Originally Posted by PeriscopeDepth

FYI, IIRC WWI was the first war where more soldiers died of enemy fire than disease.

PD

Originally Posted by U-533

If this 'War Criminal' ( http://www.publiusrendezvous.com/sherman.gif ) had not made his so called ride through the south I think things would have been allot different.

We still would have fought the war...
The North would have given up...
The south would have left the North alone...
The states would come back together...
Slavery ( in the USA )would have been shown in it's true light...
We as a nation would not have the racial problems we have today...
We as a nation would not be paying the taxes we pay today...

These are just a few highlights that may have happened if the 'War Criminal' pictured above did not make his ride.

Kinda makes me think of the saying

"If wishes where horses ,beggers would ride"

Edited

I have to hand it to him... his tactics have proven to be extremly effective.

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

No, it isn't a typo. It also isn't correct.

There were 52,000 casualties, including dead, wounded and missing. The total count of lost lives was around 6,000. Still terrible, but nowhere near the number you cite.
http://gburginfo.brinkster.net/Casualties.htm

Originally Posted by Heibges

And I believe 90% of the KIA's were from Large Caliber Artillery. This really shocked me as it put the effectiveness of the machinegun into perspective.

Originally Posted by August

Combined with improvements in battlefield medicine of course.

Originally Posted by nikimcbee

The Civil War doctors/ hospitals were never in any position to handle the amount of wounded the battles were generating. But, I doubt modern medicine could deal with thousands of casualties at once.