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Kingofalldems

(38,458 posts) Tue Apr 9, 2019, 02:12 PM Apr 2019

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Today in history: (Original Post) Kingofalldems Apr 2019 OP

Lots of people don't know it, but the Civil War was our most horrific war. k. and r. Stuart G Apr 2019 #1

Trump supporters nightmare. Kingofalldems Apr 2019 #2

Stuart G

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1. Lots of people don't know it, but the Civil War was our most horrific war. k. and r.

Reply to Kingofalldems (Original post)

Tue Apr 9, 2019, 02:16 PM

Apr 2019

Killed more as a percentage of population, and more total than any other war..!!! Also, the ability to treat wounds and illness in the 1860s was a lot different than now. Horrific beyond horrific...........

from google news:........Nearly as many men died in captivity during the Civil War as were killed in the whole of the Vietnam War. Hundreds of thousands died of disease. Roughly 2% of the population, an estimated 620,000 men, lost their lives in the line of duty.

Kingofalldems

(38,458 posts)

2. Trump supporters nightmare.

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Tue Apr 9, 2019, 02:18 PM

Apr 2019

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