See the report of Secretary Stanton, made July 9, 1866; also the report of Surgeon General Barnes, United States Army.
Some of the Brigade Losses in Particular Engagements.
| Gettysburg | Garnett's Brigade (Va.) | Pickett's Division | 65.9 per cent |
| Gettysburg | Perry's Brigade (Fla.) | Anderson's Division | 65 per cent |
| Antietam | Wofford's Brigade (Tex.) | Hood's Division | 64.1 per cent |
| Franklin | Cockrell's Brigade (Mo.) | French's Division | 60.2 per cent |
| Chickamauga | Benning's Brigade (Ga.) | Hood's Division | 56.6 per cent |
There are thirteen more brigades with losses, varying in numbers, before the percentage is reduced to forty per cent.
Percentage of Loss in Some Regiments in Single Battles.
| Gettysburg | Twenty-First North Carolina | 90 per cent |
| Gettysburg | First Missouri | 82 per cent |
| Gettysburg | Twenty-Sixth North Carolina | 88.5 per cent |
| Antietam | Twentieth Texas | 82.3 per cent |
| Antietam | Twelfth Massachusetts | 67 per cent |
| Antietam | Twenty-First Georgia | 76 per cent |
| Antietam | One Hundred and First New York | 71 per cent |
And so on. There are over fifty regiments in the Confederate army before forty per cent is reached. How many there are in the Federal army I do not know. (From "The Confederate Soldier in the Civil War," and other sources.)
The Authority to Tax
is the greatest power a people can give a government, yet it is a necessary measure, but often dangerous; it can be used to impoverish a people, or enrich a comparatively few individuals, or to rob one section of a vast country to build up another. It has caused more distress than droughts or floods; it has caused more insurrections, revolutions, and wars than all other acts of man intrusted with authority. There are many modes of taxation, but the most insidious one is the quiet robbery by a tariff.