The Civil War did not have the most American casualties (World War II takes that dubious honor)
As much as I applaud someone who recognizes the impact The War had on American history, I'm afraid your comment is incorrect. At least until the most recent Afghanistan/Iraq conflict, and possibly still, more Americans died in the Civil War than all other wars involving the US combined. Approximately 625,000 were killed and over 412,000 injured. Since the South's attempt to secceed failed, all the casualties were Americans.
My great-great grandfather Wiggins fought in The War, and his brother died in his arms in a Union prison camp. Two of my Bankson great-great-great uncles were at the Battle of Atlanta; one died there and was buried on the field by his brother. My great-great-great grandfather Snead was killed at Cedar Mountain. Every Southern family was touched in one way or another.
Remembrances of The War are thick on the ground here in Alabama. Farmers regularly plow artifacts from their fields. Every town has at least one Confederate monument, and all their memorial statues face north. Until the most recent generation, with its tendency to re-write history and sugarcoat the truth, every child in the South learned about The War.
It is our responsibility to remember The War, its causes and its outcomes, and see to it that it never happens again.
Lord God of hosts Be with us yet Lest we forget, Lest we forget.
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As much as I applaud someone who recognizes the impact The War had on American history, I'm afraid your comment is incorrect. At least until the most recent Afghanistan/Iraq conflict, and possibly still, more Americans died in the Civil War than all other wars involving the US combined. Approximately 625,000 were killed and over 412,000 injured. Since the South's attempt to secceed failed, all the casualties were Americans.
My great-great grandfather Wiggins fought in The War, and his brother died in his arms in a Union prison camp. Two of my Bankson great-great-great uncles were at the Battle of Atlanta; one died there and was buried on the field by his brother. My great-great-great grandfather Snead was killed at Cedar Mountain. Every Southern family was touched in one way or another.
Remembrances of The War are thick on the ground here in Alabama. Farmers regularly plow artifacts from their fields. Every town has at least one Confederate monument, and all their memorial statues face north. Until the most recent generation, with its tendency to re-write history and sugarcoat the truth, every child in the South learned about The War.
It is our responsibility to remember The War, its causes and its outcomes, and see to it that it never happens again.
Lord God of hosts
Be with us yet
Lest we forget,
Lest we forget.