https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h After reading the Junior Scholastic article, share which of the 10 things you now know that you didn't before. Put your name in the subject line and the # and fact (either title or specific info from that section.) in the body of the post. en-us 2022-05-17 13:24:01 UTC 2025-11-04 21:12:01 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187716619 That Far more men died of disease than in battle.]]> 2022-05-17 14:22:29 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187716619 https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187719092 Women were very important in the war as spies, nurses, and even disguised themselves as men to fight.]]> 2022-05-17 14:23:54 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187719092 5042241 https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187720441 even after the war ended conflict continued.]]> 2022-05-17 14:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187720441 https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187721385 As many as 200,000 black people fought in the war.]]> 2022-05-17 14:25:07 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187721385 https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187721406 Far more men died of disease than battle. 
Measles, mumps, and diarrhea were among the biggest killers in the war. More than 600,000 people died in the Civil War About two thirds of the deaths resulted from disease.

]]> 2022-05-17 14:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187721406 https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187723898 5. More people died from diseases than the fighting.]]> 2022-05-17 14:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187723898 https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187724877 More people died of poor treatment and disease then battle wounds.]]> 2022-05-17 14:26:59 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187724877 https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187727666 #5 - 600,000 people died and two thirds of that were of disease]]> 2022-05-17 14:28:32 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187727666 https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187728939 That as many as 200,000 black people fought for the Union. I thought it would be less. Also some black people fought in the Confederacy, but often against their will.]]> 2022-05-17 14:29:12 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187728939 https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187735049 5. Far more men died of disease than in battle.]]> 2022-05-17 14:32:31 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187735049 https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187742201 Although the legal age to enter the army was 17, boys on both sides managed to get themselves into the conflict. Millions of children were orphaned.]]> 2022-05-17 14:36:22 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187742201 https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187748101 women would disguise themselves as men and fight in the war for the men who were sick or injured. ]]> 2022-05-17 14:39:40 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187748101 https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187751787 600,000 people died in the civil war and two thirds of that died to a disease. #5]]> 2022-05-17 14:41:37 UTC https://padlet.com/jkarbowiak/3rhc5twm8wy67u3h/wish/2187751787