J. David Hacker, Binghamton University (2 of 2) (VIDEO)

Binghamton University

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A new analysis of census data by Binghamton University historian J. David Hacker reveals that Civil War dead actually numbered about 750,000, an estimate that’s 20 percent higher than the commonly cited figure of 620,000.

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