Posted on 01/15/2004 12:01:10 AM PST by SAMWolf
The Severity of the War
The severity of the war measured in the number of casualties on both sides is a moral tragedy within itself. There were more Americans killed and wounded in the "The War for Southern Independence" than most all other American wars combined.
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Killed |
Wounded |
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Revolutionary War |
4,435 |
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War of 1812 |
2,260 |
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Mexican War |
13,283 |
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Spanish American |
2,446 |
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World War I |
116,708 |
204,002 |
World War II |
405,316 |
670,846 |
Korean War |
36,916 |
103,284 |
Vietnam War |
58,193 |
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TOTAL |
639,557 |
978,132 |
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North |
South |
Total |
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Died and Wounded |
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*1,166,850 |
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Died |
405,850 |
260,000 |
665,850 |
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Prison camp deaths |
22,576 |
26,436 |
49,012 |
(some sources put total POW deaths at 55,200)
Katrina Leong, FBI Special Agents J.J. Smith and Bill Cleveland. 1981-2003 she was an informant for the FBI and was working for China--and doing both these [married] agents.
Trial this fall. Attorneys for Smith and aka Parlor Maid aka Lao say they're being persecuted.
Notra Trulock appeared on program [freeper ntrulock] and said Peter Lee (Royal Tourist) and Wen Ho Lee (Kindred Spirit) cases went screwy 97-99--when the Chinese bimbo was doing the Feebs.
Well duh I recall the circus of Wen Ho:
Freeh requested wiretaps and search warrants on Wen Ho Lee--and it was the ONE case of HUNDREDS that Janet Crocodyke Renocerus REFUSED.
FBI searched Wen Ho Lee's home in White Rock--got lost en route, stopped for bogsat (bunch of guys standing around talking), neighbors thought they were men on way to sporting event.
FBI searched for three hours and only found the flashlight they'd lost--well, duh, Wen Ho Lee had a YEAR to clean house.
I mentioned to others at the lab that he worked at odd hours when he knew no one else would be around; these lab people said oh but the time clocks are not accurate (!) in the same conversation in which they remarked how haughty the Chinese workers were (!).
So full of the ChiCom line (!) and let us not forget the fire started new moon May 2000 burning 50,000 acres, causing evacuation of LANL for a week while Richardson was Energy Sec and Buddy Young was FEMA regional--
Subsequent discovery that a couple of hard drives of foreign nuclear weapons were missing from emergency response team lockers--yet "found" in an area previously searched.
I have the Notra Trulock book Code Name Kindred Spirit which I get to read after I finish Losing bin Laden.
I'll have to look into getting that book, sounds like it'll go well with my "WWII Facts" and "Vietnam War Facts" books.
LOL! about the "trivia".
Here's an interesting view I've seen in a few places.
There are several different names that have been given to this war that readily identify the personal feelings of the advocate of each name. The most well-known name or term used to identify this war is the "Civil War". The military conflict of 1861-1865 was not a civil war, because it does not fit the definition of that term. By definition a civil war is a 'war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country for the purpose of gaining or retaining control of the ruling government'. The Vice President of the Confederate States of America (CSA) Alexander Stephens said, "The real object of those who resorted to secession was not to overthrow the government of the United States, but instead to perpetuate the principles of law upon which it was founded." Years before he became the president, Abraham Lincoln made the following statement in favor of the constitutional right of secession, yet when several Southern states seceded during his administration, he denied them that right by armed aggression. Lincoln once stated,
"Any people, anywhere, being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government and form a new one that suits them better...any portion of such people that can, may revolutionize and make their own of so much of the territory as they inhabit."
The "official" designation by which this war is called in the United States archival records is "The War of the Rebellion." In reading the 'official' records of this war, one must keep in mind that the victor always writes the history in their favor. Therefore, the victor is always the hero and the vanquished is the villain. Another name by which this war is called is "The War Between the States" which is not altogether correct because the States of the North and the states of the South were no longer sister states to one another during the war. The southern states that seceded from the Union did so by lawfully exercising their rights as guaranteed by the United States Constitution. These seceded states then formed a confederation of states and adopted the official name of "The Confederate States of America." Soon after the formation of this new government in Montgomery, Alabama a bloody war ensued in order to retain the right of secession so, therefore, this war is also known as, 'The War of Secession.'
There are two names which can rightfully be used in describing this war. The first one is, "The War Against Northern Aggression," because the majority of the battles were fought on southern soil. The Union troops from the North viciously invaded the countryside, farms, towns and cities of the South with the obvious purpose, to burn, plunder, and declare war not only against the southern army, but also against the southern citizenry. Therefore, it became obvious to the civil and military leadership of the South that they were fighting not only for governmental independence, but for their very physical survival against the brutal attacks of Northern aggression.
The other name by which this war is rightfully called is 'The War for Southern Independence,' because it correctly describes the purpose of the South for which they fought. The purpose of the political and military leadership of the South was not to conquer or to destroy the federal government of the United States, but simply to maintain an independent and sovereign nation in the southland known as the Confederate States of America.
free dixie,sw
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