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Confederate Soldiers Killed in Battle
(Museum of the Confederacy,
Richmond, Virginia)

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Nearly 260,000 men died for the Confederacy. Many more were wounded, some maimed for life.

In addition, 37,000 African-Americans perished in the Union army as did tens of thousands more in camps for refugees and Confederate labor gangs.

Copyright 2003
A New Birth of Freedom: Reconstruction During the Civil War The Meaning of Freedom: Black and White Responses to Slavery From Free Labor to Slave Labor Rights and Power: The Politics of Reconstruction Introduction The Ending of Reconstruction Epilogue Additional Resources Credits for this Exhibit