American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1873-03-29
WAR.
What the Luxury Of the Late Civil
Contest Costs Us.

The actual cost of war can never
he computed in dollars and cents.
The injury inflicted upon the indus
trial interests of both parties; the
devastation of wholesale sections;
the complete destruction of private
and public property are beyond cal
culation. 1t is estimated that three
billion dollars would not make good
the damage done to the South dur
ing the late war, and that not less
than five billion doliaIS wouId / e
required to cover the losses of the
North during the same time There
reach items that 90 to make up
Our official recOrls-that serve to
show the magnitude of the late
struggle for national life. We have
gathered some of the leading items,
and commend them to our readers
as worthy of preservation
PAYMENT of troops ... 81 G29. 2S9. 600
Cost of Disbursements. iuclud ng losses and
EXPENSES. three quar- "r~ cf one per cent
Aggregate military force, May |, 65, SIG 000
Aggregate of calls. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2.159 O49
Enlisted NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. z 666 5bj
Emergency men. no, included above. ~ eco
liored troops. ..----. .--.... LIS ,975
Aggregate number, reduced to a three
Vars standard ..2 254 81
Eighty per cent. of en'iStments native citizens
Seven hundred ocean transports employed.
Fifteen .housand miles of military Telegraph
constructed.
Prisoners released and paroed at close
OF the war ... 49, 237 .655
Soldiers aud others buried in cemete-
ries by quartermaster's department 1855
General hospitals. Observation-Disclosures. 204
Number of cases treated in general hos
pita!s ...... lo5742s
Number OF beds. .---...-.....--.... l35,s3l
Mortality, eighty per cent.
Surgeun eT1aio, ed .-.......... ...... 12.H5
Ho -ritai cr,; airs. Observation-Disclosures. 265
Soldiers killed or died of wounds ..... 80 .969
Died OF disease Observation-Disclosures. lS6 .2iS
Unknown. Observation-Disclosures. 24.ls4
Total number on sick reports during the war:
White .. -. ) ,s25 $50
Colore1. 629 1854
Tie magnitude of our military
force, and the costs of its mainten-
ance, may be better understood by
a few leading items from the quar-
termaster's department:
Corn purchased. bushels .. q. 900 900
Oats as ,GNO 900
Hsrley Observation-Disclosures. 80. -. 80 900
Hay. tons. .-........ ...... 2 500 000
Straw Observation-Disclosures. 10000
Coal. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ..... 900 900
Wood cords. Observation-Disclosures. 80. 10000
The estimated cash value of sup
plies distributed by the sanitary
commission during the war was
about twelve million OF dollars. The
growth of this commission is best
illustrated by the funds contributed
for its support during the five years
of its existence:
&c! 43oio 10
20 --..............'... 5as 80! ~
1868 OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 323 ~ -
Ao"s Z,Joo Af5 CT
ISIS. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. l,Xl4Sl6 81
.
No less useful in its work was the
Christian commission. Its delegates
numbered four thousand eight huh
dred and fifty. They were found
upon every battle field, ready to
minister to the physical or spiritual
wants of the sick and wounded.
In 1867 the contributions for its
support were -.---.-......$ 23l ass %
In 1864 --...... ss2 3t7 ST.
III LcoS- Z34 100 IS