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 LOSSES IN THE UNION WAR.

By Dr. Tiebault, in Richmond (Va.) Times.

The United States in enlisted men numbered 2,865,028 against not exceeding 600,000 on the side of the Confederacy.

Dr. C. H. Tibault, Surgeon General of the United Confederate Veterans, addressed a circular to the surviving Confederate Surgeons in view of the reunion in Atlanta, Ga., in which he said:

Let me here briefly and tersely recite a few historic facts, from official data in my possession, of interest to stimulate our further research:

Of the 34 States and Territories only 11 seceded. In these 11 States the men of military age—from 18 to 45 years—numbered 1,064,193, inclusive of lame, halt, blind, etc. On the Union side the same class numbered 4,559,872—over 4 to 1—without estimating the constant accessions from the world at large augmenting monthly the Union side.

With the States of Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, West Virginia, Tennessee, and the remainder of the Southern States, the remarkable fact presents that the South itself—the slave States—gave exceeding 300,000 to the Union side—more than half as many soldiers as comprised the entire Confederate army. These facts, derived from the war records, show that there were four armies in the field, each one of which was as large as the entire Confederate army, without including the more than 300,000 contingent from the South.

In numbers the Federal loss was 67,058 killed and 43,012 died of wounds; total, 110,070. Of the Confederates the like total was 74,524. The Confederates had 53,773 killed outright and 194,026 wounded on the field of battle. More than