Educator's Guide: Mathematics: Price in Blood Activity Sheet
Price in Blood :Activity Sheet
Study the chart below and compare the casualities for both sides during the Civil War. Construct two bar graphs (Union and Confederate) that depicts the information.
Sources: The Civil War Centennial Handbook by William Price and Medicine of the Civil War by Paul Steiner
ENLISTMENTS:
UNION ......................................................
1. What was the total number of those hit in battle? ________________________
2. What percentage of battle deaths were killed in action? ___________________
Union __________________ Confederate ___________________
3. How many Confederate troops were captured during the war? ______________
How does this compare with the Union? ______________________________
What factors could have contributed to the wide difference? ________________
4. Compare the difference in death by disease. Which side had the higher
percentage of death by disease?
5. How many troops deserted? __________ Which side had the higher ratio? ____
6. Of the total Union enlistments, what percentage is recorded as missing in action? Union ___________________ Confederate ________________