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What effects did the Civil War have on the soldiers who fought in it?

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After the war, especially in the South, soldiers returned home to find destroyed homes and poverty. Soldiers on both sides lived with permanent disabilities.

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At least 620,000 soldiers lost their lives in the war, 2 percent of the American population in 1861.
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