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To: NKP_Vet
NORTH CAROLINA sent 127,000 CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS to fight for the Confederacy and lost 40,375 of her brave sons, double the loss of any other state.

Nope. Here's a neat site showing CSA deaths by state. NC and VA are roughly tied, with AL not far behind.

Since VA had a population of 1.2M or so, and NC about 1M, NC lost a slightly higher percentage of its men. But nowhere near double.

http://www.civilwar.org/education/civil-war-casualties.html

It's surprising how unevenly the deaths were distributed.

81 posted on 07/30/2013 10:31:52 AM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: Sherman Logan

Virginia has always wanted the top spot in battlefield deaths. In 1866 they were in fourth place. For 140 years they’ve been counting. So we say that NC and Virginia are basically tied in battlefield deaths. I can deal with that.
NC, with fewer men, sent some 132 thousand men to fight for the cause, compared to Virginia’s 120,000. Maybe their still counting these numbers too.


86 posted on 07/30/2013 11:27:35 AM PDT by NKP_Vet
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