Next Prev Next Enter Your Search Terms Below Putting your search in quotes will search on the entire phrase - like "15th New Jersey". Limit to the first 10 20 50All results. Fox's Regimental Losses REGIMENTAL LOSSES IN THE CIVIL WAR. TABLE B. TOTAL DEATHS FROM DISEASE, ACCIDENTS, AND OTHER CAUSES. STATES. DIED OF DISEASE. Died of Disease in Confederate Prisons. Deaths from Accidents and Drowning. Deaths from all other causes except Battles. Per cent. from Disease. Per cent. from Disease in prison: Per cent. from Accidents and Drowning. Per cent. from all other causes. I. Maine [ New Hampshire 2 ,4 2 7 Vermont 2,597 Massachusetts 5,53° Rhode Island 648 Connecticut 2,542 New York J 9,835 New Jersey 2,415 Pennsylvania 11,782 Delaware 356 Maryland 1,160 West Virginia 1,878 Ohio 19,365 Kentucky 6,383 Indiana !6,633 Illinois 21,065 Missouri 9,243 Michigan 8,269 Wisconsin 7,464 Minnesota J ,677 Iowa 8,498 Kansas 1,638 District of Columbia 150 Colorado 120 California 344 New Mexico 144 II. 541 294 486 1,483 84 526 4,710 419 4,119 75 647 617 2,356 860 1,152 1,721 225 1,268 604 159 5*5 36 44 III. 118 76 70 257 69 101 914 134 636 21 98 ISO 1,168 454 791 1,028 487 339 212 43 227 104 IO 25 62 T 9 IV. 298 182 262 557 60 238 1,990 208 1,381 47 1 68 I2 5 998 599 853 1,126 613 429 219 79 221 H5 45 25 59 V.* 10.5 8.3 9.8 5-6 4-7 5-6 5-9 5-4 5-5 4-5 4.6 6.8 8.6 14.6 1 1 . i IO.O ii. 8 10.8 10. I 9.0 12.5 9.9 2-3 3-2 2. 2 3-3 VI. I . I 1 .0 1.8 1.4 0.6 1 .2 1.4 0.9 1.9 0.9 •7 f\ Z . »-' 2 . 2 I . I I. 9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.2 0.7 VII. O.2 °-3 o-3 o-3 °-5 O.2 0.4 °-5 o-5 i . i °-5 o-S 0.6 0.4 0-3 O. 2 0-3 0.6 O. T 0.7 0-3 0.4 VIII. 0.6 0.6 i .o 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 1.4 0.8 0.6 0.4 o-3 0.7 0.7 7 0 0.4 0.9 *The percentages in this table (also, in Table A) are based on figures in Column IV, Table A. and, though correct as to the percentage of deaths from disease, the- actual percentage of killed was much higher than indicated by the figures given. At no time during the period of active hostilities did the Eegular Army number, present and absent, over 26,000 officers and men. Its actual strength at various dates was as follows : . Date. January 1, 1861. July 1, 1861. January 1, 1862. March 31, 1862. January 1, 1863. January 1, 1864. January 1, 1865. March 31, 1865. Present. 14,663 14,108 19,871 19,585 19,169 17,237 14,661 13,880 Absent. 1,704 2,314 2,554 3,723 6,294 7,399 7,358 7,789 Aggregate. 16,367 16,422 22,425 23,308 25,463 24,636 22,019 21,669 As there were only thirty regiments in the Regular Army, it becomes apparent that their average numerical strength must have been small, and that their losses in action were severe in proportion to their numbers. The deaths from all causes, aside from battle — Column II, Table A--are subdivided in Table B so as to show the loss from disease, by itself ; also, the additional loss from disease _15907
