The Costs of the War

WS 1865-09-15 The Costs of the War p 4, col A.JPG

Title

The Costs of the War

Subject

Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)

Description

In early Reconstruction, the Walla Walla Statesman joins other newspapers across the United States in reckoning the cost of the war. Editorials have been devoted to the financial cost, to the lost opportunity costs, but here to the human costs in casualties and in artificial limbs for those who survived.

Abstract

The Walla Walla Statesman reports two items concerning the human toll of the Civil War.

Source

Walla Walla Statesman

Publisher

Walla Walla W.T.: R.R. and S.G. Rees

Date Issued

1865-09-15

Medium

Web

Type

article

Bibliographic Citation

Vol. IV, No. 40, p. 4, col. A

Provenance

Washington Secretary of State: Historic Newspapers

URL

http://sos.wa.gov/history/newspapers.aspx

Start Page

4

End Page

4