They Died For Their Country (2 Viewers)
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They Died for Their Country
America's War Dead From the Revolutionary War to Afghanistan
American Revolution (1775-1783) 4,435
War of 1812 (1812-1815) 2,260
Mexican War (1846-1848) 1,733
Civil War (1861-1865) 140,414 (Union); 74,524 (Confederate)
Spanish-American War (1898-1902) 385
World War I (1917-1918) 54,402
World War II (1941-1945) 291,557
Korean War (1950-1953) 33,686
Vietnam War (1964-1975) 47,410
Gulf War (1990-1991) 147
Iraq War (2003-2012) 4,486
Afghanistan War (2001-present) 2,193 (as of April 4, 2013)
America's War Dead From the Revolutionary War to Afghanistan
American Revolution (1775-1783) 4,435
War of 1812 (1812-1815) 2,260
Mexican War (1846-1848) 1,733
Civil War (1861-1865) 140,414 (Union); 74,524 (Confederate)
Spanish-American War (1898-1902) 385
World War I (1917-1918) 54,402
World War II (1941-1945) 291,557
Korean War (1950-1953) 33,686
Vietnam War (1964-1975) 47,410
Gulf War (1990-1991) 147
Iraq War (2003-2012) 4,486
Afghanistan War (2001-present) 2,193 (as of April 4, 2013)
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Very interesting post :salute:: 657 632 americans dead in all history is a very little number if we think what Germany and Russia lost in ww2, or even France and Italy in ww1....Statistics are always very interesting.
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This was not meant to be a big issue. I saw this posted at Civil War Memory and thought it would be interesting to post because I have always found statues and memorials to be interesting because it is all part of memory and how we remember certain events.
These men died defending their country and to preserve the Union and squash the Rebellion. So, please don't use this as an opportunity to give historical theories. We have sufficient other threads to do that.
These men died defending their country and to preserve the Union and squash the Rebellion. So, please don't use this as an opportunity to give historical theories. We have sufficient other threads to do that.
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It is an amazing total re Civil War as people tend to forget how many Union casualties there were. The North had an much larger force throughout and this statistic solidifies that point. Either way, the preservation of the Union came at an enormous cost to both sides and the Country. That is why I believe that all sides should be equally honored for their bravery and courage. In the end, it was a great loss period for the Country.
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A "Yankee" from my area of New England supervised the completion of Stone Mountain .
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This is only a partial number because total deaths actually amounted to between approximately 618,000, which was the long accepted number, and 750,000, the new estimate. See this article in the New York Times from last year, http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/s...cent-in-new-estimate.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
I also believe this number (either estimate) doesn't include people who died in guerrilla actions (prominent in states like Tennessee and Missouri) or civilian casualties, which includes slaves who died as a result of the US authorities not appropriately planning for the after effects of emancipation. This has been told in Jim Down's Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
I also believe this number (either estimate) doesn't include people who died in guerrilla actions (prominent in states like Tennessee and Missouri) or civilian casualties, which includes slaves who died as a result of the US authorities not appropriately planning for the after effects of emancipation. This has been told in Jim Down's Sick from Freedom: African-American Illness and Suffering during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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If deaths from yellow fever, smallpox, cholera, dysentery, hypothermia, malnutrition, snakebite, choked on a chicken bone,
and etc. are to be included, they need a bigger plaque in Concord.
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I don't know what that kind of remark is to mean but the number of deaths arising out of the Civil War exceeded the commonly accepted numbers, not just battlefield casualties.
It's really hard to have any kind of discussion with you heritage types on this Forum.
It's really hard to have any kind of discussion with you heritage types on this Forum.
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Thank you for the compliment. That's why I collect toy soldiers.
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No compliment intended.
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Oh sorry. My mistake. Still "Heritage" is a nice attribute.:salute::
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The American Civil War; the war that will never end.
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Just think about what the next two years is going to bring; all the woulda/coulda/shouldas, I can't wait............:rolleyes2: