Tallying the Cost of America's Wars-- Part 2

CIVIL WAR: CONFEDERACY (1861-1865)

COST: $20.1 billion
TOTAL SERVICE MEMBERS: 1,050,000
BATTLE DEATHS: 74,524


CIVIL WAR: UNION (1861-1865)

COST: $59.6 billion
TOTAL SERVICE MEMBERS: 2,213,363
BATTLE DEATHS: 140,414


SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR (1898)

COST: $9 billion
TOTAL SERVICE MEMBERS: 306,760
BATTLE DEATHS: 385

Too Many Lives, Too Much Money. --Cooter