The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1899-11-11
,.,,. Relating to tho civil

confederates win read
syn interest the following facts
fp oytacted from the report of
\ r,bauIt, Of New Orleans. lie
u neral United Confederate
'0" and has been engaged for
in compiling data relat-
medical service of the Cou-
"' rbis work has been rendered
t,e destruction, in April,
~, W medical and surgical records
n the generals of
richmond
,t from which these figures
!. /. the one submitted by DIR.
,at tbe Atlanta reunion, ls9s:
.,,.tv.four States and Territories,
-| soceled In these eleven States,
If military age-from Is to 40
l.o,bered 1864, 1893, inclusive of
I. blipd. etc. On the Union side
cIoss numbered 4,559,S12, over
y. without estimating the CON
,iops from the world at large,
'ng constantly the Union side.
.+od States, in enlisted men, num-
n oss against not exceeding 6OO,-
/, side Of the Southern Confederacy.
A. States Of Kentucky, Missouri,
N West Virginia, Tennessee and
Under Of the Southern States, the
I'M fact appears, that the South
n. Slave States gave exceeding
/, the Union side, more than half
soldiers as comprised the entire
ate army
Inbers the Federal loss was e. ,05S
I,3 48Ol2 died of wounds; total,
Of the Confederates the like total
I'd The Confederates had 53,7S3
|,,ripbt and l94, O26 wounded on the
battle It is estimated that each of
|m Confederates, were ON an
1 disabled for greater or lesser |
nv wounds or sickness, about six
|urDg the war. The heroic, untir-
Iortant part thus borne by the skill |
[iderate surgeons in maintaining
|s1an effective army of unexampled |
rate soldiers, must challenge par
attention.
mort of Mr.. Stanton, as secretary
On the 10Th of July, 1866, exhibits
that Of the Federal prisoners in
rate hands during the war, only
ld, while of the Confederate
\ in Federal hands, 2G, 436 died
hort does not set forth the exact
fd prisoners held by each side re-
"
hole number OF Federal prisoners
I by the Confederates and held in
rs prisons from first to last, during
I. was in round numbers 0,000, |
\ whole number of Confederates
4 and held in prisons by the Fed
) in like round numbers only 220,-
rom these two reports it appears
b $1,000 more prisoners in Southern
!, or other modes of confinement,
lbs were 1000 less, According to
cures, the percentum of Federal
B Southern prisons was under nine;
L percentum of Confederate deaths
tern prisons was over twelve.
loruary statistics are of no small
D determining on which side there
most neglect, cruelty and in
!, proclaiming as they do loss by
more than 3 per cent. of Confed-
yer Federals in prisons, while the
bad an unstinted command of
ng
lOle number of Confederates sur
from the 9th of April, 1861, to the
Nay 1865 the date of final sur
nder Gen. f. Kirby Smith, was,
to the muster rolls, little under
This embraces quite a number,
n disease and wounds were not
in the field at the time. The whole
Il Federal forces then in the field
ward mustered out of service, as
rds show, amounted, in round !
to l,O5O,OOO.
al loss of killed and died of wounds !
'ranco-German war was 81 per {
at OF the Austrians in the war s
Oper cent, that of the Allies in
"a, S.2. But in our war the hemor- |
lar greater, for the Federals lost !,
d. and the Confederates over 8 .
the heaviest loss of any modern :
Il lell around its standard. | have
lged a skeleton of facts, which :,
ed and earnest purpose we can
It's full and perfect professional {
. the honor and credit of our :
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