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The American Civil War was the most deadly conflict in American history. Learn the cost and significance of this traumatic period, including little-known trivia, amazing statistics, surprising history, and much more with these interesting Civil War facts.
1. The Civil War was the bloodiest war ever fought on American soil. More Americans died during the Civil War than WWI, WWII, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War combined.
2. Civil War soldiers had an unwritten code of honor not to shoot anyone who was pooping.
3. Confederate general Stonewall Jackson was given chloroform after he was shot. On his deathbed, he described being anesthetized as the “most delightful physical sensation I ever experienced.”
4. Dr. Mary Edwards Walker was the first woman surgeon in U.S. Military history. She was also the only woman in the Civil War to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
5. During the war, the Union confiscated Robert E. Lee’s estate and turned it into a cemetery so that he would be reminded of the carnage he caused. It later became Arlington National Cemetery.
6. After the Civil War ended, survivors began decorating the graves of those who had died. They repeated the ritual each year on “The Decoration Day,” which is now known as Memorial Day.
7. During the Civil War, diarrhea was the most common and deadly disease. More Civil War soldiers died from diarrhea than were killed in battle.
8. The Civil War was the first time the national draft was used in American history.
9. Poet Walt Whitman was a nurse in the Civil War.
10. There are more black men in prison today than there were black male slaves in 1850.
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