, 1866-03-27
THE. WAR RECORD OF I'LL
NOlS.
Losses Of Illinois Troops During
the Rebellion.
COMPLETE NUMERICAL LIST OF
CASUALTIES BY REGIMENTS
IN ARTILLERY, CAVAL-
J RI, AND INFANTRY,
Total Number Of Deaths o9,642s

From our own Correspondent
WAsutHuroN, March -.
The Bureau ofthe Provost Marshal Gen.
csal in Washi4yton has been busily engaged
since. the close Of the rebellion In colot,ne
the rust statistics and other material Of I'm
measurable historical and scientific value,
gathered under its auspices In the various
loyal States during the progress of the war,
with a view to Its preservation In come per-
manent form for future instruction and Eui-
dance. With its network OF organization,
extending into every part Of the country, no
branch Of the Government enjoyed greater
facilities for collecting accurately such facts
md figures Pertaining to. tho history Of the
war as relate to its operations, and as are
worth preserving
Cnder the orders of Provost Marshal Cen
eral Fry the Assistant Provost Marshals Cen
eral In the several States have succeeded In
compiling complete and correct tablca Of the
casualties from the beginning to the close Of
the war in all the organizations Of all the
States represented in tho loyal armies. The
subioIned table, showing tile casualties In ev-
cry regiment OF cavalry and infantry, and
every battery Of ARTILLERY, raised in Illinois
for the war, from April, 1851, to: April, 1866,
WAS prepared under the direction OF Brcvet
Brig, Gen. Cakes, u. s. A.. Assistant
Provost Marshal General for Illinois, from
the records Of the Adjutant Generals Office
In Springfield, and afterward corrected from
The rolls in the Adiutant Generals Office in
Washington. It is as nearly complete and
correct as It can be made.
A variety Of highly Interesting and instrue-
t3tn q - kn IA5r hA fa1S1
As Is known, Illinois furnished TOR the unr,
under ali the calls, two hundred and dlty-,
eight thousand, two hundred! aud seventeen
men, the number reduced to athrce years.
standard, two hundred and twelve thnussnd
six hundred aud .ninety-four men,. Ofthese,
as shown below, twenty eight thousand SIX
hundred and forty-two wero killed In battle
or died Of wounds and disease while In scrvice,
amounting to mora than seven per cent.
The total casualtiels ii the cavalry and nr-
,tille1y wsie comparatively much greater than
in the infantry In the cavalry they we're
nearly twenty; in the artillery about the
same proportion; while IN the infantry, only
about fifteen per cent
In The cavalry the proportion Of deaths IN
battle and of wounds, to deaths from disease,
was nearly as one to seSen; In the artillery,
as one to four, md In the infantry, as one to
two. TbIs proves that the csralry was much
more exposed to hardshlps than the other
arms.
In the cavalry, the proportion Of the killed
outright to the wounded Is about Is two to
one; in the artillery, as three to'one In the
infantry, rs two to one. 49,. :.
or the killed in battle, there was in tho
cavalry ene officer to every sixteen enlisted
men IN the artillery one 10 every seventeen,
and in the tnfantry, one 10 every fourteen. :
OF those died of wounds, there ~as In tho
cavalry one officer to rythisty.aTe enlisted
men in the artillery ,one to every twenty.one,
ani in the infantry one to every twenty
three.
Of those died Of disease, there was in the
cavalry one officer to every fifty three enlisted
men in The nztillery one to every SERENITY lone,
and il the infantry one to every hfty three.
The relatively smaller number. of deaths ot
/ officers by disease than In battle and BY
woupda, shows the effect Of the greater phTd-
Gil comfort thsy enjoyed than tho rank and
/ fle. j: :. -:=,ti { -, -. :. -!
In the esyal1y. the 7th ind atb regiments