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Civil War Math

The Civil War (1861-1865) was fought between the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy) to preserve our union and free the slaves. The
number of soldiers involved and the loss of lives was awesome. The loss of soldiers (the actual loss of civilian lives is unknown) in the Civil
War is equal to the lives lost in all other wars in which this country has fought.

1. In the Presidential election of 1860 Abraham Lincoln received 180 electoral votes. His three opponents received
123. What percentage of electoral votes did Lincoln get? __________

2. Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, and died from a bullet at the hands of John Wilkes Booth on April
15, 1865. What were the exact number of years and days of his life? __________

3. In the election of 1864, Abraham Lincoln received 212 electoral votes and George B. McClellan received 21.
What percentage of electoral votes did Lincoln get? _________

4. Lincoln received 2,206,938 popular votes; McClellan 1,803,787. How many more popular votes did Lincoln
receive? __________

5. In 1861 the population of the United States was 32,351,000. The South had a population of 9,000,000. What
percentage of the total population did the North have? __________

6. Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, was born June 3, 1808, and died December 6, 1881. How many
more years and days did he live than Lincoln? __________

7. The Civil War started April 12, 1861, and ended April 9, 1865. How many years and days did the war last?

8. Before the Civil War ended, the North had an army of approximately 1,000,000. Of that number 360,000 lost
their lives. What percentage of soldiers lost their lives? __________

9. In 1860 there were 4,000,000 slaves in the South and 250,000 free blacks. What percentage of blacks were free?

10. 200,000 blacks fought for the North. What percentage of the Union army was black? __________

11. 260,000 Confederate soldiers lost their lives in the Civil War. What was the total loss of lives for the North and
South in the Civil War? __________

12. In the important battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, the North had an army of 90,000; the South had 75,000.
What was the number of men who fought in the battle? __________

13. The North suffered 18,000 casualties at Gettysburg. What percentage of their army were casualties? ________

14. The South had 20,000 casualties at Gettysburg. What was their percentage of casualties? __________

15. General Ulysses S. Grant was 63 when he died. He spent 4 years in the Union army. What percentage of his life
did he spend in the Union army? __________

16. Grant was President for 8 years. What percentage of his life was spent as President (nearest percent)?

17. General Robert E. Lee, the confederate general, was born in 1807 and died in 1870. How did the length of his
life compare to Grant=s? __________

18. What was the combined number of years that Lee, Grant, and Lincoln lived? What was their average age?