Upon the examination of the numbers it will be seen, however, that the composition of the forces deserves attention. Their classification was as follows:—
| British Americans (volunteers from British possessions in N. America) | 53,500 |
| English | 45,000 |
| Irish | 144,000 |
| German | 176,800 |
| Men of unknown nationality | 74,900 |
| Negroes (about) | 140,000 |
| National Americans | 1,523,000 |
National Americans include all emigrants who in consequence of having been five years in the States are entitled to become citizens.
Mr. Ticknor preceded Mr. Longfellow at Harvard University as Professor of Modern Languages. As an author he is well known by his History of Spanish Literature, and the biography of his friend Mr. Prescott, the historian.
Then Professor of Anatomy in Harvard College, and Curator of the Peabody Museum of Archæology and Ethnology.
Laura Bridgman was born in 1829 so, at the time that I saw her, she was forty years old.