Side Note: How sure are we about the astronomical numbers of soldiers that were reported to have been killed in the Civil War which occurred at the beginning of the 1860s?
I rounded that number, but most sources I've read on the Civil War (including a visit to the Franklin, TN, civil war battle site last week) seem to agree that the number is in that vicinity. I know birth and death records may not have bee fully institutionalized back then, but military units generally knew their own strength and numbers.
Side Note: How sure are we about the astronomical numbers of soldiers that were reported to have been killed in the Civil War which occurred at the beginning of the 1860s?
I rounded that number, but most sources I've read on the Civil War (including a visit to the Franklin, TN, civil war battle site last week) seem to agree that the number is in that vicinity. I know birth and death records may not have bee fully institutionalized back then, but military units generally knew their own strength and numbers.