bill67 wrote on 06/30/10 at 12:29:10:Did you know that their were 3 times the Union soldiers killed than Confederates,Why because the Union out numbered the Confederates 3-1.
it is also because on the average, The confederate soldier was a better marksman, having a greater likelyhood of been raised in a rural area growing up hunting, as opposed to the more urban north.
I believe that the war between the states was also the last major war in the world in which the small arms, meaning rifle, pistol and bayonette, caused more casualties than artillery.
In WW1 he lopsided percentage was about 75% in favor of artillery.
In WW2 it was about 90% artillery and bombing.
Does anyone know what the percentages are today?
Small arms versus artillery, bombs, predators, mines and explosive devices?
Just curious about how we kill each other nowdays.
Phelonius
BTW in the nineteenth century and before, desease killed more soldiers than all the machinations of man.
I guess basically it says the war is unsafe for human life, and others.
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