Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1910-02-25

Facts and Figures.

That the young men pore over ih
Latin and Greek were not very great
wars 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 1S6097 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, $4,000; Antietam, $4,000;
Stone River $4,000; charlottesville,
$4,000; Gettysburg $4,000; Chicka-
manga $4,000; McClellans Peninsula
campaign, $4,000; Grants Peninsula
campaign, $50, 900; and Sherman's cam
paign, $4,000
Official statistics show that of 5000
900 men enlisted there were killed in
battle, 1929; died Of wounds, 1926;
died of disease 1920; died Of I'M
known causes. 24,1S4; total, 3O3,SA3.
This includes only those whose death
while In the army had been actually
proven. To this number should be
added-tlrst, 5000 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 III
seventy-tkree cemeteries, of which
only twelve are in the Northern States.
Among the principal ones IN the North
are Cypress Hin. with its 1886 dead:
Firms Point. n. j., which contains the
remains of 2,644 unknown dead; Get
tysburg, Pa, with its 1867 known
H.. with 2,505 known and 2,721 un-
known graves; Philadelphia. with 1900
dead; and Woodlawn, Elmira, Y. Y.
with It's $500 dead.
In the South, near the scenes Of ter
rible conflicts. are located the largest
repositories of the nations heroic
dead:
Arlington, Va, 16, 264, of which 1919
are unknown.
Beaufort, s. s, 9,201 of which 4.4O3
are unknown.
Chalmette, La, 1871, of which
1914 are unknown.
Chattanooga, Tenn, 1852, of which
| 1874 are unknown.
Fredericksburg, Va, Is, 2b7, Of which
| 2,006 are unknown.
Little Rock, Ark. 5,602, of which
1907 are unknown.
City Point, Va, 5,122, of which ,374
! are unknown.
Marietta, Ga, 10,151, Of which 1853
are unknown.
Memphis, Tenn, 997, of which
SSH are unknown.
Nashville. Tenn, 1886. OF which
| 400 are unknown.
Poplar Grove, Va. $50, OF which
4001 are unknown.
Richmond, Va. 6,542, OF which
500 are unknown.
Salisbury, n. c., 1919, Of which
1902 are unknown.
Stone River, Tenn, 5,6O2, of which
2SS are unknown.
Vicksburg, Miss. $1,000, OF which
1904 are unknown.
Antietam, Md, 4,67t, Of which 1910
are unknown.
Winchester, Va. 1859, of which
1905 are unknown.
In all 100000 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
| -Andersonville, Ga, which contains
1874 graves, and Salisbury, with its
1925 dead, of which 1902 are an
known.
OF the vast number who are Inferred
In our national cemeteries, 275, 900
| sleep beneath the soil of the Southern
States, and 145, 900 rest in graves mark
ed Unknown"
The total number OF men furnished
to the Federal army by the United
States during the war, under all calls,
was ass, 523. The total number of