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The new "Buzz"

"Death toll from Civil War close to 750,000, not 620,000, historian claims in new study"

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/death-toll-civil-war-close-750-000-620-000-historian-claims-study-article-1.1085859

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Like, we already knew that number was too low, and it was known in the 1870s the number 620,000 was too low--- and by the way Hacker's number is too low. The Civil War caused a negative growth spike by 1870 that in closer to a loss of over a million persons.

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David Upton