| Alabama | 2,969 |
| Louisiana | 24,052 |
| New Hampshire | 125 |
| Massachusetts | 3,966 |
| Connecticut | 1,764 |
| New Jersey | 1,185 |
| Delaware | 954 |
| Dist. of Columbia | 3,269 |
| North Carolina | 5,035 |
| South Carolina | 5,462 |
| Florida | 1,044 |
| Tennessee | 20,133 |
| Michigan | 1,387 |
| Indiana | 1,537 |
| Missouri | 8,344 |
| Iowa | 440 |
| Kansas | 2,080 |
| Colorado Ter. | 95 |
| Mississippi | 17,869 |
| Maine | 104 |
| Vermont | 120 |
| Rhode Island | 1,837 |
| New York | 4,125 |
| Pennsylvania | 8,612 |
| Maryland | 8,718 |
| Virginia | 5,723 |
| West Virginia | 196 |
| Georgia | 3,486 |
| Arkansas | 5,526 |
| Kentucky | 23,703 |
| Ohio | 5,092 |
| Illinois | 1,811 |
| Minnesota | 104 |
| Wisconsin | 165 |
| Texas | 47 |
| Miscellaneous | 5,896 |
The completed organizations were as follows:
| 138 | regiments of infantry. |
| 6 | regiments of cavalry. |
| 14 | regiments of heavy artillery. |
| 1 | regiments 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 Farm | 63 killed. |
| The 6th U. S. C. T., at Chaffin’s Farm | 61 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: