Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-08-01
WAR STATISTICS.
Further Statement of Forces and Loses
on Each Side.

Further Statement Of Forces and Loses
" on Each Side.
Some days ago the New Orleans
Picayune printed statistics showing
that in the civil war the losses Of the
Confederates in killed were in proper
tion greater than were those Of the
Federals.
This statement was questioned on
the ground that the Federal armies
were made up in the aggregate Of
nearly five times the number Of men
possessed by the Confederates, and
that, therefore, the largest army
should naturally have suffered the
greatest loss in battle. It was con-
tended, on the other hand, that the
smaller army, In order to stand against
the greater, was compelled to fight
with more desperation and daring, and
that. therefore. its men were subject to
greater loss. Moreover, any force
fighting at large odds would have to
endure the fire of a greater number Of
missels, and this would expose 1t to
greater loss.
Unfortunately, many Of the Confed-
crate war records were lost or destroy
ed in the evacuation of and retreat
from Richmond, and therefore the
Confederate returns are not complete
and no accurate account is available.
The war department at Washington,
which has charge Of all the Confed-
crate war records, has recently begun
the work Of completing, as far as pos
sible, the Confederate records as to
numbers and losses Of men, and call
has been made which should be
promptly responded to, asking Confed-
crate survivors and state authorities
possessing muster rolls and other data
Of the sort, to send them, either as
loan or gift. to the war department at
Washington, so that they may be
copied and used to supply the lost rec
ords. So far as the figures are avail
able today, the Picayune repeats with
additions the figures printed by 1t last
Wednesday.
The figures in regard to the Union
army are taken from the Statistical
Record" by Capt. Frederick Phisterer,
then of the army, published by Charles
Scribner's Sons, New York, 1883, and
declared to be compiled from army or
ders, registers Of regulars and volun-
teers, reports of the adjutant general
of the army, and from those of the
provost marshal general of the army,
the Medical History Of the Rebellion"
and other sources.
AS to the union forces in the field,
the summary Of the men furnished by
and credited to the various states by
the adjutant generals Office Is given
by states. and it shows. including In
dams and Negroes, total Of 2,772.40S
men and money communication allowed
by the draft law, to represent S6,72S
men, making an aggregate Of men rep
resented to be 2,S59,132.
OF Indian troops there were $3.50.
and Of Negroes there were 1s6sO97, all
of whom are included in the figures OF
2,722,40S. There were 2,O47 regiments
of all armies. After citing in detail the
figures in the reports Of the adjutant
general, of the provost marshal gen.
eral Capt. Phisterer gives the follow
ing AS the most complete and reliable
statement.
Killed In battle .............. 44'2So
Died Of wounds .............. 49,2Oo
Suicide, homicide and execu-
ti0n ............... ........... oIo
Died of disease ............. 186,2I6
Died in southern prison. ...... 24,184
Tota, ,...... sO4, 1863
OF the Negro troops included In the
above, 1,514 were killed in battle,
1,76O died from wounds, 1922 died
from disease, S37 died in prison, and
81 from other causes.
The enlistments Of foreigners In the
Federal army are thus given: ..
Germans ................. !!o'ooo
Irish - 144,200
British Americans ...... $500
English 45,300
Ali others 47,900
Aoereeate ........ 4s4,s 900
The deficiency In the Confederate
returns precludes any accuracy OF
statement, has been put at 100000. 1t
should be remembered that the north
ern states had white population Of
2O,OO0,OO0, while the south had a
white population Of 100000, besides
100000 Negroes. The southern Ne
groes were: slaves and were recruited
for the northern army from the dis
tricts in the southern states that were
overrun by the invaders, to the num-
ber Of 1S6,O97. AS to foreigners, they