PART 6.
TABLES AND STATISTICS.
COMPOSITION OF ORIGINAL COMPANY.
Nationality: 82 men were of German blood, 4 born in North America; 4 of American (U.S.); 4 of Scandinavian; 2 of French; 1 of Magyar; and 1 of British.
Religions: Proportion of Lutheran and Methodist, 25 per cent.; Roman Catholic, 19 per cent.; Rationalistic, 17 per cent.; and 39 per cent. were unclassified.
Occupations: Proportion of farmers, 30 per cent.; mechanics, 54 per cent.; professional men, 8 per cent.; and miscellaneous and unknown, 8 per cent.
STATISTICS OF DISEASE.
Previous to the summer of 1864 the health of the regiment had always been very good. At the time of the departure for the South the proportion of sick in the whole company was under 5 per cent., the cases being mostly of a trivial nature. The following table, compiled from the monthly returns, will show how rapidly the ratio increased during the sojourn at Helena:
| Day. |
Whole Number of Sick. |
Aggregate of Company |
Percentage of Sick. |
|---|---|---|---|
| June 30 | 10 | 84 | 12 |
| July 31 | 24 | 82 | 30 |
| August 31 | 41 | 78 | 52 |
| September 30 | 46 | 76 | 60 |
| October 31 | 30 | 81 | 37 |
The "daily" and "extra" duty men would swell the last column somewhat if their health had been generally reported, but it is not customary to enter their names in the "sick" book. Every man of the company was sick at one time or another while in the South.