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- Apr 4, 2017
Whether free or slave, enlisted or not.
One of the questions on the Mississippi pension application for servants was- "Were you ever wounded while in actual service?"
1280 answered that question and 110 said yes. That's 8.6%.
Now, how many blacks were attached to Confederate armies during the war?
50,000?...60,000?
What's 8.6% of 50,000 - if the percentage holds true?
4,300.
8.6% of 60,000?
5,160.
What was the killed to wounded ratio? 1:4/1:5.
1,000?
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Handy Myers- wounded at the Battle of Corinth, MS, October 3, 1862.
Albert Hawkins- wounded at Mansfield, LA.
One of the questions on the Mississippi pension application for servants was- "Were you ever wounded while in actual service?"
1280 answered that question and 110 said yes. That's 8.6%.
Now, how many blacks were attached to Confederate armies during the war?
50,000?...60,000?
What's 8.6% of 50,000 - if the percentage holds true?
4,300.
8.6% of 60,000?
5,160.
What was the killed to wounded ratio? 1:4/1:5.
1,000?
*
Handy Myers- wounded at the Battle of Corinth, MS, October 3, 1862.
Albert Hawkins- wounded at Mansfield, LA.