Make a Comment • Email Link • Send Letter to Editor IPFS News Link • History New Estimate Raises Civil War Death Toll 04-02-2012 • New York Times For 110 years, the numbers stood as gospel: 618,222 men died in the Civil War, 360,222 from the North and 258,000 from the South — by far the greatest toll of any war in American history. But new research shows that the numbers were far too low. Watch Streaming Broadcast Live: LRN.fm Watch live shows and archives TV Live Chat Telegram Share this page with your friends on your favorite social network: