>Napoleonic war
Non‑combat deaths outnumbered battlefield deaths in most armies—on average, 55–70% of all military deaths were due to disease, wound infection, accidents, and captivity.

When soldiers did die in battle, artillery was the dominant killer, followed by musket fire, with cavalry/melee accounting for a small share.

>Confederate war
Disease was the deadliest “weapon”: nearly three in five Confederate fatalities came from illness or non‑battle causes.

Combat deaths formed about one‑third of all losses, and over 90% of those were shot by small arms rather than killed by artillery or melee.

Prison camps (notably Andersonville) exacted a heavy toll—roughly 9% of total Confederate deaths

>Prussian wars
Across all three conflicts, infantry small‑arms fire (muskets/needle guns/rifles) consistently accounted for roughly 80–90% of battlefield casualties.

Artillery—despite its growing technological sophistication—remained a secondary but still significant killer (10–20% of combat casualties).

Cavalry and close‑combat weapons (sabers, bayonets) and other causes (mines were not in wide use) together made up only a few percent and are not shown above.

>Russo-Japanese
Combat deaths exceeded disease deaths on both sides—a turning point from earlier 19th‑century wars
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Artillery became the single deadliest arm, reflecting improvements in range, accuracy and volume of fire.

Machine‑guns (small arms) proved devastating against massed assaults, foreshadowing WWI tactics.

Cavalry and close‑combat played a diminishing role as firepower dominated the battlefield

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