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The #1 cost of the American Civil War was the lives lost in the battle. Because almost a million soldiers died. The Confederacy lost 358,000 soldiers that were either killed in the battle, And the union lost 635,000 soldiers that were either killed or injured the union lost more men in the war because they had more population. The confederacy population most of them were farmers and didn’t participate in the war. Most soldiers were shot when they were coming out of the woods. They probably had family waiting for them it must have been hard for them to hear that their dad, husband, brother, or grandfather was dead. Mothers, daughters also died because they were nurses, spies, and soldiers. It was hard being away from each other because they only could write to each other but the letters took a long time getting there so it made it harder. I think the number 1 cost was the lives lost was because many were lost in the battle, families were devastated too because people they know died.

The south paid a higher price because they had fewer soldiers. On the other hand, the north had many more soldiers but lost 277,000 more soldiers than the South. It was hard for the south most of the population were farmers, not soldiers, making it more difficult to get people to fight in the war.
The Civil War was a holocaust. As you can see the lives lost has to be the #1 cost of the American Civil War and in many other wars too. It is tragic what happened in the American Civil War, just because of the disagreement of slavery in the North and the South.