That was 2 percent of the population.
The equivalent to 6 million Americans dying today.
Kelly is absolutely right as to why.
600,000 killed and another 400,000 wounded.
Almost all men
That's 1 million war related cauualties out of a population of about 32 million.
Figure half the population were men and half women so that is 1 out of every 16 men.
Imagine a civil war today with 6,000,000 casualties.
That's why I rate Abraham Lincoln as one of the worst presidents.
Let the flaming begin!