USA HISTORY

Casualties were high on both sides. The Union had 14, 000 dead or wounded and the Confederates had over 8, 000 casualties.

(A) ** True

(B) False

Concept note-1: -The 642, 427 total Union casualties have been divided accordingly: 110, 100 killed in battle. 224, 580 diseases. 275, 174 wounded in action.

Concept note-2: -Adams County, PA | Jul 1-3, 1863. The Battle of Gettysburg marked the turning point of the Civil War. With more than 50, 000 estimated casualties, the three-day engagement was the bloodiest single battle of the conflict.

Concept note-3: -The number of soldiers who died between 1861 and 1865, generally estimated at 620, 000, is approximately equal to the total of American fatalities in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish American War, World War I, World War II, and the Korean War, combined.

Concept note-4: -Monday marks the 150th anniversary of the Civil War battle that left 23, 000 men killed or wounded on both sides.