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What contributed to the high casualty count during the Civil War?

A. disease and advanced weapons
B. animal attacks in the wilderness
C. European invasions
D. Lack of training

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I do believe it was a because sanitariness was lacking and advancement in weapons made it possible to proceed in war and off more people.
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A because the hospitals they had on the battlefield would pile dead bodies around the area
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