kevikens
2nd Lieutenant
- Joined
- Jun 7, 2013
- Location
- New Jersey
I realize pretty much everyone knows of the statistic of about 625,000 dead from ther Civil War, presumably all military. Are there any studies that document the number of civilians killed during the war? Right now I am reading a book on the war and the author says the war claimed some 50,000 civilian lives but offers no other information on how that figure was arrived at. Is this some "lie agreed upon" commonly accepted statistic or does it, like the military deaths estimate, rest on some study?