The 642,427 total Union casualties have been divided accordingly:
110,100 killed in battle
224,580 diseases
275,174 wounded in action
30,192 prisoners of war
The 483,026 total Confederate casualties have been divided accordingly:
94,000 killed in battle
164,000 diseases
194,026 wounded in action
31,000 prisoners of war
Both sides suffering 2/3s of their total deaths from disease :yea:
So the Union lost about 10% more in battle and suffered about 30% more wounded, which is fairly typical as they were on the offensive for most of the war which favors the defender. The Union also lost more troops to disease, which is also expected given that they recruited far more men to the army, but if you do the math you'll find that a given individual was more likely to die of disease in the Confederate army.
You probably guessed as much, but this just straight up isn't true. Going by the National Park Service's numbers:
Both sides suffering 2/3s of their total deaths from disease :yea:
So the Union lost about 10% more in battle and suffered about 30% more wounded, which is fairly typical as they were on the offensive for most of the war which favors the defender. The Union also lost more troops to disease, which is also expected given that they recruited far more men to the army, but if you do the math you'll find that a given individual was more likely to die of disease in the Confederate army.
tl;dr: don't learn history from memes.
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That was the overland campaign aka when they started really winning. Before that was mostly anaconda plans and conventional attempts to take virginia.
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Thank you for debunking