. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . , PATRIOT CUB. CO. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN IN BLUE MARCHING UP PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, IN MAY, 1865 Brel Hartes poem sounds the note of sorrow amid the national rejoicing at the splendor of the Grand who never returned from the field of battle, or returned only to die of their wounds, formed a greaterhost than thai which marched from the recently completed Capitol to the reviewing stand in front of theExecutive Mansion. In the Federal army 110,070 were kill
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . , PATRIOT CUB. CO. TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND MEN IN BLUE MARCHING UP PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, IN MAY, 1865 Brel Hartes poem sounds the note of sorrow amid the national rejoicing at the splendor of the Grand who never returned from the field of battle, or returned only to die of their wounds, formed a greaterhost than thai which marched from the recently completed Capitol to the reviewing stand in front of theExecutive Mansion. In the Federal army 110,070 were killed in battle or died of their wounds; 199,720 diedof disease; ^4,S(i(i died in Confederate prisons; other causes of mortality bring the total up to 359,528. Theestimates for the Confederate losses are less definite; bu1 probably 94,000 were killed in action, 59,297 diedof disease, 1,000 died in prison, and other causes would probably bring the total up to 250,000. Over 600,000lives were therefore lost to the country by the necessities of warfare. When it is remembered that not onlythousands of homes were cast in gloom but
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