What Is Life Worth
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Civil War
HISTORY
Civil War Casualties
The Cost of War: Killed, Wounded, Captured, and Missing
The Civil War was America's bloodiest conflict.
The unprecedented violence of battles such as Shiloh,
Antietam,Stones River, and Gettysburg shocked citizens
and international observers alike. Nearly as many men
died in captivity during the Civil War as were killed in the
whole of the Vietnam War. Hundreds of thousands died
of disease. Roughly 2% of the population, an estimated
620,000 men, lost their lives in the line of duty. Taken
as a percentage of today's population, the toll would
have risen as high as 6 million souls.
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What Is Life Worth
Beast of burdens
fans the flames
spitting out
dark, morbid names
sad music plays
chaotic chords
no delays
for raging hordes
old, bloody sheets
hospital beds
time awaits
severed heads
gaping wounds seared
hot iron quick
ghastly smells
flesh rotting sick
crying out moans
warrior's pain
more each day
red-battle stains
deep dying throes
venom seeps
into souls
about to sleep
iife having fled
sorrows come
battle reds
doctors save some
cripples for life
war's true cost
wicked scars
innocence lost
rich merchants smile
gold coins clink
in pockets
as black-death winks
so far away
bloodstain earth
new battles rage
what is life worth
What is life worth?
Robert J. Lindley, 1-05-2019
Rhyme, ( On The Savagery of War)
Copyright © Robert Lindley | Year Posted 2019
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