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COMPLEXIONs.
AWFUL CONFEDERATE LOSSES.

The Twenty-si,lth North Carolina 1T
Gettysburg went into action with about
800 effective men. They lost Sc killed.
500 wounded. l2O missing. mcss Of whom
were killed or wounded; total 7OS. or IS )
for duty after the first day. On the
third day the regiment could muster
only so men. Ono company captain
Tuttles) which went into action with
three officers and 81 men. lost all tho
officers and SO men IN killed and
wounded
Company G, Eleventh North Carolina
lost officers killed and "a out Of IS
killed or wounded at Gettysburg. The
captain and four remaining men par
ticipated in the charge on the third
day. when the fiagbearer was shot and
the captain brought out the flag himself
At Fair Oaks the Sixth Alabama.
comprising 632 officers and men engaged.
lost 81 killed, n wounded missing;
total S73, or 90 per cent. At the same
battle the Fourth North Carolina lost
Il killed. 2s6 wounded. missing: a total
OF 5G9 out Of 678 engaged. or 81 per
cent
At Gaines Mil the First South Caro-
lima Rifles charged a battery and lost
81 killed, 234 wounded, and missing. a
total OF 319 out Of 537 engaged, a loss OF
50 3 per cent
At Stone River, Tenn. the Eighth
Tennessee lost Al killed and PCS wounded
a total Of 3O6 out of IA engaged. a loss
OF 6s.9 percent
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GREATEST BATTLES o. MODERN TIMES.

Atthe boodiest the Franco
939
Of 100000 At Gettysburg the
nion lossw greater with half the number engaged
following the Union
tanned greater the whole Franco
that 2S277 killed S54S2
and a 1881
blOOdiest battle in history
Britannica The French losses
at Gettysburg
of
October 1913 1873 The allies concentrated $4,000
Napoleon presented 75O0O The total losses were $4,000
The 187O7l OF the greatest OF Euro
The Their loss
In
civil the Union
History
OF loss in killed
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SOLDIERS RATIoNS.

The daily food allowance for the pri-
Yates was as follows:
Twelve ounces Of pork or bacon. or
one and a quarter pounds Of fresh or
salt beef.
One pound six ounces Of soft bread
or flour, or one pound Of hard bread.
/ or ore and a quarter pounds Of corn
meal
To every 100 rations (about a COM
pany) there was also allowed:
Fifteen pounds OF beans or peas
Ten pounds Of rice or hominy.
Ten pounds Of green coffee, or eight
pounds Of roasted or ground. coffee, or
one and a half pounds Of tea.
Fifteen pounds Of sugar.
-Four quarts Of vinegar.
one pound four ounces OF candles
-Four pounds Of soap.
Three pounds and twelve ounces OF
salt.
-Four ounces Of pepper.
Thirty pounds of potatoes.
One quart Of molasses.
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COMPARISON OF OPPOSING FORCES
GRAVES OF UNKNOWN DEAD.

Nearly 10000 OF those who wore the
blue are buried in national cemeteries.
and almost half of these are counted
among the unknown dead. In 1880 there
were graves of 15s.SO2 known Union sol
diers. and 1+2.SsS graves of unknown
union soldiers in - different national
cemeteries. II was at the cemetery on
the field OF Gettysburg. on November
IS. 1863, where $3.50 Union soldiers were
buried, that Lincoln delivered that ad-
dress OF only 266 words. IN utterance
brief. but In power mighty, and as a
classic immortal
Those cemeteries having more than
5000 interments are as follows
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The Kearsarge took six officers and
sixty-four men prisoners. afterward pa
trolling all but one of the latter Cap
tain Semmes, OF the Alabama. and a
number OF the crew were picked up by
the British steam yacht Deerhound.
which made of for England. and there
landed them safely. After the war Eng
land paid dearly for It's participation in
the affair
The two greatest naval ngagemeuts
were the capture Of New Orleans. April
"a. 1862, opening the mouth OF the Mis-
sissippi TO commerce. and the battle Of
Mobile Bay, August O. 1864. when the
greatest fleet was assembled, and when
Admiral Farragut. dashed 30 the top
mast of the Hartford. led the feet past
the harbor forts. and through the field
Of torpedoes. II was on the latter occa-
sion that Farragut gave utterance to his
famous remark about torpedoes.
The chief naval engagements follow:
November Z. 1S6l-Attack on Port
Royal.
February 6, 1862 Capture Of Fort
Henry.
February 10. 1S62-Capture Of Fort Don
elson
March S. 1S62-Destruction Of the fri
gate congress ana SlOOp cumberland ny
the Confcdt rate ironClad Merrimac, with
Union losses Of $50 killed and Confed-
crate losses Of %
March g. Is62-BattIe between the first
Monitor and the Merrimac.
April p 1862 Capture of the New Or
leans. with naval losses Of 20 killed
and wounded.
June IS, lS62-Assault on Vicksburg.
Union losses Is killed. 80 wounded.
July 10. 1S62-Assa ult on Nicksburg
with losses OF Il killed and 81 wounded.
March IA, lS63-Assault on Port Hud-
son with losses of &c killed and "A
wounded
April %, lS63-Assault on Grand Gulf.
Miss, with losses or p killed and 81
wounded
June 10. Is64-Sinklng OF the Alabama
By the kearsarge.
August 8. iS64-Battle of Mobile Bay
with losses of 13l killed and 10 wounded.
October q. 1864-Destruction of the
Confederate ram Albemarle by LieUten-
ant Gushing.
January 10. 1S65-Capturc Of Fort Fish
er with losses Of "a killed, 2S9 wounded,
20 missing.
April. 1S65-Loss of six monitors and
warships in Mobile May by torpedoes.
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VALUE OF CONFEDERACY.
CLOTHING ALLOWANCES.

Every soldier was allowed the follow
ing clothing:
One cap a year.
One hat a year.
Two coats or jackets the first year.
one coat or jacket the second year, and
two the third year
Three pairs Of trousers the first year.
two the second. and three the third
year.
Three shirts year.
Three pairs of drawers the first year.
and two pairs a year aftecward.
Four pairs Of stockings a year.
Four pairs of bootees a year.
One great coat once I'm five years.
One wooden blanket every other year.
One waterproof Blanket a year
One pair of CATERS a year.
Two flannel sack coats a year.
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Glove of Country Alone"

love OF country alone could have in
spired 600 men to die for the Union
Nothing less sacred than this love Of
country could have sustained $4,000
brave men who suffered and starved
and died in rebel prisons Nor could any
thing else have given comfort to the
10000 MANNED and diseased who es-
capped immediate death in siege and
battle TO end IN torment the remainder
Of their patriot es."-William McBtn-
lev July 4 1894
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TRIBUTES TO THE PRIVATE
"Let Us Care for Him. "

with malice toward none, with char
fly for ALL with firmness in the right as
God gives MS 20 see the right, let US
strive on 10 finish the work we are in,
10 bind up the nations wounds, to care
for him who shall have borne the battle
and for his widow and his orphan-to do
all which may achieve and cherish a
just and lasting peace among ourselves.
and with all nations. ''-Lincoln's Second
inaugural
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TROOPS CAME FROM

New York furnished the most troops
for the Union cause-nearly 10000 men.
Pennsylvania, Ohio. Illinois. Indiana
and Massachusetts followed in that or
der. Georgia, South Carolina, and Viz
ginia were the only States not to con-
tribute troops to the Union cause. Only
ten States exceeded their quota. The
following table shows the number Of
troops requested by the Government and
the number furnished by each State:
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Heroic Years of America

I'VE begin to realize that the years
we have so recently passed through.
though we did not appreciate at the
time, were the heroic years of Ameri-
can history. Charles Francis Adams,
on The Double Anniversary" July l.
1859.
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~Union Bearer for Their Blood

God bless the Union, It Is dearer TO
US for the blood Of the brave men
which has been shed in its defense. -
Edward Everett, at Gettysburg. 1853.
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Total
COLOR OF HAIR.
CONFEDERATE CASUALTIES.
"World Can Never Forget"

The world Will little note nor long re-
member what we say here, but II can
never forget what they did here. Lin
coin AT Gettysburg.
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First Rank of Militant Nations"

THE record Of both sides places the
people of the United States IN the first
rank Of militant uations.'-Co Thomas
l. IivermOre
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The mean stature OF all the soldiers
between the ages Of IS and %. according
to nationality or place OF birth, was
found to be as follows:
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WORK OF THE NAVY.

The navy was engs ged In sixty-five
battles during the war At the out
break OF hostilities the enrolment Of
officers and men aggregated 1900. which
before the close Of the war was swelIed
to 132, 554
There were 1.S04 men killed or mortally
wounded in action, OF whom 342 were
scalded 70 death by escaping steam from
boilers pierced by the enemy's shot;
and sO8 men were drowned in action. 20
ing down with their ships.
Total naval losses were as follows:
Alueo IN action. '...'-.-..-.-..,...,.... ]. s04
ny S,l 2226
TotaI.................................... 7.9s0
The first naval engagement was the
capture o. Forts Clark and Hatteras.
y. c. August IS, 1861. by Capt. J. c..
Van Brunt, without loss Of life or IN
turles TO the sailors. In this enRa ge-
ment were the Minnesota. with 90 guns:
Wabash, As guns: Monticello. 30 guns;
Susquehanna. Il guns; Pawnee. 10 guns
Harriet Lane. 5 guns, and Cumberland.
% guns
The most important TO the world at
large was the battle March 9, 1862. be-
tween the Monitor and Confederate iron
clad Merrimac, the first battle in the
world between ironclads. for that day
saw the doom of all existing naval ships
then in the world.
The most famous engagement oc-
CURED June 10. 1864. seven miles off Cher
bourg. France. when the United States
ship Kearsarge engaged and sank the
Confederate prIvateer Alabama, which
had been built and fitted out in England.
The engagement lasted one hour and
two minutes. The two ships went into
action equipped as follows:
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-Of this number "a, 700 we're captured by the
Union tT0ops and 1876 surrendered.
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IN THE FIELD,
Gossip Of the Camp and the Bat
tleground.
tstaff correspondence

iI53 W (Stnfr SCOrTeSpOHucilce,lf 47
PRESS HEADQUARTERS, CAMP NO.
g. GAINESVILLE VA, September 81
The army officers in charge OF the man
,oeuvres sedulously guard against the
creation Of the impression that the forces
5massed on s the fields Of the first and
second battles OF Manassas are going to
duplicate the movements made by
Federals and Copfederaies In 1861 and
1862, The reasons for this are obvious.
In the first place, the United States army
did not gain anything Of credit out of
those battles, In the second place. there
is no desire to revive the feeling Of an-
tagoplsm which was rife forty years
ago. when hostile armies were marching
and countermarching, and fighting on the
soil OF old Prince William
1 tits true that the problems. which tho
army Of the Blue and the army OF the
Brown. stationed at Camp No. ], near
Manassas. and Camp No. 2. near Tho
rong hfare. respectively, Will try TO solve,
bear some resemblance to those which
General Beauregard and General Me-
3Dowell and General il ckson and General
Pope worked out In 81 and 49, though
this may have been accidental. It Ia
also true that the residents OF the coun-
tn. over which the armies Will be
SnlanoeuYred have a deep-root'sd impress
sion that, the battles are to he repro
Educed They feel that the army OF the
Rlue, occupying q position nearest WASH
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ington. and supposed TO be defending the,
capital, is to represent the Federals, and
the army OF the Brown. lying at Tho
.roug fare is to stand for the Confeder-
ates. h
Hundreds Of people, men and women,
living in the territory over which, the
armies will be manoeuvred, remember
the battles OF Manassas. sat in the
shade on the side OF ~ the road leading.
from Gainesville to- Manassas. over which
lLongstreet hastened his army in 1862, to
relieve Jackson, who was locked In dead
slys combat with Pope, o few miles fur
sthers on, and talked with an old gray
bearded man, but who was only boy
when the war was on. While we talked
white auto, bearing a party OF otfi-i
GERS, came by. and q few minutes later,
a. dozen &cavalrymenz trotted past. 5Ss
"Every time ~ see those fellows It
makes me think OF our soldiers during
the fighting here, n said my old coIn-#
paion 3. .Th hey were n almost naked, and
they all looked half-starved. Many Of
them had not had 4 a square meal In a
month, and their guns were old-fashion-
ed pieces, hardly good enough to use in
shooting at squirrels. These we'll clothed.
well u FEC, . and we'll armed soldiers are
not much like what i got to think all
soldiers were 4 Like I was myself the
last year OF the war, though I was only
sixteen years Ole. & I was captured at
Sailors Creek :s ]. lis5
1T must not be " thought that there
IS any feeling on the part OF the peo-!
pie against the soldiers. The contrary.
Is true. The soldiers; officers and men
, have made O d fine inpr ession on the
apopula ton The conduct OF the men has
been exemplary. There have been no
|5depredations committed. Two chickens
stolen is the sole extent OF the NJ oraging" Z
which has been done, so far as reported.
These were promptly paid for. Some
property Has been damag ed lin the course
OF preparations for the man oeuVres, but
the amount Of damage done has been
literally compensated, and with the suts
most promptness. General Corbin issues
an order nearly every day, relative to the:
necessitysof the officers exercising care to
prevent depredations Of various kinds.
Yards, cemeteries and gardens and orr
chards are protected by white flags
which show that the enclosed property
is forbidden ground on which neither
side Is to enter in the course Of the
manoeuvres On Saturday, General Cor
bin directed his brigade commanders to
take care that every piece Of property
of the kind described was protected by
the flags, as 1t was unders TODD that some
{ had been overlooked. NJ
8# In short, regular soldiers, and iSYolun-&
steers. officers and enlisted men, have
3borneN themselves thus far IN a manner
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LABOR LEFT
FOR VIRGINIA.
Governor Pardons Chief Of the
Juvenile Gang Of
Thieves. H
FRIENDS HoPE REFoRM'HlM.
Twenty-Five Deaths III Raleigh
During the Month Of Atl-
gust.
fsneniai "a The Times. D lspatci,.l

(Sbecial TO The Times Dlspatch)
& RALEIGH. N. c., Sept. 5.--All state
Offices are closed to-day on account iof
Labor Day observance, and a big per cent.
OF the membership OF the Raleigh labor
unions left on special excursion train
this morning for Norfolk. in company
with members of the unions In Durham
and Henderson, to spend the day on Pine
Beach. Therefore, practically all the
factories, mills, ETC., are closed down for
the day. There was an almost continuous
rain here during the day.
4 Governor Aycock has granted a pardon
4 to Frank Moore. a white boy who was
for quite n while the head Of a regular
gang OF boy thieves In this city. He has
served nearly d year on the Wake county
roads. His friends have hopes pr reform
ing him. ys ~ "A 4S
Insurance Commissioner James r.
y Young reports an Increase q nearly one
Office during he past fye mont rs -. II. the
State Department OF Public Instruction
neal near Wlimihgton. today tos deliver a. a.
dress IN connsetion VIII ss 9pneryah hee
unions OF Wilmington. He and ~. ..
Glenn. Democratic nominee fof Governor,
were the ora tors OF tho de- Z.
srIage and Harness Co., Salisbury, the
$capltal8being $1,000, and the princlpal IN
%corporator3 a. p. Bassnger 4, I,
Governor Aycock has ordered a special
term OF Cleveland County Superior Court
10 convene 4 October Sd for the purpose OF
trying the negro Ben Clark for the shoot
Ing Of Chief OF Police rick, OF Shelby,
3 last week. si33S s. :ss
& Ann NfORTEARY.
4, In Raleigh during the past month there
were twenty-five dea ths-eleven each OF
white and Scolored. Fourteen Of them were
infants. and Of these seven were white
and seven ,colored. siig. ss5s8
Associate U J ustica Robert A. Douglas.
+ OF the North Carolina Supreme Court, has
{ been selected BY the court as { heir special
representative at the congress Of jurlsts
and lawyers to be held at st Louis Sep
TENDER 18th to GOTH. United States Dis
8trict udge James p. BOYD. Of Green boro:
also goes as the special re representative OF
the North Carolina Bar ton. Both
are Republicans, Justice Doug las being the
last OF the fusion court elected some years
ago. and Is to be succeeded this fall on the
bench by Judge George II. Brown. Jr.
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Wedding in Mathews.
2(sneclal "a The TImes-Disnatch

Especial To The Times ispatch.)
MATTHEWS. VA, September g.
Mathews chapel WAS the scene Of q most
beautiful marriage Thursdya evening. /.
Tho contracting parties were Mr.,
Thomas Benton Atherton and Miss
iMarionette Armlstead.
The groom Is q son of Mr. and Mrs.
e. IT. Atherton. and ia twenty-six years
IofSage. and the bride Is the daughter
OF Mr.. and Mrs. W. w, Armistead and Is
eighteen years old. d
In the absence OF the pastor from
by Rev, DR.. George Fl. Ray. In tho beau
tlful ritual OF Methodism. and the happy
couple left for their honeymoon. 81
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BIG WAR Al
MANASSAS VI N. { |. BEGUN
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light. The troops went to sleep tonight
at both Manassas and Thoroughfare. con-
fident hat they W nld be moved bout;
Inidnigh hit and hked u off to meet the
enemy. Blue or Brown as the case may
be. They will march with hard tack and
bacon In their haversacks and will.
bivouac wherever they may be when
3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon comes. Il
Virginians in Fine Feather.
"a The Virginia troops Will probably be
moved early tomorrow morning. The
Fourth Brigade. to which the Seventieth5
and the Howitzers are attached, will, 1t:
is expected. form the advance guard OF
the Blue army, which Is to attack tho
army OF the Brown stationed mt Tho
sroughfare. The Yirglnians are eager for
the povel experience OF mimic engage
ment on such a magnificent scale. The
regiment has had a hard days work,
battalion and regimental drill in the fore
noon and brigade drill this afternoon,
B For the first time in Its history the
SEVENTEEN, Virginia Infantry to-day
drilled as a full regiment, Colonel Ans.
derson said he was more than pleased
with the way in which the men ac-
quilted themselves. The same was true
of the manner In which they showed up
In the brigade drill. Colonel 10, Lane
Stern, who, 4 by reason OF his long service
as Inspecting officer OF the Virginia vol
yunteers. is a critic In all matters MILL
tary. told me this afternoon he thought
the regiment would compare favorably
With any In camp. But remained for:
Colonel Price, acting brigadier and COM
mander OF the Fourth Brigade 10 I'LL
the colonel's cup full toloverflowing. Col-
onel Price said this afternoon after
watching the regiment perform several
Intricate movements In connection with
the other regiments OF the brigade. that
he was surprised to see volunteers so
quick and accurate, and that he had
no further fear OF being able to get out
of the. men the work which would be
expected OF them. An old sergeant OF the
Sixteenth Infantry, a batall lon OF which!
is brlgaded with the Virgil ians, remarked
noon, Them Ylrglnians do 1t about as
we'll as we do, I" ,gSs e. 81 at IA. 35
E General Male Is pleased to note that.
the Vlrglnlans are better equipped 4thana
almost any of the volunteers, Our.
troops have some things In the way Of
equipment that even the reg ulars have
not yet got" he said
Heslth Nearly Perfect.
b 'IHe neal1H VI 81 lle fltklHlas Troops als
nearly perfect Three men are In the
hospital, but none Of them Is at all se-5s
irlously sick, "a f
II Lieutenant Parker, sur geon Sof he first
battalion, has been detailed to the first
division field art !llery, lieutenant alonel8
Perry has been detailed as field officer
iofs,the day Tomorrow; he Will see none
of the, battle. which Is not at all to HIS
liking. Adjutant- General Male, Colo.
Ity-rirst Virginia, and Colonel 10, Lane
stern will ride wit General Grant, COM
imander of the first division, Tomorrow.
AT the close OF the engagement they
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BELIEVE BODY is
THAT OF: +. S. SNYDER.
tRyA ssocl,a,ed Pre- ss.,I

fBy Associated Pre- $50 n
n COLUMBIA s. c., September 5.--The5
soldier whose body was found near
Fayetteville. NJ c.,5f yesterday morning
lis thoughtSto be +. S. Snyder. a member
of Company G.8of hamburg. He was IN
the baggage car drtnking, it Is said, and
SIS supposed to have lostihis balance, fall
Ing outMof the baggage car door. One
man inEthe baggage car says that he saw
a man lose his hold and fall from the
car when near Fayetteville. Snyder was
not missed until the soldiers arrived at
camp.
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new COURTHOUSE: i ! IS;
FOR LOUISA COUNTY.
Contract Let to a Fluya1n[ln 1iaf'
County FirlrD olition
Commenced.

55 (speo!al.to Tho Times D!spatch.)
"a LOUISA, Sept, s 1T he Board OF super;
5ylsors of Louisa county met for the last
time in the old Courthouse Saturday and
opened bids for tho erection OF the new
Courthouse The board. consisting OF
Captain w. T, Meade, chairman; Messrs,
C. b. Meredith. Lee Roson and Il ] 4
Harris. received and opened the follow
ing bids: From r. G. Manktn, Of Rich
mond, Va, $4,000; King Leulphert & Co..,
Charlottesville, Ya.5 sl4.7s0;8 Geo. Lee 4
Bro, Fluvanna, Ya,,g $l2, 67s. Sal John Dye
YER & Co., Richmond, Vas $13, "a .65 I Dbl
6Phipps. OF Newport News. Va, $12799i
b. f. Smith, OF Washington. p. g, SIS
900; Aug. Davis, Jr., Of Alexandria, Va
1865; y, #, Nuckols, Of Richmond, Ha,,s
STA ,472 90. l
NJ Messrs. Geo. Lee s. Bro, OF Fluyanna,
being the. lowest bidder. the contract, was
awarded TO them. the building to be COM
pleted by May !, 1905.
CAPTAIN w. IL, Meade j udge f. w. Sims
and MIessrs j !. ]. Porter and II. y, Cor
don We're appointed a committee 70 locate
the site OF the new buL-ing as nearly on
the foundations of tho old building as pos
slble, to conform to the plan OF the new
Courthouse as accepted from MI y.
Wiley Anderson. the architect. al Rich
smond, Va.
This committee was also given lhe ne
5cessary authority, for the Issuance OF
bonds for funds to cover the expenses OF
erecting the new Courthouse and also To-
take such steps as We're necessary to se-S
cure a prompt and speedy erection q the
same. ISL
no that end they have recommended all
extra assessment OF s cents on the $500 to-
be added to the regular county levy such
extra assessment being for the erection
of the Courthouse.
The old stone step. now nearly worn
away viii be carefully preserved and
given place in the new building and to-s
day the old bell. which for years has
called the citizens ''io cote" and has oft