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Date Posted: Fri, Dec 29 2023, 9:34:51 PST
Author: Don Poss
Author Host/IP: NoHost / 193.239.87.142
Subject: U.S. Civil War stats adjusted

Gents:

Research for VSPA's This Day in U.S. Military History, I came across interesting updated stats for the Civil War. Ten Civil War Battles resulted in more than 19,000 dead and wounded. However, historians continue census comparisons for the period between 1860-1870, and the losses are adjusted upwards are staggering.

Following is an excerpt from "thoughtco.com" (see below link), regarding Civil War casulaties, and the ten deadlest Civil War Battles:

"The numbers of people who died during the Civil War are only estimates. In 2011, American historian J. David Hacker reported research he had conducted comparing male and female survival rates in U.S. censuses between 1850 and 1880. Based on that, he has credibly argued that the traditional statistic of 620,000 deaths is an underestimate of actual Civil War deaths by approximately 20%. Hacker believes, and his assertions have been supported by other historians, that the most probable number of deaths attributable to the Civil War is 750,000, and that the number may have been as much as 850,000. Hacker found that 10% of white men of military age died between 1860 and 1870—one in ten in the United States."

Anyone envisioning a civil war today should consider working within the current system to bring forth change. Don Poss

Ref. "https://www.thoughtco.com/ten-bloodiest-civil-war-battles-104527"

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