WHAT THE WAR COST IN HUMAN LIFE.

CHAPTER XIV.

Most of the wars recorded in ancient history do not begin to compare with the war of the rebellion in cost of treasure and life. Look over the dreadful figures, and consider the awful significance of the subjoined facts. Authentic reports show that near 3,000,000 men were mustered into the service of the government during the war. Most of our soldiers volunteered in response to the calls of President Lincoln. It is worthy of remark that 186,097 were colored men, who all volunteered.

Reports show that the Union and Confederate soldiers met in more than a thousand battles, skirmishes and bombardments during the four years of war. It is said that in about 146 of these conflicts the Union loss was not less than 500 in each, and in ten battles the Union loss was not less than 10,000 in each engagement.

We give below what we believe to be a correct

statement of the combined losses of the Union and Confederate soldiers killed, wounded and missing in the following named battles and campaigns: At Shiloh there was a combined loss of about 24,000 men; at Antietam, 38,000; at Stone River, 37,000; at Chancellorsville, 28,000; at Gettysburg, 54,000; at Chickamaga, 33,000; during McClellan's peninsular campaign, 50,000; during Grant's wilderness campaign, 180,000; during Sherman's campaign from Chattanooga to Savannah, 125,000. We are amazed above measure when we look at the sacrifice of human life to save the Union.

Official reports show that on the Union side alone 44,238 were killed outright on the battle fields, 49, 205 died of wounds received in battle, 186,216 of different diseases, 24, 184 died, the causes not known; add to this number 26, 250 who are known to have died in Confederate prisons. Here we have 330,093 whose deaths are accounted for; then we have in the reports 205,794 marked as missing. A large percentage of this number, no doubt, were killed and died, and besides these many died at their homes on

furlough during the war, and since the war thousands have died from wounds received in the war and diseases contracted in camp.

The Nation's dead are buried in seventy-three National cemeteries, of which only twelve are in the Northern States. Among the principal ones in the North are Cypress Hill, with its 3,786 dead; Finn's Point, N. J., which contains the remains of 2,644 unknown dead; Gettysburg, Pa., with its 1,967 known and 1,698 unknown dead; Mound City, Ill., with 2,205 known and 2,721 unknown graves; Philadelphia, with 1,909 dead, and Woodlawn, Elmira, N. Y., with its 3,900 dead.

In the South, near the scenes of terrible conflicts, are located the largest depositories of the Nation's heroic dead:

Arlington, Va., 16,264, of which 4,319 are un

known.

Beaufort, S. C., 9,241, of which 4,493 are unknown.

Chalmette, La., 12,511, of which 4,493 are unknown.

Chattanooga, Tenn., 12,962, of which 4,963 are unknown.

Fredericksburg, Va., 15,257, of which 12,770 are unknown.

Jefferson Barracks, Mo., 11,490, of which 2,906 are unknown.

Little Rock, Ark., 5,602, of which 2,337 are unknown.

City Point, Va., 5, 122, of which 1,374 are

unknown.

Marietta, Ga., 10, 151, of which 2,963 are unknown.

Memphis, Tenn., 13,997, of which 8,817 are unknown.

Nashville, Tenn., 16,527, of which 4,700 are

unknown.

Poplar Grove, Va., 6, 190, of which 4,001 are unknown.

Richmond, Va., 6,542, of which 5,700 are unknown.

Salisbury, N. C., 12, 126, of which 12,032 are unknown.

Stone River, Tenn., 5,605, of which 288 are unknown.

Vicksburg, Miss., 16,600, of which 12,704 are unknown.

Antietam, Va., 2,671, of which 1,818 are unknown.

Winchester, Va., 4,559, of which 2,365 are unknown.

Two cemeteries are mainly devoted to the brave men who perished in loathsome prisons— Andersonville, Ga., which contains 13,714 graves, and Salisbury, with its 12,032 are unknown.

Of the vast number who are interred in our National cemeteries, 275,000 sleep beneath the soil of the Southern States, and 145,000 rest in graves marked unknown.

The following is a statement of the total number of men furnished by the different States to the Federal government during the war in response to all the calls: