tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post8529498045881284709..comments2023-10-28T10:12:35.184-04:00Comments on Big Tent: Bloodiest WarsStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14620478836945715498noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-37494490281437372902010-07-19T18:13:32.745-04:002010-07-19T18:13:32.745-04:00Also I note the attempt to exempt those who died f...Also I note the attempt to exempt those who died from disease during the Civil War from the calculations. But if they died of diseases that they otherwise would not have died of had they not gone to war that seems to be trying to open up a pretty huge loophole, especially when they don't wrestle with similar phenomena from World War II. <br /><br />Let's just be charitable and say that dcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-75878568200333047262010-07-17T00:06:47.974-04:002010-07-17T00:06:47.974-04:00I guess when I teach it I do usually only include ...I guess when I teach it I do usually only include US casualties, not rebel casualties.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14620478836945715498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6354819.post-44026415020654291672010-07-16T16:04:27.663-04:002010-07-16T16:04:27.663-04:00By just about any measure the Civil War was the bl...By just about any measure the Civil War was the bloodiest war FOR AMERICANS, which I think is McPherson's point. It's not bizarre to count all casualties in a civil war as casualties for the country, it just reminds us of how tragic civil wars are. <br /><br />That said, I'm happy if we do decide once and for all simply to label the South as enemies, what they did as treason, and to dcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09921385244556780254noreply@blogger.com