Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-02-18
Facts and Figures.


vars after all, compared with that
fought out by their grandfathers for
the salvation Of the American Repub-
lie and the cause of liberty
Look over these dreadful figures.
young man, and consider the awful
significance OF the following facts;
Official returns show that about
100000 soldiers enlisted during the
war in response to the successive calls
OF President Lincoln, and Of this num-
Der 1S6,097 were colored troops.
Reports show that the Northern and
Southern armies met IN over 1000
skirmishes and battles In 14S OF
these conflicts the loss on the Federal
side was over 500 men. and in at least
ten battles over 10000 men were re-
ported lost on each side The append
ed list shows that the combined losses
of the Federal and Confederate forces
in killed wounded and missing in
the following engagements were:
Shiloh. 24,000; Antietam. $4,000;
Stone River. $4,000; Charlottesville.
$4,000; Gettysburg, $4,000; Chicka-
manga. $4,000; McClellan's Peninsula
campaign, $4,000; Grants Peninsula
campaign, 10000. and Sherman's cam
paign, 10000
Official statistics show that Of $1,000
eco men enlisted there were killed In
battle 44,23S; died of wounds. 46 200:
died of disease. 1876, 210; died of I'M
known causes. 24,1S4; total. 3O3,S4S.
This includes only those whose death
while in the army had been actually
proven To this number should be
added first. 10000 men who are known
to have died while in the hands Of the
enemy as prisoners of war and many
others in the same manner whose
deaths are unrecorded, second, a fair
percentage of the 205,794 who are put
down on the official reports as desert
ers and missing in action, for those
who participated in the war know that
men frequently disappeared who, It
was certain. had not deserted yet could
not otherwise be officially accounted
for; third, thousands who are buried
in private cemeteries all over the
North, who died while at home on fur
Tough
The nations dead are buried in
seventy-three cemeteries, of which
only twelve are in the Northern States.
Among the principal ones in the North
are Cypress Hill, with its 3.7s6 dead
Finn.s Point, n. j.. which contains the
remains OF 2.644 unknown dead Get
tysburg. Pa. with its 1867 known
and sos unknown dead; Mound City,
H.. with 2.505 known and 2.72l un.
known graves; Philadelphia, with 1900
dead; and Woodlawn, Elmira, n Y,
with its $500 dead
In the South. near the scenes of ter.
rible conflicts, are located the largest
repositories of the nations heroic
dead:
Arlington. Va, i62G4. Of which 1919
are unknown.
Beaufort, S. s. 9.20I. of which 4,4O3
are unknown.
Chalmette, La, 1891 of which
1914 are unknown
Chattanooga, Tenn. 1862. Of which
1874 are unknown.
Fredericksburg. Va. 1921. of which
zoos are unknown.
Little Rock Ark, 1902, Of which
2,307 are unknown.
City Point, Va 5,122, of which 1874
are unknown.
Marietta, Ga, lO151. of which 1868
are unknown.
Memphis. Tenn, l6,9g7. Of which
SSH are unknown.
Nashville, Tenn 1855, OF which
400 are unknown
Poplar Grove, Va. 6,i90, Of which
4001 are unknown
Richmond, Va, 6.542 OF which
$500 are unknown.
Salisbury. y. C.. 1879. OF which
1902 are unknown.
Stone River, Tenn, $500, OF which
2SS are unknown
NlcbSDufB, MISE, lb.UUU, or which
1904 are unknown
Antietam Md. 4.67I. OF which 1910
are unknown.
Winchester. Va. 1853. OF which
1855 are unknown
In all 300. 900 men who fought for
the stars and stripes find guarded
graves in our national cemeteries.
Two cemeteries are mainly devoted to
the brave men who persisted in the
loathsome prisons OF the same name
Andersonyille, Ga. which contains
1914 graves. and Salisbury. with its
12,126 dead of which 1902 are IN
known.
OF the vast number who are inferred
In our national cemeteries, 275. 900
sleep beneath the soil Of the Southern
States, and 145,O00 rest in graves mark
ed Unknown"
The total number Of men furnished
to the Federal army by the United
States during the war, under ali calls.