How many soldiers fought in the Civil War? Of all the soldiers that fought, how many were fighting for the Union? For the Confederacy? After everything was said and done, how many soldiers died?
According to Wikipedia, it was 2,100,00o soldiers for the Union versus 1,064,000 for the Confederacy. About 365,000 Union soldiers lost their lives, while 260,000 Confederate soldiers died. So that's a total of a little over 600,000 dead.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/100405912/1889-Regimental-Losses-in-the-American-Civil-War-1861-1865 Regimental Losses (Union) Regiments 1861-1865.
