APPENDIX P.
The following table shows the number of men called for by the President of the United States, and the number furnished by each State, Territory, and the District of Columbia, both for the Army and Navy, from April. 15, 1861, to close of the war.
STATES Aggregate. Aggregate
AND Men furnished Reduced to
TERRITORIES. Quota | Paid Commutation. a Three Years'
| | | Total. Standard.
Maine . . . . . . . . . 73,587 70,107 2,007 72,114 56,776
New Hampshire . . . . . 35,897 33,937 692 34,629 30,849
Vermont . . . . . . . . 32,074 33,288 1,074 35,262 29,068
Massachusetts . . . . . 139,095 146,730 5,318 152,048 124,104
Rhode Island . . . . . 18,898 23,236 463 23,699 17,866
Connecticut . . . . . . 44,797 55,864 1,515 57,379 50,623
New York . . . . . . . 507,148 448,850 18,197 467,047 392,270
New Jersey . . . . . . 92,820 76,814 4,196 81,010 57,908
Pennsylvania . . . . . 385,369 337,936 28,171 366,107 265,517
Delaware . . . . . . . 13,935 12,284 1,386 13,670 10,322
Maryland . . . . . . . 70,965 46,638 3,678 50,316 41,275
West Virginia . . . . . 34,463 32,068 32,068 27,711
District of Columbia . 13,973 16,534 338 16,872 11,506
Ohio . . . . . . . . . 306,322 313,180 6,479 319,659 240,514
Indiana . . . . . . . . 199,788 196,363 784 197,147 153,576
Illinois . . . . . . . 244,496 259,092 55 259,147 214,133
Michigan . . . . . . . 95,007 87,364 2,008 89,372 80,111
Wisconsin . . . . . . . 109,080 91,327 5,097 96,424 79,260
Minnesota . . . . . . . 26,326 24,020 1,032 25,052 19,693
Iowa . . . . . . . . . 79,521 76,242 67 76,309 68,630
Missouri . . . . . . . 122,496 109,111 109,111 86,530
Kentucky . . . . . . . 100,782 75,760 3,265 79,025 70,832
Kansas . . . . . . . . 12,931 20,149 2 20,151 18,706
Tennessee . . . . . . . 1,560 31,092 31,092 26,394
Arkansas . . . . . . . 780 8,289 8,289 7,863
North Carolina . . . . 1,560 3,156 3,156 3,156
California . . . . . . 15,725 15,725 15,725
Nevada . . . . . . . . 1,080 1,080 1,080
Oregon . . . . . . . . 1,810 1,810 1,810
Washington Territory . 964 964 964
Nebraska Territory . . 3,157 3,157 2,175
Colorado Territory . . 4,903 4,903 3,697
Dakota Territory . . . 206 206 206
New-Mexico Territory . 6,561 6,561 4,432
Alabama . . . . . . . . 2,576 2,576 1,611
Florida . . . . . . . . 1,290 1,290 1,290
Louisiana . . . . . . . 5,224 5,224 4,654
Mississippi . . . . . . 545 545 545
Texas . . . . . . . . . 1,965 1,965 1,632
Indian Nation . . . . . 3,530 3,530 3,530
Colored Troops* . . . . 93,441 93,441 91,789
Total . . . . . . . .2,763,670 2,772,408 86,724 2,859,132 2,320,272
* Colored troops organized at various stations in the States in rebellion, embracing all not specifically credited to States, and which cannot be so assigned.
Reduced to Periods of Service only, the Following Aggregates for the
Different Periods in the Army and Navy appear:—
Periods of Enlistment. Number.
60 days . . . . . . . . 2,045 3 months . . . . . . . 108,416 100 days . . . . . . . 85,807 4 months . . . . . . . 42 6 months . . . . . . . 26,118 8 months . . . . . . . 373 9 months . . . . . . . 89,899 1 year . . . . . . . . 393,706 2 years . . . . . . . . 44,400 3 years . . . . . . . . 2,028,630 4 years . . . . . . . . 1,042
Aggregate enlistments . 2,780,478
The Number of Indivials who served during the War is estimated as follows:—
Number who died during the war . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304,360
Number who were discharged for disability . . . . . . . . . . . 285,545
Deserters (less those arrested and 25 per cent. additional) . . 128,352
One-third of those serving terms of less than one year (estimated that
two-thirds thereof re-enlisted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,134
One-half of those serving more than one year and less than two years
(estimated that one-half re-enlisted) . . . . . . . . . . . . 224,053
Number in the service May 1, 1865 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,516
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,046,969
Add number in regular army at commencement of war . . . . . . 16,422
Aggregate number of different individuals who served during the war
2,063,391
There are no records which give with accuracy the number of men in the Confederate Army. The general aggregate for the four years is, upon the best authority attainable, placed at one million one hundred thousand men (1,100,000). The maximum number of men on the Confederate Army rolls at any one time is estimated at five hundred thousand. The irregular manner in which the men were conscripted during the last two years of the war, taken in connection with the loss of records, makes it impossible to give accurate statements of the numbers furnished by the several States.
REGULAR ARMY.
The following table shows the actual strength of the regular army of the United States at different periods, from 1789 to 1883 (retired officers not included).
Officers. Date. | Men. Total. 1780-90 . . 50 672 722 1795 . . . 212 3,228 3,440 1800 . . . 248 3,803 4,051 1805 . . . 196 2,534 2,730 1810 . . . 466 6,488 6,954 July, 1812 . . . 301 6,385 6,686* Feb., 1813 . . . 1,476 17,560 19,036* Sept. 1814 . . . 2,395 35,791 38,186* Feb., 1815 . . . 2,396 31,028 33,424* Dec., 1820 . . . 712 8,230 8,942 1825 . . . 562 5,157 5,719 1830 . . . 627 5,324 5,951 1835 . . . 680 6,471 7,151 1840 . . . 733 9,837 10,570 1845 . . . 826 7,523 8,349 1850 . . . 948 9,815 10,763 1855 . . . 1,042 14,710 15,752 1860 . . . 1,108 15,250 16,367 1861 . . . 1,004 15,418 16,422 1862 . . . 1,720 21,450 23,170 1863 . . . 1,844 22,915 24,759 1864 . . . 1,813 19,791 21,604 1865 . . . 1,605 20,765 22,310 1866 . . . 2,020 31,470 33,490 1867 . . . 2,853 53,962 56,815 1868 . . . 2,835 48,081 50,916 1869 . . . 2,700 34,074 36,774 1870 . . . 2,541 34,534 37,075 1871 . . . 2,105 26,848 28,953 1872 . . . 2,104 26,071 28,175 1873 . . . 2,076 26,576 28,652 1874 . . . 2,080 26,364 28,444 1875 . . . 2,068 23,250 25,318 1876 . . . 2,151 26,129 28,250 1877 . . . 2,178 21,767 23,945 1878 . . . 2,153 23,365 25,818 1879 . . . 2,127 24,262 26,389 1880 . . . 2,152 24,259 26,411 1881 . . . 2,181 22,994 25,175 1882 . . . 2,162 23,024 25,186 1883 . . . 2,143 23,335 25,478
* Second war with Great Britain
The following summary shows the total numbers of soldiers serving in the various wars in which the United States was engaged prior to the Rebellion.
Soldiers of the War of the Revolution, 1775 to 1783 . . 289,715
Indian War, General Wayne, 1794 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,843
Indian War, 1811 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
War with Great Britain, 1812 to 1815, number of soldiers, sailors
and marines serving 12 months or more . . . . 63,179
Number of militia serving 6 months or more . 66,325
" " " " 3 " " " . 125,643
" " " " 1 month " " . 125,307
" " " " less than 1 month . 147,200
———- 527,654
Number of soldiers serving in
Seminole War, 1817-18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,911
Black-Hawk War, 1831-32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,031
South-western disturbances, 1836 . . . . . . . . . . 2,803
Cherokee Country disturbances, 1836-37 . . . . . . . 3,926
Creek disturbances, 1836-37 . . . . . . . . . . . . 13,418
Florida War, 1836-42 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41,122
Number of soldiers and sailors serving in Mexican War, 1846-47
. . . 105,454
Number of soldiers serving in
New-York frontier disturbances, 1838-39 . . . . . . . 1,128
Arostook disturbances, 1838-39, 2 regiments . . . . . 1,430