Comments on: An island in Atlanta http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/167 For fans of everything ITP Thu, 20 Nov 2008 16:51:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Joe http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/167#comment-562 Joe Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:11:28 +0000 http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/167#comment-562 Then again, they're all dead by now. Then again, they’re all dead by now.

]]> By: CrackWilding http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/167#comment-561 CrackWilding Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:53:22 +0000 http://www.bloglanta.com/archives/167#comment-561 3641 and 8499 are the number of *casualties,* not the number of dead. I don't exactly know the number of dead, but the bloodiest day in American history was Antietam, at which around 3500 were killed out of 23,500 total casualties. If the percentage of dead at Atlanta was roughly the same (and the percentage in Civil War battles was usually between 10-20), that puts the dead at around 1800. Your figure would make Atlanta one of the deadliest single days in human history up to that point. Just saying, watch your facts. 3641 and 8499 are the number of *casualties,* not the number of dead. I don’t exactly know the number of dead, but the bloodiest day in American history was Antietam, at which around 3500 were killed out of 23,500 total casualties. If the percentage of dead at Atlanta was roughly the same (and the percentage in Civil War battles was usually between 10-20), that puts the dead at around 1800. Your figure would make Atlanta one of the deadliest single days in human history up to that point.

Just saying, watch your facts.

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