by beeghleytech | Feb 3, 2014 | Lesson Plans
Here are some fun Battle of Gettysburg related statistics to use with your students: Between the two armies there were approximately 72,243 horses present. Of these, nearly 3,000 – 5,000 were killed. What percentage was killed? Each horse requires 10...
by beeghleytech | Jun 28, 2010 | Lesson Plans
Thanks to the Wig-Wags Blog for posting this interesting article on The Civil War’s Last Veterans, Wives and Stats to bring us even MORE statistics to ponder. Yippee!! According to the post, the following table comes from Fact Sheet: America’s Wars by the...
by beeghleytech | Dec 29, 2009 | Lesson Plans
According to John Busey’s “These Honored Dead: The Union Casualties at Gettysburg”, the following is a list of the number of soldiers killed during the Battle of Gettysburg. Army Of the Potomac : New York 978 Pennsylvania 745 Massachusetts 200...
by TeachCivilWar | Sep 7, 2009 | Lesson Plans, Miscellaneous Civil War topics, Teaching the Civil War Blog
Well, I’m not a statistician by any means and I even struggled with the stats for my dissertation. But for some reason, I have quite a few blog posts on statistics. So, why not one more: The following tables are the number of Union and Confederate soldiers who...
by beeghleytech | Sep 19, 2023 | Famous Civil War Locations
Battle of Antietam Survivor Recalls the Action The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, holds a significant place in American history as a pivotal moment during the Civil War. It marked a crucial confrontation between the Union...