1. During the Civil War, 2% of the U.S. population died. That's about 6 million men today.
2. Disease actually killed more men than guns did.
3. The most common operation performed on a soldier during that war was an amputation.
4. 20 years after the Civil War, the national divorce rate increased by 150%
5. Susie King Taylor, a runaway slave from Georgia and Civil War nurse, was one of the first African American nurses in United States history. She also taught soldiers to read and write!
6. Harriet Tubman led raids to free slaves during the Civil War. She also taught freed slave women skills that could earn them wages with the Union Army.
7. Although both the North and South did not allow women in the army, it is estimated that 250-400 women fought disguised as men.
8. Most of the fighting happened in the South, even though the North won.
9. Harriet Tubman made about 19 trips to the South over a 10-year span, and rescued over 300 slaves. She once told Frederick Douglas that she " never once lost a single passenger [of the Underground Railroad.]"
10. No one was killed at Fort Sumter.
2. Disease actually killed more men than guns did.
3. The most common operation performed on a soldier during that war was an amputation.
4. 20 years after the Civil War, the national divorce rate increased by 150%
5. Susie King Taylor, a runaway slave from Georgia and Civil War nurse, was one of the first African American nurses in United States history. She also taught soldiers to read and write!
6. Harriet Tubman led raids to free slaves during the Civil War. She also taught freed slave women skills that could earn them wages with the Union Army.
7. Although both the North and South did not allow women in the army, it is estimated that 250-400 women fought disguised as men.
8. Most of the fighting happened in the South, even though the North won.
9. Harriet Tubman made about 19 trips to the South over a 10-year span, and rescued over 300 slaves. She once told Frederick Douglas that she " never once lost a single passenger [of the Underground Railroad.]"
10. No one was killed at Fort Sumter.