Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-08-21
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
STORY OF THE WAR.
Strength Of the Confederate Armies N
Different Periods of the Struggle.

Strength Of the Confederate Armies at
Different Periods of the Struggle.
On the occasion Of the recent reunion
of Confederate survivors al ChattanoO-
ga. the Times. 81 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 we're collected Tor the ATTAIN
ia Constitution BIZ Colonel ". '. Moore
and many Of them were compiled BY
himself from the Government archives
al Washington, during q temporary so
iourn there. The figures therefore may
be considered as reliable rs ans that we
have pertaining 70 the war the sources
Of information whence they were OBJ
tanned being mostly official and general
trustworthy
1t is greatly 70 be regretted. says the
Times that no autAentic statistics ex-
ist showing definitely the total number
Of troops raised BY the Confederacy dur
ing the war. Mr. stephens. in his his
tory, says the number was about coo, 000
and he doubtless spoke from actual
knowledge, h%ying had access to the
rolls in the war department at Rich
mond Adiutant General Cooper gave
the same figures in a 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 CPS,
600 OF this force there remained in tho
field. at the capitulations in 1867 1879. Tss
surrendered respectively as follows
the figures given embracing the troops
present and those absent who we're sup
posed 70 be alive and not in prison
April Surrendered by General Lee. 2s.356
April 26 Surrendered by General 10
seph T. Johnston ... 87.9E
Taylor ................................. ~, 2oa
May lo.-Surreudered by General SAINT
Jones ......-, ........................... CARS
May li.-surren dered BY General Jen
Thompson. ....ss.,...... Z. 9IS
May 3G.-Surrendered BY General Kirby
Smith II, 6S8
Total ............................ i3g -
There were, at the cosc 81 tie war.
9s, l2s Confederate soldiers III 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 al %, 900. There were also at home
on sick leave and on final discharge
about 35, 600 These figures taken to-
gether, show that the surviving soldiers
of the Confederacy were about 800, 900
men--or nearly 200, 900 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 .......,.-..s. IS. ......... 2G.7it
Killed outright IN battle about ......... G0,OD0
Died or wounds and disease, about. e35OO)
Total, about.................. $4,000
The estimate for killed Is based upon
the known tables of similar mortality
for tho Federal armies The latest re-
vised statistics show that the killed
outright among the Fcdorals was O.. 05S
Official publications show that the Fed
eral armies lost 500 $40 in deaths during
the entire war, or moro than I've times
as many as were killed outright on the
battlefield. 4S, 032 died OF wounds and
249 43s Of disease The total number Of
volunteer enlistments" in the Federal
army was ESQ. 1872; making allowances
for re-enlistments. the men who enter
ed tho volunteer service was 2. go, e12
There were also a little over 80, 900 in
the regulars and reserve corps and also
122. 600 in the naval service The grand
total Of all the troops raised by Tire Fed
eral Government in It's war on the south-
ern States was 3 000 900 men
At the close Of the war, there we're in
the field 1000 SO Federal soldiers or
these 7o7 s07 we're reported as effective,
able FOR duty The Con celebrates had
less than 100 600 effective the ratio be-
ing about ten Federal electives to one
Confederate effective al tho time OF the
surrender Counting the total strength
Of the Fedeyals and the total Confeder-
ates, the ratio runs about seven Federals
to ono Confederate Charleston News