what was the leading cause of death in the civil war?
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Disease and infection almost killed as many soldiers as actual battle.  The conditions of most medical facilities were horrible and as many as 1 in 4 would succumb to post operative complications after surgery (if you can even call it that).  Amputations were common and not always adminstered by a surgeon.  Sterilization wasn't something they knew much about, so instruments were often used from patient to patient, spreading infection.  Indeed, the first thing a doctor would use as a probe for a wound was his finger.  Keep in mind that medical science had not exactly kept up with military science, and during the American Civil War, we saw the battlefield introduction of the rifle, the Gatling gun, repeating firearms and other "innovations" designed to maim and kill. If you counted the number of soldiers that died from the complications of their wounds, it represents a significant number.
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The main underlying cause for the Civil War was the freedom of states, and the rights of the states granted under the US Constitution, which by the way does not state that succession is illegal orr forbidden.  The powers of the Federal government are stated clearly in the Constitution, and any powers not specifically granted to the federal government are the responsibilities of the states.  Slavery did not become an issue until 1863 when the United States President Lincoln freed the slaves in a forgien country to keep France and Britian out of the war.  Odds are they would not have done anything to really help the South's war effort, but it was a good political move on Lincoln's behalf.
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You will find all your answers or links to your answers here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War - now do your homework yourself please.\n\nGood Luck!!!
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I don't have the time to list them for you, but here is a site that might help some...\n\n      http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761567354/Civil_War.html#p53
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Your question is hard to answer.  I would say the Jews had the most loss of life.  But Jewish is not a "race".  The Soviet Union had the most fatalities.  But then again we're not talking "race".  So if you want just "race", then I would have to say "Caucasian".
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War, famine, pestilence, death.
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Fort Sumter was were the first shot was fired in the American Civil War.
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Robert E Lee , it was during the American Civil War
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If it is the US civil war, indeed slavery was one reason, but tensions between Northern and Southern politicians is another problem as they couldn't effectively compromise over how to deal with slavery and 1850 Compromise, Missouri Compromise etcetra were not effective. Also, Lincoln's election as President is a cause as well as he was suspected to be against slavery as he was a Republican:  as the Southern states succeeded in response to Lincoln's election, the North wanted the South to return = war. Also, arguments over who owned Fort Sumter is another cause. Other causes such as the break down of the two party system can be also claimed to have caused the civil war.
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its the bermuda triangle; aka the triangular trade!\n\npeople died because they were stacked onto ships, on shelves, in the hub, and the conditions were horrible (the slaves who were about to be traded)
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It has to be Abraham Lincoln....started the civil war. It was unnecessary and illegal and killed a lot of innocent men and civilians.  Slavery could have been abolished politically.  Abe wanted more. He wanted centralized Government.
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Lee was the general. Davis was president when Lee joined up with the confeds.\n\nDouglas was a runaway slave. Not a president.\n\nClay died before the start of the war.\n\nDavis was it, then.
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probably. but here's a fact i learned, the civil war has the most people killed ever in any other war in the us.
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The 600,000+ is complete BS.  The 42,000+ is supposedly the number of deaths from combat or combat related incidents.  The 150,000 is the total number of deaths during the time of the war from military, insurgents, and civilian.  Keeping in mind that not all of these deaths are caused by the conflict, some are actually natural causes.  The hospitals and morgues put together a rough estimate of overall deaths.
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Death is the leading cause of people dieing.  They need to conduct more research on finding a cure.
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That depends. On what? who knows. The simple answers would be to look at the biggest causes of death: Heart dease, cancer, stroke. Check out this website: \n\nhttp://www.benbest.com/lifeext/causes.html?source=DeathClock
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I believe it was due to the strong iron production in the area...to produce weapons. But contact the Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond, VA to for your best answers.