The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-08
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gCazcnove q. I.ee's Telling sling zig 7igg-
ss ures Denied BY Papers
at the North,
Mr.. LEE MAKES IA 4: HIS H $. REPLY EI''.
Statistics That Ought e e bs Pre-
scrved$for Children Of 81: Con- Con
fedcrate Soldiers.
mr.. LEE MAKES 4 HIS IS REPLY /. { !

one OF the most important historical
4 fuots In "the great struggle we made TOT g
& cons tltutionnl freedom" Gas General Lee
4 always designated the wur) Is q correct
u statement of "the overwhelming num-
bers and resourccsn against which the
4 Conf ederates fought. 5F 81 "A
Tho disparity OF numbers has been fire.:
quently brought out, but. never more nor
clearly than by Mr.. Cazenoye & Lee or Or,
washington, III the following tabl which
was published originally in the Balti-@
Il moro Sun. ~ Isl
iS Mr. Lee figures show that the total
x enllstments ( in the Northern army were
q 2,77S,304, as against 100000 in the Con
Il fedora te Army. The foreigner Ma and
4 negroes in the Northern army aggregated
eso,917 or so,al7 more than the e. total
4 strength OF tho CoRfedernte z EN- Army.
There were 31G,424 men OF Southern
\ birth IN the Northern army. MI Lee s
figures are rs follows: ". 4s3
NORTHERN ARMY.
II Whites from the North.... 272,,Ss3
u whites from the South. 1880. ...,. 81 6,424
si lNegroes... ....... lSo.Vl =
Indians. s,ao9o
,rotnl !. H. Y. 81 I. Il. 2.77Ss04
Southern Army. /. r. 1. . !. COO 600
s i5f VA Ii---------
North's numerical superiority, 2, 1885,
IN the Northern Army there were: 5.
Z Germans. 800. !lb,eou
Irish. ......l......... ......3S lll44,aVo
British Americans. 3255t eS,ooV
English. ...,.. ..S35 a2,ooV
Other Ynationalities....1 ............ . WV
Negroes ~. ~
rota /, . :. 4. 49,. ESQ, 9175
n Total Of Southern soldiers /. -. 100000
southern men in Northern Army. sle,a24
Foreigners ......,... .&i a9 s wv
Negroes ll eo'V - 4
, ,r,ot,, 9Ss, G13
ARMIES. An THE WARS END.
Aggregate Federal Army, May
2 500 - +, i'o'e''io
Number In Battle, Confedel7ltes. Federnls:
Seven days, fight..... SO S55 l ~ is9
4 e,hancnil nrsville. - 81, 21e 1861
Fredericksburg.. 81. .1SA ~ li lVV,
Gettysburg ~ WY w, NV w
5g CshlCkl manga, n. -
u Wildern ess .'......! VI, % ii'i09
& Federal prisoners IN Confederate
prisons -. n = o'' N'
Confederate prisoners in Federal
Il prisons. .........a.. ,.t.,.i'.. -zV,Voo
Confederates died III Federal
prisons. .......l,.. .f3......'.'t., Zo'ato
Federals died in Confederate
prisons. &'e1,o'g
s These figures were violently assniled.
Z n r,rf,
I'm that latitude have tried by every
Il means that ingenuity could devise to
disprove the claim OF these confcderntes
that they fought against immense odds,
but Mr.. Lee his come back in "a calm,
4 dignined, and perfectly conclusive reply
in which he shows the accuracy of the
figures he gave In his original statement.
This reply. which Is given below,
e should be widely published and pre-
# served as n conclusive statement Of
relative numbers engaged In the great
w j. wa JONES.
Richmond, Va. Dec. 81, 1904.
Mr.. Lees reply to his critics:
Messrs. Editors: u
Several months ago you published some
Civil War statistics prepared by me-
These have been widely repubislcd and
much criticised. VIII you kindly pub
dish my authorities for these figures? Il
4 The statement most objected to Is
the total number OF enlistments in the
Confederate army; that ~. 600 900 men.
THO New York Tribune never. 70 my
IL knowl edge said anything KIND or gen
d erolIs about the South and therefore
what lit says IN support OF that section
may be received ns authentic, lis Wash
S ington correspondent IN tho issue OF
June &C. 1867. page J, says; Among TN
Documents (Which fell into our hands n
ss lie downfall Of the confedefacy arc
1.-The returns, very nearly comnletp, d
The Confederate armies from 'heili organ
ri iaalion 5i.i%tlie summer ~ 1861 down e
the spring ~ 1866. Y'iiese returns hag'
sj5 lSeep carefully analszed, and | ana eaallet
Ia furnish the returns in every depart
g5 ment and for almost every montn from
these official sources, We Judge In al
100000 different men We're Ia the Con
federate ranks during the VILE %
Z those we do not believe one1hait arr
# alive this .daY. Of the 100000 81 IA
Confederate soldiers SetaIye no man ca
4 rag what proportion are wholly, or il
part disabled by wounds OF nisenscSp y
* GencraItJ a, EuIly,fsin Southern His
tqrical Society P,perS, N9lliHe ~, pae
y 20. Sans: "lhiF es,lnlaie Is VERY neafl
norrect.'' and thore was no betttl bli
tho,ity in abe kSnpth tlian General Earis
The American cyelopedia 4tD, Appleio
5 Il Co. 1879 ~ which Charles a. D:inp
H. late AssIstant Secretary Of Wai, wa
s editor. liz Volume ~, page 232, says:
tyrhe8 Adiutant- General " ting Con