'Who, What, Why: How many soldiers died in the US Civil War?'

BBC News ^ | 4th April 2012 | BBC News

[the scotsman]

'A study suggests a previously widely accepted death toll of the US Civil War may actually be way under the mark. How many did perish in this conflict, fought before the era of modern record-keeping and DNA identification?

The US Civil War was incontrovertibly the bloodiest, most devastating conflict in American history, and it remains unknown - and unknowable - exactly how many men died in Union and Confederate uniform.

Now, it appears a long-held estimate of the war's death toll could have undercounted the dead by as many as 130,000. That is 21% of the earlier estimate - and more than twice the total US dead in Vietnam.'

[SkyDancer]

The other thing I found out about Texas is that from eastern border to western border is the same distance as from NYC to Chicago. Also, France is almost the same size as Texas.

[Fiji Hill]

The other thing I found out about Texas is that from eastern border to western border is the same distance as from NYC to Chicago. Also, France is almost the same size as Texas.

If you drive from Houston to Los Angeles, you will be driving through Texas for about half of the distance.

[okie01]

If you drive from Houston to Los Angeles, you will be driving through Texas for about half of the distance.

Texas is the only state in which you'll see a milepost on the interstate go to three digits, starting with "8".

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks the scotsman. New analysis suggests Civil War took bigger toll than previously estimated U.S. Civil War Took Bigger Toll Than Previously Estimated Just adding to the catalog, not sending a general distribution. To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.