American Civil War Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
1861–1865 civil war in the United States between the North and the South
About American Civil War
—William Tecumseh Sherman, Union Army general who led the March to the Sea The Civil War is generally presented as the deadliest war in terms of American death toll (though by no means the deadliest war with US involvement), and the most destructive single conflict in North America. The war saw a horrific death toll when measured against the numbers of soldiers fighting. In many battles, more than 30% of the combatants died. This was due in part to the bad medical situation, but also due to advances in military technology that the tactics of that era did not account for, an error that was repeated inWorld War I. Both the range and the accuracy of all types of weapons, but particularly artillery, and especially their rate of fire, had increased a lot, making open charges especially bloody f
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