Of interest considering yesterday's mention of the 620,000 trees to be planted along US-15 between Gettysburg and Culpepper County Virginia, was another article in the Fayetteville (NC) Observer where someone asked how many died in the war.
The answer was at least 622,000, perhaps as many as 700,000.
Official records count 364,511 Union soldiers dying, with 110,070 in battle and the rest from other causes, most notably from disease. Another 281,881 received non-mortal wounds.
On the Confederate side, the total was 133,821 deaths: 74,524 killed in battle and 59,297 from other causes.
It is estimated that another 26,000 to 31,000 died in Union prison camps.
Big Numbers. --Old B-Runner
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