== Suggestions for editing the numerical data for Union and Confederate soldiers == 

 I propose that we may get rid of the sentence that has been the subject of the most recent editing war on this page, or that we add a new one that doesn't mention the specific numbers. The Confederate data seems to be all over the place in terms of numbers. You can find numbers that range from 30,000-50,000 and beyond. Likewise there are other numbers for the Union side. It would not hurt the credibility or accuracy of the page to do this. In fact, the Civil War articles for other states makes no mention of specific troop numbers either.  Spradlagg