Woodville Republican. (Woodville, Miss.) 185?-current, 1901-07-20

me total enllstments Of the Union
dueed a to t2 three-years standard a being being
States furnished 297,710, and of this num-
ber Mississippi furnished 545. In addition,
the Federals had $4,000 sailors who manned
The following are the losses of the
Federal armies
Killed in battle. e................. blOoS
Died Of wounds. s......,.......,... d33,Ql3
Died of disease. ....,............ 100, 10
Died in Confederate prisons. 80. l58
Other causes. 9'99o
Total deaths .......,.......... $d9, ad9, M III
Unite United d''; States troops captured dur
United mite States Gs' troops paroied on g,
1hs The 9s,a Sonfederate forces during the four
years war numbered, according TO the
most reliable estimates. not exceeding 6OO,-
The losses are thus stated
Killed or mortally wounded. ...,.,. 52,o90
Died Of wounds ....-.-..-.-.N'' zzaa'35aayy
Died in Federal prisons. .,..:.. 30,152
Confederate troops captured during
Confederate troops paroied on the %
conlederate gta troops deserted during $50
Dr. s Jones, lone the former surgeon j. {. u.
estimated the total Confederate loss by
armies, by death, upwards of 100000
1t the close Of The war, the North had
1,0U0,Jl6 efectiyes OF all arms. The Con-
federacy had less than 100000.
In the Army of Northern Virginia there
We're I,SD2 men who had arms i'll their
hands at the surrender nj AppomatoX.
Grants army numbered l62, ,239
Gettysburg was the greatest battle Of the
war, the Confederate loss being 49, II ;
the Federal loss, 23,OO1 Antietam was the
bloodest. The largest army assembled by
the Gonfederates was in the Seven bays
hight by the tederals at the Wilderness.
Mississippi contributed her full quota to
the Confederate forces perhaps more, in
proportion to her white population, than
any other Southern State; ana of the 3,l2J
battles and heavy skirmishes fought during
the war, 234 We're upon the soil Of this
State. From llfst to last she mustered
about $4,000 men, in - regiments OF in
fantry, 10 battalions Of infantry; "a regi-
ments of cavalry; IL battalions OF cavalry !;
/ regiment cavalry reserves; 4 regiment oL
artillery / regiment Partisan hangers ; /
mixed regiment Mississippi, Alamana and
tennessee l mixed battalion, Mississippi
and Tennessee; 1 mixed battalion, Misslss-
ippi and Alabama cavalry j Jeff. Davis
Legion; l mixed battalion Mississippi, Ala
bama and Georgia cavalry; regiments
state troops bat5ai9ns STATE troops
regiments OF l,250 men in each.
% these, killed and died Of wounds. l3,500
bschaged, Disc al tI''ies resigned, retired 1900
deserted ana dropped .........'...ll,90 WV
Missing ................... zou
Transfers OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. l,oOU
Total losses from all causes. -. 59,250
Accounted for Observation-Disclosures. is, 100
And of this number about thirty per
cent. were absent from various causes at
the general surrender of the armies. In
some of the company roll calls that / wit
messed in Virginia, in March, 1850, less
than dozen men answered to thell
names. And they did not appear TO be
burdened with too much wardrobe. The
Spanish American war warriors had good
| + itttA r.tn1 nd Nrith n ~
boys who wore the gray--or any othel
color they could get from 1861 TO lS63
The forty companies that composed the
four regiments Of Humphreys Brigade ane
thirty companies OF Daviss Bridage, show
the following figures and these are abso
| utely correct, tabulated from rolls com
| piled for me in the camps in the spring o
| 1862 and still in my possession
| Whole number on the rolls of 40 IL
Killed or died Of wounds. ....... 1,34-
Died of disease ...........,.... LII
Total deaths ........ 900
Discharged, resigned, retired. ..... 2,03
Deserted DESERTED or dropped for prolonged
yisS;sl absence ...:,.....:..........:. 1'2SS,,
Missing .'....'..'....' =
Aceounted eea 1e for 5,7lG and Of these less tRal
| 1000 stacked at the final surrender. Sucl
is the waste of war. The average age q
| the Mississippi boys who enlisted in 1SO.
Of the 5,615 who composed Humphreys
Brigade from 1861 to 1860, Ill wer
Southern States ; 10 Of Northern States
400 of foreign countries; nativity of re
mainder not known; SO were married whel
enlisted 4540 We're single; average az
- years. They were, as Mr.. Davis said
"the seed-corn Of the Confcderacy."
| heard a young man, in his graduatin
that the best and bravest generals o
ancient or modern times were Washington
at Valley Forge Stonewail Jackson in TIL
Valley, and Robert u. Lee at AppomatoS
And the old rebels in the chapel applaude
that verdict. And as to the rank and fill
of the Confederate armies, the world ma
vet produce their equal in valor and patriOl
ism, but in these qualities they Will neye
be excelled.
gathered here today, we cheerfully "asset
and emphasize the fact that from til
Atlantic to the Pacific from Maine
Texas, we are one government and on
people, let it also be understood that it
not sectiOnalissm, it is not animosity, it
not political jealousy for men and wome
to recall and to cherish their fathers ho1
or and their fathers hope. Let the pas
be past Let its mistakes, it's errors an
misfortunes die; but LET its heroism an
its gloricS live fOrever'# And let til
valof and the patriotism of the soldiers
the South and of the North, in all til
wars, in which our country has been q
! gagged, he the common heritage and the in
perishable glory Of the American people.
Tho War Period.
prosperity, it is dlfiicult to recall thos
years of war, of waste and want that cas
their dark shadows Ger the. sunny Souu
With all our ports blocka.led, and supple
Of every kind limited to nome production
many and strange were the devices +,
subsisting the armies in the field and pr
viding for the women and children {
home | will fat patriotic and accomplish s; pI
ed Mississippi woman, the late Mrs. Has
ngs of Port Gibson, give YOU some of hi
observations along this line:
"Spinny wheels were resurrected al
clumsy wooden looms wove the coarse hom
spun which kept us warm, but at first IN
tated the skin by its rough S e5teriG eric
l and woven into thick flannel for unde
9 clothing. Black sheep were at premium
g their wool was carefully picked apart. ~
! cloth mixed with white it was mach us
! for making gray jeans for soldiers Wea
e Dogs began to have a commercial yan
' than the skin of calves, and she better su
e ed to the manufacture of womens III
e | children's shoes.
e carded with wool, and spun into thread, Al
L re-woven with cloth. An old broadclo
e coat or cloak was a perfect treasure 70
e family, to be used for making shoes, Q
, shoe soles were carefully preserved "
( | soaked in water to make them pliablaF [
a upper parts made Of broadeloth, stittb
by hand. Many women became eXpart
a making cloth CATERS.
: The woods were searched for roots q
e bark for dyeing cloth. Oak bark, Waln
t and purslane were commonly used On0
+ ventive genius produced a bright magGn
!. color by a combination of poke berries 4
4 rind of a ripe pumpkin.
Hats were made Of the soft inside,
) shucks of corn, or of palmetto beacl,
e white and plated in an Irregular notch
y plait which was sewLd together and shap
4 at will. Very pretty hats and bonnt
q were made of cotton thread knitted
t crocheted into braid stiffened with star
8 and sewed into shape. The prettiest hats
d ever saw of home manufacture were ma
= of the dish cloth gourd. They
\ sembled the feecy hair millinery of
? present day.
/ salt at one time became so scarce th
planters had the earth taken up from |
e der the old smokehouse, bleached and boil
. |