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 xlviii UNITED STATES During the various wars in which, the United States have engaged the following numbers of men have been enrolled : The exact number of men in the Continental Establishment, furnished by each State in the War of the Revolution, is not known, but an approximate estimate made by Colonel Pierce, Paymaster-general of the Continental Army and the Treas- ury Accountants, in 1787 are approximately correct : namely, 231,771 Continental troops and 145,000 State troops, militia, et cetera, a total of 376,771. This total may be excessive, as many served two, three, and even four terms. From best information attainable it is fair to assume that the number of individuals actually in the military service during the war did not exceed 250,000. During the War of 1812 there were enrolled 471,622 regular and militia troops, of whom 62,674 were regulars. In the war with Mexico there were enrolled 116,321, of whom 42,545 were in the regular army. In the war of the Rebellion there were furnished by the United States 2,259,168 troops, of whom 178,975 were colored, and in addition thereto 67,000 regulars, making a grand total of 2,326,168. In the war with Spain the total force enrolled was 219,035 volunteers (of whom 10,189 were colored troops), and 55,682 were in the regular Army, making a grand total of 274,717. The losses sustained by the American troops in war are as follows : War of the Revolution : From incomplete records on file in the State and War Departments and authoritative historical statements the losses, as nearly as can be calculated, were, 4044 killed, 6004 wounded, and 2104 missing. These figures are undoubtedly much below the actual numbers, although it has been impossible to make a reasonably accurate record of the losses on account of the paucity and incompleteness of records. War of 1812 : Killed, 1877 ; wounded, 3737. In the Mexican War there were killed and died of wounds 1557 j wounded, 3420. War of the Rebellion: Losses of Union army, 110,070 killed in action and died of wounds; 199,720 died of disease; a total loss of 359,528 from all causes, or about 15^ per cent. The losses in the recent war with Spain were :