<span>Casualties
at Gettysburg totaled 23,049 for the Union (3,155 dead, 14,529
wounded, 5,365 missing).
Confederate casualties were 28,063 (3,903
dead, 18,735 injured, and 5,425 missing), more than a third of General Robert E. Lee’s
army.
According to these numbers, the total of all losses on both sides was 51,112.
That number is roughly <em>6-2/3 times the total population</em> of the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, TODAY ... in 2015 ! Does that help you imagine the insanity of what took place here, seven score and 12 years ago ?
In the 21st century, progressives continue to embrace concepts such as environmentalism and social justice. While the modern progressive movement may be characterized as largely secular in nature, by comparison, the historical progressive movement was to a significant extent rooted in and energized by religion.
