Causualties
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Did you know that Casualties were not only people who died? A casualty could be someone who got captured and it could be someone who got lost or left behind. The American Civil War had more casualties than any other war fought in America. There were many causes for these casualties, some being deaths in prison, drowning, accidental deaths, murders, suicides, executions, and medical reasons.
In the American Civil War there were more than 24,000 people who died in prison. When soldiers in the Civil War were captured, they were put into prisons. Once the person was captured, they were already considered a casualty. A captured soldier was referred to as a prisoner of war. Some people died in prison because lack of proper medical care and basic human needs such as food.
In the Civil War, and most wars, if you encounter a stream, lake, river, or other body of water, you must swim over it...