Sure. The civil war that would inevitably result from that almost certainly wouldn't result in 500,000 dead due to modern medicine. All of the people who died i

Sure. The civil war that would inevitably result from that almost certainly wouldn't result in 500,000 dead due to modern medicine. All of the people who died in the first civil war from things that we consider simple to treat now (like infections) would survive. But I have a feeling that's not what you meant.