618,222, but not for the reason you think.
For 110 years, the numbers stood as gospel: 618,222 men died in the Civil War, 360,222 from the North and 258,000 from the South — by far the greatest toll of any war in American history. But new research shows that the numbers were far too low.
Apr 3, 2012
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/scien...0too%20low.
For 110 years, the numbers stood as gospel: 618,222 men died in the Civil War, 360,222 from the North and 258,000 from the South — by far the greatest toll of any war in American history. But new research shows that the numbers were far too low.
Apr 3, 2012
https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/scien...0too%20low.
