Battles of Chickamauga and Spotsylvania. The major cause of death was illnesses, infections, and accidents. Hospitals that were overcrowded and unsanitary housed injured soldiers. The war with the biggest loss of life in U.S history, which is one of the major effects of the American Civil War.

The Minni Ball rifle rounds of the widely used British Enfield and American Springfield rifles during the conflict were responsible for the worst wounds. Prisoners frequently died of malnutrition or blatant negligence in Union and Confederate institutions due to the appalling conditions there. Prisoners of the notorious Camp Sumter detention camp in Georgia were called "walking skeletons." Of the 45,000 prisoners housed there, Camp Sumter claimed the lives of about one-fourth of them.