Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1890-08-16
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
STORY OE The WAR.
Strength of the Confederate Armies Mt
Different Perioda of the Struggle.

Strength of the Confederate Armies at
Different Periods of the Struggle.
On the occasion Of the recent reunion
Of Confederate survivors at Chattanoo-
ga, the Times, of that city, published a
comprehensive chapter of the history
Of the civil war, which is of interest to
every man who took part in the great
struggle. The statistics contained in
the sketch were collected for the Allan
"a Constitution by Colonel M. V. Moore,
Ind many Of them were compiled by
himself from the Government archives
1t Washington, during a temporary So
ourn there. The figures therefore. may
be considered as reliable as any that we
nave pertaining to the war, the sources
Of information whence they were OBJ
iained being mostly official and general
trustworthy.
1t is greatly to be regretted, says the
Times, that no authentic statistics ex-
st showing definitely the total number
Of troops raised by the Confederacy dur
ng the war. Mr.. Stephens, in his his.
tory, says the number was about GOO, 600,
and he doubtless spoke from actual
knowledge, having had access to the
rolls in the war department. at Rich
mond. Adiutant General Cooper gave
the same figures in report made from
memory, and after the close of the war.
The number as exhibited by the chaotic
material now in the archives at Wash
ington appears to have been about 625,-
900. Of this force there remained in the
field, at the capitulations in 1865, 139, Ts8
surrendered respectively as follows,
the figures given embracing the troops
present and those absent who were sup
posed to be alive and not in prison:
April 9-Surrendered by General Lee. 2S,356.
April 8.-Surrendered by General Jo-
seph e. Johnston. ......... 81 9l7
May 4.-Surrendcred by General Dick
Taylor. ........,.......,............... 4s, 2o3
May lO.-Surrendered by General Sam'l
Jones. ........................... G,4es
May f1.-Surrendered by General JEFF.
Thompson. .................. 1918
May 6-Surrendered by General Kirby
smith. -.............."................... II, 6S6
Total lg9 Tss
There were, at the cose of the war,
9S, 1913 Confederate soldiers in Northern
prisons. There were also many Confed
crates in Northern regiments-men who
took the oath of allegiance and were
sent out to the northwestern frontier
and the number of deserters is estimat-
ed at 25, 200. There were also at home
on sick leave and on final discharge
about So, 600. These figures, taken to-
gether, show that the surviving soldiers
of the Confederacy were about 800, 900
men-or nearly 200 600 less than the
number of pensioned Federal veterans
at this date.
The losses of the Confederate army
are stated as follows:
Confederate soldiers died IN Northern
prisons 26744
Killed outright i'll battle about. .......... 60,O00
Died of wounds and disease, about........ 235 900
Total, about. ut......................... E. ssa COO
The estimate for killed is based upon
the known tables of similar mortality
for the Federal armies. The latest re-
vised statistics show that the killed
outright among the Federals was g. 05S.
Official publications show that the Fed
eral armies lost $50, 500 in deaths during
the entire war; or more than five times
as many as were killed outright on the
battlefield: 43, 032 died of wounds and
-tc, loo Ol ulStdse. L ne IOJtl nun DGF Ol
volunteer enlistments" in the Federal
army was 1859, 1872; making allowances
for re-enlistments, the men who enter
ed tie volunteer service" was ., 800, 272.
There were also little over 49, 900 in
the regulars and reserve corps, and also
122, 600 in the naval service. The grand
total of all the troops raised by the Fed
eral Government in its war on the South
ern States was 10000 men. l
AT the close of the war, there were in
the field 1000, SIG Federal soldiers. OF
these 797, ,SOT were reported as effective,
able for duty. The Confederates had
less than 1OO 900 effective-the ratio be-
ing ABOUT ten Federal electives to one
Confederate effective at the time of the
surrender. Counting the total strength
of the Federals and the total Confeder-
ates, the ratio runs about seven Federals
to one ederate.-Charleston News.