Comments on: Civil War death toll revised upward http://www.richardhowe.com/2012/04/09/civil-war-death-toll-revised-upward/ Lowell Politics and Lowell History Tue, 21 May 2013 01:19:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: JC http://www.richardhowe.com/2012/04/09/civil-war-death-toll-revised-upward/comment-page-1/#comment-13299 JC Tue, 10 Apr 2012 14:03:36 +0000 http://www.richardhowe.com/?p=14850#comment-13299 Statistics are always problematic in any war setting. The particular chaos of our civil war included sloppy record keeping, spread of virulent disease, and massive desertions. Factor in the ever present fog of war and it's not surprising that estimated losses went seriously astray. 618,000 or 750,000, the costs were staggering, the legacy profound. While we work to refine the numbers, let's make sure that the lessons of that conflict are never forgotten. Statistics are always problematic in any war setting. The particular chaos of our civil war included sloppy record keeping, spread of virulent disease, and massive desertions. Factor in the ever present fog of war and it’s not surprising that estimated losses went seriously astray.

618,000 or 750,000, the costs were staggering, the legacy profound.

While we work to refine the numbers, let’s make sure that the lessons of that conflict are never forgotten.

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