The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-03-03

Facts and Figures.

fought out by their grandfathers fol-
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 mum
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, $4,000; 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, 100000; and Sherman's cam
paign, $4,000.
Official statistics show that of 3,000.-
600 men enlisted there were killed in
battle, 44,29S; died of wounds. 1926;
died of disease, 1920; died of un-
known causes. 24,1S4 total, 303,S4S.
This includes only those whose death
while in the army had been actually
proven. To this number should be
added-first, $4,000 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 1886 dead;
Firms Point, n j., which contains the
remains of 2,644 unknown dead; Get
tysburg, Pa, with its 1867 known
and 1,6OS unknown dead; Mound City,
Ill, with 2,505 known and 2,721 I'M
known graves; Philadelphia, with 900
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, 1924, of which 1919
are unknown
Beaufort, s. s. 9,2Oi. of which 4,4Os
are unknown.
Chalmette, La, 1911, of which
1914 are unknown.
Chattanooga. Tenn. 1862, of which
1914 are unknown.
Fredericksburg. Va. 15.257, of which
2,006 are unknown.
Little Rock. Ark, $500, of which
2.207 are unknown.
City Point. Va. 5.122. of which 1874
are unknown.
Marietta, Ga. 10,151, of which 1868
are unknown
Memphis, Tenn, 16.s97. of which
S,S17 are unknown.
Nashville. Tenn. 1886. of which
400 are unknown.
Poplar Grove. Va, 6,19O, of which
4.OO1 are unknown.
Richmond, Va, 6,542, of which
$500 are unknown.
Salisbury, n. c., 1929, of which
1902 are unknown.
Stone River, Tenn, 5000, of which
2SS are unknown.
Vicksburg, Miss, 10000, of which
1904 are unknown.
Antietam, Nd, 4,671, of which 1910
are unknown.
Winchester. Va, 1859. of which
1866 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
Ca, which contains
1874 graves. and Salisbury, with its
1925 dead, of which 1902 are I'M
known.
OF the vast number who are Inferred
In our national cemeteries, 275.00O
sleep beneath the soil of the Southern
States, and $1,000 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 2.6SS.523. The total number of
colored troops in the Northern army
was 1876 The heaviest loss by dis
ease was suffered by the colored troops.
While but 2,907 died in action and of
wounds, the enormously large number
of 26,301 died of disease. Among the
white troops the proportion of deaths
in action and from wounds to the
deaths from disease was about one to
two; among the colored troops as one
70 eight. OF the colored troops enlist
ed one out of every seven died of
disease. The proportion among the
white troops was one to fifteen.
Now that we are brushing up these
figures, it will be well enough to re-
member how many men were furnished
by each State, and the following list
will show:
Maine . 71,745
New HAMPSHIRE ....... 34.e05
Vermont 1926
Massachusetts $500 151,7S5
Rhode Island ..... 24,7il
Connecticut .. 52,270
New York Observation-Disclosures. 455,56S