Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1894-07-29
THE CONFEDERATE ARMIES.
,,, Commands from the several Southern
md the BORDER states.
RICHMOND. VA, July q, ISL

RIO IiMtlNI, ' ~ July 80 AoSL
To IN. Editor OF the Dispatch:
In your editorial Of the I'D on the sub
iect OF the "Auster Rolls Of Virginia
Troops." YOU refer to letter from Col
onel Ainsworth TO General Anderson, in
which il was stated that Virginia had
100 batteries OF artillery in the ConfeIe-
rat. armies. Below / send you an extract
from "Kegimenral Losses in the civil
War" Ly Lieutenant william T..
Fox. a work which tn author says re
presents the patient ANA conscientious
labor OF years. Days. and often weeks,
have been spent on the figures OF each
regiment. ana no statistics are given that
ure not warranted 10y the official records"
A. far as | am able 10 Judge this volume
by comparison with others of like char
acter IL IL the most accurate aud COM
plete. and BY far the most impartial
work Of the Kind published since the war
by the northern press. Colonel Fox gives
the following.
"STRENGIlI OF THE CONFEDERATE
ARMIES"
Alabaraa-55 regiments and Il battalions
Of infantry, . regiments Of cavalry; 3
REGIMENTS Of partisan rangers, and 10 bat
y
Arhausas-jJ regiments and l. battallons
Of infantry; D regiments and battallous
az cavalry, and 10 batteries OF lght ar
tllery.
FIorda-lO regiments and bat,allons
Of infantry: regiments and ! battalion
of cavalry. and batteries Of light ar
tillery.
Georgll-6S regiments and Il bat,alions
of infantry; II resiments and ? Latralions
Of cavalry. ! regiment aud l battalion
Of partisan rangers. ? battaiiOus OF heavy
artillery, and - batteries OF light ar
tIli-ry.
Louisiana-3i regiments and 10 battaMons
Of infantry. regiments and l battalion
of cavalry; / regiment 81 partisan
ranger. regiments Of heavy artillery.
and ~ batteries Of light artillery.
Mississippi-,9 regiments and bat
talious Il infantry. Z regiments and (
buttalions of cavalry: regiments 81
partisan rangers, and % batteries Of
light artillery.
North Carolina 60 regiments and bat
talions OF infantry; l r.g.ni 20 and 5
battalions OF cavalry; battjiiJns OF
heavy artillery, and batteries OF light
artillery.
south Carolina-S3 regiments and bat
telions Of infantry; : regiments and /
battalion Of cavalry; ! regiment and /
battalion OF heavy artillery. aud - bat
terles of light artillery
Tennessee-Gi regiments and battalions
Of infantry; q regiments and II bat
talions OF cavalry; / regiment and bat
TALON Of heavy artillery, AMI 81 batteries
" light artillery.
Texas regiments ana battallons Of
infantry; - regiments and bartlons
OF cavalry. and IL batteries Of iisht ar
tillery.
Virginia-Gj regiments and 10 battalions
of infantry; = regiments and II battaliOns
OF cavalry: / regiment OF partisan rang rs;
/ regiment Of artillery, and IS batteries Of
artillery.
Border States-2l regiments ana 4 bat
talions Of infantry; regiments aud 5
hattalions Of cavalry, and IL batteries Of
light artillery.
Confederate States Regulars-7 regl-
merits Of infantry: regiments Of cavalry.
and ! battery of artillery
Aggregate-52s regiments and s. bat
talions Of infantry; l21 regiments and Il
battalions OF cavalry; regiments and ]
battalion of partisan rangers: 5 regiments
and d battalions OF heavy artillery, and
2sl batteries OF light artiilery-in all
equivalent to 76i regiments Of ~ com
panies each.
Colonel Fox says: "The severity of the
losses among the Confederates. and the
heroic persstency with which they would
stand before the enemy's musketry. be-
comes apparent In studying the official
returns OF various regiments. In the re-
port for 1856. made by General James
Is. Fry, United States Provost Marshal
General. there IL u statement Of Confeie-
rate losses. as compiled from the mus
ter-rolls on file In the Bureau OF consede-
rate Archives The returns are inccm-
plste. and nearly all the Alabama rolls
are missing still. the figures are worth
noting. as they show that at least f.5si
were killed or died OF wounds. and that
2.2T died OF disease. j.