Facts and Figures

Published: 9/1/19

On the March

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: Facts and Figures

Both the Union and Confederacy had formal regulations for armies on the march. Here are figures associated with some of the more fundamental rules.

Published: 5/1/13

The Dead of Gettysburg

By: Stephen Berry

Category: Facts and Figures

Historian Stephen Berry looks at the brutal, hyper-local realities of the dead of Gettysburg that grand narratives tend to glide over.

Published: 5/1/13

Gettysburg by the Numbers

By: Allen C. Guelzo

Category: Facts and Figures

Statistics associated with the Battle of Gettysburg that go beyond standard strengths and losses, hinting at the massive scope and impact of the epic fight.

Published: 12/1/11

By the Numbers: Civil War Mortality Reconsidered

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: Facts and Figures

A study by historian J. David Hacker revises the long-accepted Civil War death toll upward from 620,000 to 750,000 male deaths.

Published: 9/1/11

Resources of the Union & Confederacy

By: The Civil War Monitor

Category: Facts and Figures

A look at how the Union and Confederacy compared when it came to resources at the outbreak of the Civil War.