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.