The author of Beowulf is a mystery, as most poets of the Anglo-Saxon period are. He might have been a court poet, or a monastic poet. Depending on the Christian interpretation of the poem, it could be either.he author of Beowulf is a mystery, as most poets of the Anglo-Saxon period are. He might have been a court poet, or a monastic poet. Depending on the Christian interpretation of the poem, it could be either.
1 An exact count of soldiers who died in combat and from disease during the Civil War is impossible, historians say. 2  Prof Hacker estimates between 650,000 - 850,000 deaths, but believes the most likely number was about 750,000.
Casualties: Killed, Dead, Mortally Wounded Civil War Soldiers. Civil War Casualty Numbers and Totals. An estimated three-and-a-half million men fought in the American Civil War and approximately 620,000 perished, which was more than all of America's combined combat fatalities from previous wars..