Sailors and marines, on the other hand, were more likely to die in combat than be wounded. However, soldiers were more than twice as likely to be wounded as killed.
Navy and Marine Corps lost only 2.7% of its enlisted to combat deaths. Army was killed in combat throughout the Civil War. Masury, Library of Congress.īy percentage of enlisted, 6.5% of the U.S. While there are many reasons why sailors and marines were less likely to die of disease and combat than their comrades ashore, naval combat could be remarkably lethal. Navy and Marine Corps compared to the Army.
In Part One of this series, I examined the low casualty rates of the U.S. Navy and Marine Casualties of the Civil War, Part 2 Posted on: June 9th, 2021 Museum members support scholarship like this.
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