The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1903-06-12
Further Statement of Forces and
Loses on Each Side
INTHE GREAT CIVIL WAR.
The Southern Soldiers Had to Fish,
Against Grcnt Odds aud Take
More Risks Than the
Northern

Confcderates in killed were ia proper
tion greater than were those OF the
fcderalS.
This statement was questioned on
the ground that the federal armies
we're made up in the aggregate of
nearly live times tho number Of men
possessed by The Confcdcratcs and
that, therefore, the largest army
should naturally have suffered the
greatest loss in battle. 1t was con
tended, on the other hand, that the
smaller army, in order to stand against
the greater, was compelled 10 fight
with more desperation and daring. and
that, therefore, its men subject to
greater loss. Moreover, any force
hghtlng at large odds would have to
endure the fire Of a greater number of
misseis, and this would expose it to
grea.tr loss.
Unfortunately, many OF the Cunfed-
crate war records were lost or de-
Stroyed in the evacuation of and re-
treat from Richmond, and therefore
the Confederate returns arc not com
plete and no accurate account is avail
able. +. The war department. at Wash
ington, which has charge Of all the
Confederate war records, has recently
beglin the work Of completing, rs far
as possible, the Confederate records as
TO numbers and losses Of men. and Il
callShaS been made which should be
promptly responded to, asking Confed-
erate.Suryiyors and State authorities
possessing muster rolls and other data
of tue sort, to send them, either as a
loanior gift to the war department. at
washington, SO that they may be
copied and used to supply the lost
records, So for as the figures arc
available today. The Picayune re-
peatsSwiLh additions the figures print
eddy; II last "Wednesday.
:fFhe figures In regard to the union
army are taken from the Statistical
II y RRecordss by Capt. Frederick Phistcrer,
thet,So ofs1lleiarmy, published by Charles
ScrlDa Sons, New York, 1889 and
4 9 q g. eIIsTed .te; be compiled from army or
df geg isters5Df fsreg ulars aud yolun-,
;. III -. II. = nd iltant .neIieTaI
Gsluiie, ,almy,and from those Of the pro-
yost marshal general Of the army. the
Medical History Of the Rebellion"
and other sources.
AS to the union forces in the field.
tue 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
Indians and negroes, a total of 2,772,-
4OS men and money Communication al
lowed by the draft law, to represent
ST, 72S men, making an aggregate of
men represented to be 2,S59,l32.
Or Indian troops there were 3, $40,
and of negroes there were lS6, ,OO7. ali
OF whom are included in the figures of
2,722.4OS. There were 2,O47 rcpi-
mentS of all arms. After citing in de-
tail the figures in the reports of the
adJutant general, OF the provost mar
shal general, Capt. Phistercr gives the
following as the most complete and re-
liable Statements:
hiiied IN oattlc lc.......... A ,23S
Died of wounds. l.. 10. 2O5
Suicide, homicide and execu-
tlon. .. 526
Died OF disease .l86.2l6
Died in southern prisons. ..... 24,1S4
Total 3O4. 36g
Of the negro troops included in the
above. l,5l4 were killed in battle,
!, $50 died from wounds, 29,212 died
from disease, S37 died in prison, and
81 from other causes.
The cnliStmcnts OF foreigners in the
fl(inr1I u 10 ,e;
Ier.iidt'" ..-'.....-i.. l76, 800
ilAan ..... ........ l44, 200
ltrltlsl Americans -. 53, 500
i1liS iiSl Sl.............. ...... 10, 300
III otherS ............. II, 900
Aggregate .. 1874, 900
The deficiency in the Confederate
returns prccludes any accuracy Of
statement, has been put at 6OO, 900.
1t should be remembered that the
northern States had Il white popula-
ton OF 10000, 900, while the south had
Il white population Of 5000, 900, be-
sides 100000 negroes. The south
crn negroes were slaves and were
recruited for the northern army from
the districts in the southern States
that were oytrrun by the invaders, to
the number Of SG,097. AS to foreign
crS, they were kept out OF the south
by the blockade Of the southern
ports by the federal fleets, but they
were attracted to the northern army
by the large bounty offered, and they
joined in great numbers. If the six
million OF white people in the south
sent one tenth Of their number, or
600, 900, into the field, the 10000, 900
OF The northern whites should at the
same rate have sent 2, 600, 900 soldiers.
These, with the 495, 900 foreigners,
and the lS6,097 negroes, would make
an aggregate Of $3.50, 997, or about
the strength reported above for the
total federal force.
The Confederate losses, as compiled
from the the muster rolls extant and
on lille in the war department in Wash
lngton, give the following:
Killed in battle. 52.954
Died from wounds 21,57O
Died from disease 59.297
Total 133, ,S21
Died in northern prisons i. 26, ,l36
Aggcgatc ~. lG0,2 257
1t is plain, however, that the mus
ter rolls Of the Confcderates are ex-
tremely incomplete, because they give
North Carolina Ia $40 killed while