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To: Thud
More ex-slave refugees died of disease, exposure and starvation (@ 400,000 total) than soldiers died on either side from any cause (250,000 CSA, 350,000 Union).

Do math much?

52 posted on 02/17/2013 6:16:07 PM PST by Ditto
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To: Ditto

The latrines were built properly at Andersonville. The problem was everything was overwhelmed by numbers.

As the prisoners got sick they just went wherever they were.


54 posted on 02/17/2013 6:40:49 PM PST by yarddog (One shot one miss.)
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To: Ditto
"Either" is not the same as "both". They have different meanings, and I used the term properly.

What happened to Southern slaves was ghastly. One in ten died.

58 posted on 02/17/2013 7:37:41 PM PST by Thud
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