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Did You Know?. Civil War Fascinating Facts Compiled by Angie Park. President Abraham Lincoln. The first President to wear a full beard. The Civil War had more deaths than all other wars combined. 2% of the American population was killed. Killed in action or mortally wounded: 204,100

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  1. Did You Know? Civil War Fascinating Facts Compiled by Angie Park

  2. President Abraham Lincoln The first President to wear a full beard.

  3. The Civil War had more deaths than all other wars combined. • 2% of the American population was killed. • Killed in action or mortally wounded: 204,100 • Died of disease: 388,580 • Total Union and Confederate deaths: 592,680 • The Battle of Gettysburg cost the Union forces 23,049 lives and the Confederate forces 28,063 lives. Gettysburg National Cemetery

  4. In 1860, one out of every 7 Americans were a slave.

  5. Civil War had many firsts in Modern Warfare. • First aerial reconnaissance – The Union had more success with their balloons than the Cofederates. • First “aircraft carrier” was the USS George Washington Parke Custis. Specifically retrofitted with hydrogen tanks for the balloons.

  6. Ironclad navies made their debut. Previously, all warships were constructed of wood.

  7. The Confederates had steam powered submarines that they named Davids, after the legendary giant-slayer in the Bible. On October 5, 1863, one attacked the USS New Ironclad and was able to disable it with a 65lb. Torpedo. Below is the 40ft. Hunley which was able to sink the USS Housatonic off the Charleston coast, but it also sank. The Union was unsuccessful at powering a submarine. The first used rowing as a means of propulsion. Attempts were given up by the Navy.

  8. The first great battle of the Civil War was fought at Manassa, Virginia. This is also referred to the Battle of Bull Run. It was fought in Wilmer McLean’s front yard. A Union cannonball came down the chimney in the kitchen and exploded into the families supper. Making the family and the Confederate general staying there have a different meal. In 1863, Wilmer McLean moved his family to Appomattox, Virginia to escape the battlefield. In April, 1865 Lee surrendered to Grant in Wilmer McLean’s Parlor.

  9. Misfits of the Desert – Jefferson Davis as United States Secretary of War in 1855 appropriated $30,000 to the U.S. Army Camel Corp. Camels were brought to the Southwest in 1857. The camels were soon sold off as the experiment was not successful. They were used in Nevada from 1861-1871 to haul wood and lumber to the Comstock mines. This also proved unsuccessful because the Nevada desert has rugged hills and rough growth. The camels could never adjust. Nevada Historical Marker 199 can be viewed in Dayton. MISFITS OF THE DESERT Painted especially for Harolds Club, Reno by Ren Wicks

  10. There are many more Fascinating Facts and Intriguing Firsts during the Civil War Era. You are invited to research and share your findings on our classroom “DID YOU KNOW”. • Here are some ideas: • Railroad artillery • Periscope, for trench warfare • Land-mine fields • Electronically exploded bombs • Organized medical and nursing corps • Photography of battles • The bugle call, “Taps” • Negro U.S. Army officer (Major M.R. Delaney) • 1st American President assassinated • Organized aerial psychological warfare was the dropping of Lincoln’s Amnesty Proclamation behind Southern lines by the use of kite.

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