| Killed— | |
| Volunteer officers, white | 3,357 |
| Volunteer enlisted men, white | 54,350 |
| Officers of colored troops | 124 |
| Enlisted men of colored troops | 1,790 |
| Regulars | 1,355 |
| Total | 60,976 |
| Died of Wounds— | |
| Volunteer officers | 1,595 |
| Volunteer enlisted men | 32,095 |
| Officers of colored troops | 46 |
| Enlisted men of colored troops | 1,037 |
| Regulars | 1,174 |
| Total | 35,959 |
| Died of Disease— | |
| Volunteer officers | 2,141 |
| Volunteer enlisted men | 152,013 |
| Officers of colored troops | 90 |
| Enlisted men of colored troops | 26,211 |
| Regulars | 3,009 |
| Total | 183,467 |
| Discharged for Disability— | |
| Volunteer officers | 3,058 |
| Volunteer enlisted men | 209,102 |
| Officers of colored troops | 166 |
| Enlisted men | 6,889 |
| Regulars | 5,091 |
| Total | 224,306 |
The report of the Adjutant General of the army about five years later, Oct. 25, 1870, puts the total number of deaths in the Union army during the rebellion at 303,504, while the Surgeon General of the army reports the number at 282,955. The Adjutant General reports the total number killed in battle as 44,238; the Surgeon General reports 35,408; the former reports the total number who died of wounds as 33,993; and the latter as 49,205; the former reports the number who died of disease as 149,043; the latter as 186,216. The Quartermaster General reports the total number of graves under his supervision as 315,555; only 172,309 of which have been identified. Taking all things into consideration, the differences, according to these several reports from officers of different departments, are, in most instances, readily accounted for.
According to the only data at hand, the total Confederate losses in action are estimated as follows: Killed, 51,525; wounded, 227,871. The number who died of wounds and disease is not stated; according to a “partial statement” in the American Almanac for 1883, was 133,821. It is not clearly stated whether this includes those killed on the field.
To the above should be added the losses in the Union and Confederate navies, amounting in the case of the former to 4,030 killed and wounded in action; 2,532 died of disease; and 2,070 other casualties.
THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
Independence, Iowa.
Will the Curiosity Shop please to give the origin of the Church of England, and an outline of its history?
H. N. Baker.
Answer.—The history of the Church of England previous to the Reformation is closely connected with that of the Roman Catholic Church. Tradition states that some of the Apostles first carried Christianity to Britain, and the later work was carried on by Sts. Augustine, Aidan and Chad. From the eighth till the sixteenth century the English Church was subject to Rome, and the final separation was due to the extreme measures adopted at the Council of Trent. But for 200 years the seed sown by Wycliffe had been bearing fruit and preparing the people for the great work of Luther. From 1066 to 1356 there was a constant struggle between the civil and ecclesiastical powers. Then came Wycliffe’s translation into English of the Bible, and his continued war against some of the leading doctrines of the Romish Church, which led to the formation of a new sect called the Lollards, holding views similar to those of the present church. Despite persecution the new doctrines spread, encouraged by Cranmer, and later by Queen Elizabeth, until in 1562 the thirty-nine articles of faith were finally reviewed and adopted, and Protestantism was recognized as the religion of England. In 1801, by the “Act of Union,” the Episcopal churches in England and Ireland were united but the latter church was disestablished and disendowed in 1869.