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Civil War: Recounting the Dead
Written on:October 4, 2011
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David Hacker of NY Times DisUnion Blog recently wrote an article discussing the issue of Civil War deaths. There have been studies that suggest the death count was higher than the 620,000 or so fatalities that is commonly accepted. The debate over the dead is nothing new, indeed, Francis Amasa Walker, superintendent of the 1870 Census, estimated that the number of male deaths was “not less than 850,000.” As I…
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