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.
Civil War Killed, Wounded, and Missing. The deadly tally of the American Civil War (1861-1865) was an estimated 620,000 in total killed, which was 2% of the total U.S. population. To compare the percentage of deaths with the present-day U.S. population, it is equal to 6,000,000 killed.