History of the United States II / Unit 7 USH2 0915 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Disease and Combat
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The idea
The war lasted about ten weeks, and fewer than three hundred fifty American soldiers died in combat.
In practice
About sixteen hundred wounded, and almost three thousand dead of disease.
Where people slip
Disease killed roughly eight times as many as combat. Americans, the anchor says, hailed the victory as a sign that North and South were reconciled.
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