Alabama2,969
Louisiana24,052
New Hampshire125
Massachusetts3,966
Connecticut1,764
New Jersey1,185
Delaware954
Dist. of Columbia3,269
North Carolina5,035
South Carolina5,462
Florida1,044
Tennessee20,133
Michigan1,387
Indiana1,537
Missouri8,344
Iowa440
Kansas2,080
Colorado Ter.95
Mississippi17,869
Maine104
Vermont120
Rhode Island1,837
New York4,125
Pennsylvania8,612
Maryland8,718
Virginia5,723
West Virginia196
Georgia3,486
Arkansas5,526
Kentucky23,703
Ohio5,092
Illinois1,811
Minnesota104
Wisconsin165
Texas47
Miscellaneous5,896

The completed organizations were as follows:

138regiments of infantry.
6regiments of cavalry.
14regiments of heavy artillery.
1regiments of light artillery.

On 449 occasions their blood was spilled.

These are a few of the regiments having the largest number of men killed in any one engagement.

The 8th U. S. C. T., at Olustee,87 killed.
The 13th U. S. C. T., at Nashville,84 killed.
The 23rd U. S. C. T., at Petersburg,81 killed.
The 7th U. S. C. T., at Fort Gilmore,68 killed.
The 5th U. S. C. T., at Chaffin’s Farm63 killed.
The 6th U. S. C. T., at Chaffin’s Farm61 killed.
The 54th Mass. Inf., at Fort Wagner,58 killed.

The regiments having more than fifty men killed during their period of service are as follows:

Seventy-ninth U. S. C. T.Total Killed,183
Eighth U. S. C. T.Total Killed,115
Fourth U. S. C. T.Total Killed,102
Thirteenth U. S. C. T.Total Killed,86
Seventh U. S. C. T.Total Killed,84
Twenty-third U. S. C. T.Total Killed,82
Sixth U. S. C. T.Total Killed,79
Fifth U. S. C. T.Total Killed,77
Twenty-second U. S. C. T.Total Killed,70
First U. S. C. T.Total Killed,67
Forty-ninth U. S. C. T.Total Killed,59

Sometimes a comparison will illustrate better than figures alone. I give a single instance: Every one has heard of the charge of the Light Brigade, at Balaklava. I will put beside it a Black Brigade of about the same number of men.

Here they are: