Numbers and Losses in the Civil War in America: 1861-65 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Numbers and Losses in the Civil War in America: 1861-65

The volume has grown from an essay which was read before the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, February 23, 1897. Later research and study have led to changing many of the figures given in that essay. This is notably true of the numbers given for the strength of the armies engaged in the different battles. In the essay the number of those present for duty was used, but here, for reasons given in their place, the number of effectives is taken. This will explain, and excuse the author for, discrepancies between citations made by others from the former essay and the figures here given.

The articles Military Training, in the Journal of the Military Service Institution of July, 1893, and General Thomas in the Record, in volume x. of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, were written before the studies for this volume were begun; and while, for the comparisons made in those articles, their figures do not need much if any amendment, they must give place to those given in this volume as an exact statement of numbers and losses.

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