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To: BigReb555

One interesting fact which I am sure most people would never guess is that casualties were just about identical for both armies.

In fact the best sources show the Confederacy lost just a tad less than the Union.


9 posted on 06/17/2011 4:19:09 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: yarddog
One interesting fact which I am sure most people would never guess is that casualties were just about identical for both armies. In fact the best sources show the Confederacy lost just a tad less than the Union,

Lincoln knew that given enough battles with equal or even higher Union losses the Union would still win the war. He called this: "the terrible arithmetic". The Confederate white population was less than 6 million. There were 22 million in the North. There was never really any doubt which side would win the war if the Union remained determined to keep fighting.

20 posted on 06/17/2011 5:14:32 PM PDT by Upstate NY Guy
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