The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1898-07-13

bue Ou1C0u OOuIeQeraGe etcIduo, Aoc
issued circular to the survivors OF
the medical corps Of the army and
navy of the Confederate States, call,
ing on them to attend the reunion and
to bring with them any data they may
have. The circular is an interesting
paper and contains many important
facts concerning the sickness from
diseases and wounds in both armies.
It is as follows:
"Oaice Of the Surgeon General
United Confederate Veterans, 625
North Lafayette Square, New Or
leans, La, June 80, 1898-To the
Survivors of the Medical Corps Of the
Army and Navy Of the Confederate
States-Comrades: The eighth an
Eusl reunion of the United Confeder-
ate Veterans will take place on the
sSss, sSss 21st, 22d and 23d Of July, 1898,
at Atlanta, Ga.-shat historic patri-
otto Southern city which was subject
ed to the torch after being captured
by the Federal army under General
Sherman, her helpless women and
children and non-combatants made
Homeless and shelterless refugees in a.
land SCARED and desolated by more
than 1000 hard fought, bloody bat
tle6elds, and whose territory, almost
to a foot, had felt the thunderbolts OF
a most cruel and destructive war.
The great majority not only OF the
patient and valiant humane surgeons
constituting the peerless medical
corps, but the great majority likewise
Of the pure and valiant men compfis-
ing all the other great departments of
the Confederate government and its
matchless army and navy have pre-
ceded us across the river Of time and
are now resting under the shade Of
the trees, awaiting our coming on the
eternal plains il the vast irpenetra-
bic beyond.
"As survivors Of that Christian
hearted, distinguished corps Of Con-
federate surgeons, who knew no enemy
in their professional work, is there
not high and pressing important
duty remaining to be done, and due,
not less to ourselves than to our de-
parted and immortal comrades of the
same service responsible duty to
collect and systematize for reference
the correct professional facts relating
to our work in field and hospital and
military prison in connection with
the unequaled. worldwide involving
Southern constitutional cause, chat
the coming historian may with readi-
ness and with truthfulness record
them for future generations to read
and appreciate?
ssLet me here briefly and tersely re-
cite few historic facts from official
data in my possession Of interest to
stimulate our further research: Of
the thirty-four States and Territories
only eleven seeded. In these eleven
States the men Of military age-from
eighteen to forty-6ve years-number-
ed ], 1,O64, 1913, inclusive Of lame, halt
and blind, etc. On the union
side the same class numbered
1858, ,872, over four to one, with
out estimating the constant accessions
from the world at large, augmenting
monthly the Union side.
ssThe United States in enlisted men
numbered 1855, ,O28, against not ex-
ceeding 100000 on the side of the
Southern Confederacy.
"With the State of Kentucky, Mis-
souri,, Maryland, West Virginia, Ten
nessee and the remainder of the South
ern States, the remarkable fact pre-
sents that the South-the slave States
gave exceeding 100000 men to the
Union side, more than half as many
soldiers as comprised the entire Con-
federate army. These above facts,
derived from the war records, show
shat there were four armies in the
field, each one Of which was as large
as the entire Confederate army, with
out including the more than 100000
contingent from the South.
ssIn numbers the Federal loss was
67,O58 killed and 43,O12 died Of
wounds; total, 11O,O72. OF Confed-
crates the like total was 1924. The
Confederates' had 53,773 killed out
right and u194, ,O26 wounded on the
field Of battle. More than one-third
of the 100000 Confederates were
therefore confded to the Confederate
surgeons for battle wounds. For the
nineteen months, January, 1862, to
JuJv 1862 inclusive over | O00 00O