Respectfully returned to
Mr. A. H. Newton, 332 Washington St., Camden, N. J.
Inviting attention to the accompanying printed statement showing the number of troops furnished by the several States and Territories under the different calls by the President, including the number of colored troops.
According to the latest official compilation, 67,058 officers and men were killed in action, and 292,470 died of wounds or disease during the war.
According to a statement made by the Secretary of the Treasury on June 10, 1880, “the expenditures of the government on account of the war of the rebellion from July 1, 1861 to June 30, 1879,” including interest on the public debt, “aggregated $6,189,929,908.58.” The amount expended since the latter date is not shown by any statistics filed in this Department.
The first authorized enlistment of U. S. colored troops during the war of the rebellion was made in the State of Louisiana in 1862. No detailed information as to the organization and service of colored troops can readily be furnished from data now accessible.
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By authority of the Secretary of War:
F. C. Ainsworth,
Colonel, U. S. Army, Chief of Office.
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