In regard to question number one, I was just listening to an interview with
the historian James M. McPherson, originally on the Organization of American
Historians' "Talking History" radio show (for more information:
http://www.oah.org/activities/talkinghistory), and McPherson used the figure
600,000 for the Civil War's casualties. I don't know if it should be larger
or smaller than that, but I expect that it would be hard to get a number
more exact than at that level of generality.

John

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Acting Director, Virginia Center for the Book
Director, Publications and Educational Services
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From: Diana Bennett [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Tuesday, April 30, 2002 9:27 AM
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Subject: Civil War questions


Dear Listers:

Can you help me?
1. How many men and women died in the entire Civil War - deaths from war
and deaths from disease?
2. Songs: It is said that the North and South used each other's melodies
but changed the words. Any examples?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Diana Kercheval Bennett

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