![]() ![]() ![]() The human cost of the Civil War was beyond anybody's expectations. Taken as a percentage of today's population, the toll would have risen as high as 6 million souls. Roughly 2% of the population, an estimated 620,000 men, lost their lives in the line of duty. Nearly as many men died in captivity during the Civil War as were killed in the whole of the Vietnam War. The unprecedented violence of battles such as Shiloh, Antietam, Stones River, and Gettysburg shocked citizens and international observers alike. The Civil War was America's bloodiest conflict. Yet, if God wills that it continue until all the wealth piled by the bondsman’s two hundred and fifty years of unrequited toil shall be sunk, and until every drop of blood drawn with the lash shall be paid by another drawn with the sword, as was said three thousand years ago, so still it must be said “the judgments of the Lord are true and righteous altogether.”Ībraham Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865 Share to Google Classroom Added by 572 Educatorsįondly do we hope, fervently do we pray, that this mighty scourge of war may speedily pass away. Saved Land Browse Interactive Map View active campaigns.Stop the Largest Rezoning in Orange County History.Support the American Battlefield Protection Program Enhancement Act.Protect the Heart of Chancellorsville Battlefield.Help Us Save Hallowed Ground in Tennessee and Kentucky.Help Restore History at Gettysburg, Cold Harbor & More.Help Save 125 Battlefield Acres in Virginia.Help Preserve 32 Acres at Chickasaw Bayou and Champion Hill. ![]() Don’t Let Data Centers Destroy the Wilderness.Help Preserve 29 Acres at Gettysburg & Second Deep Bottom.Send Students to Learn History Where It Occurred.Virtual Tours View All See Antietam now!.National Teacher Institute July 13 - 16, 2023 Learn More.USS Constitution In 4 Minutes Watch Video.African Americans During the Revolutionary War.The First American President: Setting the Precedent. ![]()
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