The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-10 00:00:00

201,388 .. 146,160
• • • • .. 826,722 .. 422,779
• . • 421,294 .. 228,565
▪ .. 1,047,411 .. 528,812

Total ..

.. 5,449,373 .. 2,799,818

Of this number of males, those between the ages
of 17 and 50 are represented by the following table,
the calculations of which are based on the " expec-
tation of life" in the State of Maryland, the only
test we have at hand. Whatever may be the varia-
tion from this standard, the practical deductions are
quite near enough to the truth for our purpose.
The right-hand column shows the number that have
arrived of age since 1860 :

Between 17 and 50.
Alabama 125,470 .. 32,420

Arkansas 70,100 • • 22,632

Florida .. •• 19,000

4,932

_ ..,....__ . _
Georgia .. . • .. 139,300 „„ 36,120
Louisiana .. • . .. 87,500 .. 22 692 ,

Miasisa:ppi . • • • • • 88,100 22,344
North Carolina.. .. 145,00 C .. 37,832

South Carolina.. .. • •

67,500 .. 17,53 t

---...,....._.
Tennessee .. .. • • 195,100 .. 50,672
Texas .. .. .. .. 107,600 .. 27,420
.........

Virginia .. • • • •

Total

248,100 .. 59,360

1,269,700 331,656
331,656

.. 1,63',366

Deducting from these numbers the natural average
mortality of four years—thatcs to say, 200,000 men
—and we have a figure equivalent to the number of
fighting men now remaining in the Confederacy,
leaving out of account the mortality attributable to
the war. The account thus far stands thus :

Number between 17 and 50 in 1860
Arrived at 17 since 1860 ..

.. 1,10,70)
.. 331,656

.. .
Deduct natural mortality •• •

1,631,36
200,000

Aggregate remainder .. 1,431,356
To find out the number remaining within the
actual limits of the Confederacy and under the
control of our laws, we mast make considerable
deductions from these figures. Our estimate of
deductiolis stands as follows

Between Arrived at 17

17 and 60. since.
Arkansas, one-half .. 39,500 .. 10,266
Louisiana, one-half 43,750 .. 11,346
Tennessee, two-thirds .. 65,033 • • 16,800
Virginia, one-half ' 124,050 29,680

272,313 .. 68,182
I 68,182

Total

340,515

Such additions as may be made to the above by
under-estimates for, the States named and by omis-
sions for others will be more than counterbalanced
by recruits from Kentucky, Afaxyland,and Missouri,
and refugees from other portions of our territory.
We come now to another necessary computation,
for which facilities ought to exist, but for which,
unfortunately, we do not possess the requisite data.
We mean the number of men killed in battle, or who
have died of disease, or who have been permanently
disabled by the casualties of war. It is useless to
attempt even an approximation to absolute precision
in an estimate of this kind. We can only assume
a number which, in all reasonable probability, must
include the true number. If we assume, for in-
stance, that the casualties in General Lee's army
for this campaign have amounted to 85,000, we
shall exceed what we know to be the truth. If we
suppose, of this number, 5,000 to have been killed
and 5,000 to have been permanently disabled by
wounds, we have, for this army, a reduction of
10,000. If we assume an equal number for the
Army of Tennessee, and still another equal number
for the other armies of the Confederacy, we shall
have 30,000 as the figure within which must be
included the number of killed and permanently dis-
abled by wounds. Admitting extraordinary dis-
eases—that is to say, diseases attributable entirely
to the military service, and, therefore, not to be
estimated in the ordinary mortality—to exceed the
above number by 50 per cent., and we have 45,000
as expressive of the reduction from this cause. Thus
we have a total reduction during the year of 75,000
men. But this year has been much more fertile in
casualties than either of the former years of war.
In the first year the losses in battle were almost
nothing. In the second and third years they were,
perhaps, nearly as large as in this one. Let us,
therefore, adopt the following estimate of the losses
incnrred since the beginning of the war :-
1861 ..
1862 ..
1863 ..
1864 ..

30,000
60,000
60,003
75,000

e• ••

Total actual lo zs .. .. .. 221,000
From these premises we construct the following

table :
Number between 17 and 50 in 1860
Arrived at 17 since 1860 ..

.. 1,299,730
- 331,650

Total •• • • • • .. 1,621,360
Deduct for ordinary mortality 200,000
For population within enemy's lines .. 310,515
For losses inbattle and by unusual diseases 225,000

Remainder .. • • • • .. 885,811
Deduct 10 per cent. for exemptions for dis -
ability and other causes ..
Prisoners in the enemy's hands ..

86,584
50,000

Subject to military duty ..

729,257

Thus it will be seen that, making all allowances
for death from ordinary and extraordinary causes,
and for, the diminution of the area of our
population, there must be at this moment
within the Confederacy and subject to the
control of our laws more than seven hum-
dred thousand arms-bearing men. We have in
our estimate made no allowance for those who
annually pass beyond the age of 50, because th eir
number ifs mall, and moreover they are Milt capal ale