I appreciate the input concerning Innovations & casualties during the Civil War.
Each of you made valid points as to the the casualties, but Civil War official records are by any measurement are complete.

Many official records were destroyed when county court houses were burned, particularly in the south by the invading Yankee armies. Census records even when they survived were not always complete. My own personal opinion is that to determine the actual casualties inflicted in the war is next to impossible since census records are incomplete.

I devoted a little less than twenty-five years, in my spare time to the genealogy of the Vandiver family (My mother's maiden name) until macular degeneration claimed most of my vision.

My great grandfather (George C. Vandiver) enlisted iij the 16th Battalion of the Georgia Calvary. During the war, the 16th Battalion was combined with the 13th Georgia Calvary. I attempted to research many of the men from Jackson County Georgia that enlisted and found that G.C. had only one page in his combined service record which recorded his name, age, place of enlistment and term of enlistment.

I assume that many of their records were deliberately destroyed by these units because they were attached to John Morgan's Raiders on both raids into Kentucky and Ohio. Since this group was operating "behind" the lines, I am positive they were very careful to protect their identity as well as the area of Georgia where their families resided. residing in Jackson County, GA.
There were three sons and two daughters living in the household.

I assume the daughters married sometime after the census because I was unable to find either of them in subsequent census. Each of the three sons served in the Confederate forces.

The oldest son enlisted in a Georgia Infantry Unit in Jackson County, was sent to Virginia, participated in several major battles and died from disease (probably Measles) and is likely buried in an unmarked grave in Hollywood Cemetery.

The second son, George C. Vandiver, my Great grandfather, enlisted in the 16th Battalion Georgia Calvary which later combined into the 13th Georgia Calvary. He survived the war and lived into the early 1930s, married four times and fathered children by three of his wives.

The third son, (Name no Available at present) joined a Ga State Unit, and fought Sherman's Army at several locations in Georgia. Suffered a wound to his hand at the Battle of Savannah and went home.

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