SECTIONAL CRISIS 1850 1861
START OF THE CIVIL WAR
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Wounds from battle
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Disease
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Starvation
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Pneumonia, typhoid, diarrhea/dysentery, and malaria were the predominant illnesses. Altogether, two-thirds of the approximately 660, 000 deaths of soldiers were caused by uncontrolled infectious diseases, and epidemics played a major role in halting several major campaigns.
Detailed explanation-2: -Diarrhea and dysentery were the number one killers. (Dysentery is considered diarrhea with blood in the stool.) 57, 000 deaths were directly recorded to these most disabling maladies. The total recorded Union cases was 1, 528, 098.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the American civil war, two-thirds of the estimated 660 000 deaths of soldiers were caused by pneumonia, typhoid, dysentery, and malaria, and this death toll led to a 2-year extension of the war.