Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1862-11-19
The Cost Of the War,


The Cost Of the War y, 81.
"P. W. A." the intelligent correspon.
dent of the Savannah Republican, says:
Battle and disease have made sad inroads
lin the ranks of the Confederate army this
year. Go where You will, whether on the
battlefield, to the hospital along the rail.
ways, or where the army has rested on is
weary marches, and there you will find the
evidences of death. The trenches where
numbers have been placed. together, and
the little hilIocks With the rude head. boards
and simple inscriptions which mark the
restiug;plaees ofthose who have, been bu.
ried separately, greet you on every hand,
and tell their own melancholy tale. ) .,
Our loss in killed and wounded at Fort
Douelson may be roughly estimated ct g..
500; at Roanoke and on the North Carroll.
na coast, 600; at Elkhorn, $500; at Shi.
lob, 10000; at Williamsburg, Seven
Pines and. before Richmond, 10000 ; in
the Valley of the Shenandoah, 5000; at
Cedar Run, 1,200; at the second battle Of
Manassas, 5000; lat Boonston and Cramp.
ton Gaps, 1000; at Sharpsburg, 10000;
at Corinth, 1900; at Perryville, 5000;
and 5000 for those who have fallen at out.
posts, in skirmisbes, &c. These figures
added together make the frightful sum Of
1890! OF this number, it would be safe
to say that one-third, or 5000 are now in
their graves, having either been killed out.
right or died from their wounds Quite as
many-probably 1more--haye died from
Sickness To this should be added 25,O00
more for those who have been maimed, and
whose health has been ruined for life
Thus our losses in ten months of the pres.
ent year may be estimated at $4,000 men,
who have either perished or been disabled.
If the whole truth were known, they would
probabl3-reach 100000 by the end Of the
year, for the deaths from disease, in the
hospitals, in camp and at home, generally
exceed those in battle For every year she
war continues We must expect our casual.
ties to be quite as heavy as they have been
the present. - .'.s .r." =,
These heavy losses. fall entirely upon tbs
young, and able-bodied-upon those &
whose shoulders the country rests its hopes
of present independence and wise states.
manship In the future The effect of such
drain as this upon the population Of the
country, though painful and deplorable,
cannot yet be fully realized. The with.
drawal of one hundred thousand laborers
from the industrial pursuits Of life, and of
one hundred thousand husbands aud mar.
riageble men from the walks of society,
and with them the loss of vast amount Of
physical and mental energy, is calamity
from which: it will require generations fol
the country TO recover. The loS of one
hundred or two hundred thousand mar
riagebls men, as the case may be, carries
with it, Of course, virtual loss Of an equal
number Of manageable women. This fact,
taken in consideration with the policy Of
restraining foreign immigration in the fu,
tare, especially from the United States,
cannot fail to attract the attention ofevery
reaecting mind. ~- D." :.
| 1t would seem as if the time spoken Of
| by Isaiah was about to be realized by, the
women of the South ;: ~.-
"And in that day seven women shall
take hold of one man, saying: We will cal
our own bread, and wear our own apparel
only let us be called by thy. name, take
away our reproach."
They will have the priceless consolation
Of knowing, however; that they have done
more than any other race Of women eve'
did since the foundation of the world to
wards the establishment of their country
independence. Neither the wisdom Of oul
leaders, nor the yalor Of our soldiers, coule
ever haye wrought out our liberties but fo'
their unoeasing prayers and labors. L
their husbands and brothers deserve i'm
mortal houors for their deeds on the field
so also do they merit eternal happiness il
that bright world beyond the sun.
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