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Which state, in all likelihood, ranks first in fallen Confederates?

credit: @Eleanor Rose

CivilWarTalk Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt Bonus:
Once again, we celebrate obscure information available at CivilWarTalk. According to CWT member @Package4 , what is the actual weight of 18,000 original Civil War percussion caps (without tins.)
<The intended response may be located by using the "search" function - top right hand corner of your screen.>

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**no trivia monday due to presidents day

Edit - The main question is open to a wide variety of different interpretations. Does "fallen" refer strictly to those killed in action, or those killed in action plus mortally wounded, or killed in action plus wounded (whether mortally or not), or killed in action plus wounded plus died from disease, or something else? And is the question asking about the state from which the fallen Confederates came, or the state in which they fell?

I think I'm going to have to accept answers based on whatever interpretation any player intends to use. If you can specify how you interpreted the question and supply a source supporting your answer based on that interpretation, that'll be great, but nobody will be penalized for failing to specify an interpretation or supply a source.

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@Package4 says: " Just over 10 pounds without the tins, took original caps and weighed on kitchen scale. Actually 12.5 pounds."



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My source has 2 states with 31,000 - Virginia/North Carolina
http://worldpopulationreview.com/states/civil-war-casualties-by-state/

This source has North Carolina 1st with 20,602/Virginia behind at 6.947.
https://civilwarhome.com/casualties.htm

Since North Carolina is listed as the most in 2 of my sources - I’ll stay with NC, however, there seems to be a debate on this claim even to today.
http://www.nccivilwar150.com/features/nc-civil-war_death-study.htm

Bonus
To Quote the answer from a question from Polloco: Just over 10 pounds without the tins, took original caps and weighed on kitchen scale. Actually 12.5 pounds.
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/lamar-fontaine-the-confederate-scout-who-kept-vicksburg-supplied.166728/page-3
 
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Tricky question. I found a statement that was worded very similar to our Trivia question, that says " in all likelihood North Carolina. "

But more recent recounts seem to prove that Virginia has at least the same number of war deaths, maybe even some more.

"For more than a century, North Carolina has proudly claimed that it lost more soldiers than any other Southern state in the nation's bloodiest conflict. But after meticulously combing through military, hospital and cemetery records, the historian is finding the truth isn't so clear-cut. [...]
Official military records compiled in 1866 counted 40,275 North Carolina soldiers who died in uniform. Though known to be faulty, those records have gone largely unchallenged. With most of his research done, Mr. Howard has confirmed only about 31,000 deaths. "It's a number we can defend with real documents," he says.[...]
Across the state border in Virginia, traditionally believed to have the fourth-highest number of war deaths in the Confederacy, librarian Edwin Ray has identified about 31,000 Virginia soldiers who died in the war—more than double the Old Dominion's once-accepted number of 14,794. And he still has more to add. "


So I think either North Carolina or Virginia should count as correct answers.
But if I have to go with just one state, I will go with North Carolina.


Bonus:

Just over 10 pounds

Just over 10 pounds without the tins, took original caps and weighed on kitchen scale. Actually 12.5 pounds

Poor @Package4 will probably get a lot of quotation alerts.... :D
 
Which state, in all likelihood, ranks first in fallen Confederates?

credit: @Eleanor Rose
North Carolina. The 'Tar Heel State' suffered 20,602 dead and wounded, almost three times that of the next state, Virginia.
<"The Price in Blood!: Casualties in the Civil War." Shotgun's Home of the American Civil War.
https://www.civilwarhome.com/casualties.htm >


CivilWarTalk Valentine's Day Scavenger Hunt Bonus:
Once again, we celebrate obscure information available at CivilWarTalk. According to CWT member @Package4 , what is the actual weight of 18,000 original Civil War percussion caps (without tins.)
<The intended response may be located by using the "search" function - top right hand corner of your screen.>

credit: @lelliott19

12.5 pounds.
<Package4, #48, "Lamar Fontaine: the Confederate Scout Who Kept Vicksburg Supplied", Post #48, December 27, 2019. CivilWarTalk.com.
https://civilwartalk.com/threads/la...out-who-kept-vicksburg-supplied.166728/page-3>
I do not like this new search engine: after getting several "Page Not Found" messages, I resorted to my usual search engine.
Everyone enjoy a happy George Washington's Birthday on Monday!


 
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