This is a challenging, but fascinating article about the research techniques used to figure out a more accurate death toll from the Civil War. Our favorite historian, Eric Foner, talks about how significant these findings are, especially given that the Southern population was so much smaller.
Check it out: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/science/civil-war-toll-up-by-20-percent-in-new-estimate.html?pagewanted=1&_r=4&seid=auto&smid=tw-nytimes
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