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ALABAMA — 55 regiments, and 11 battalions of infantry ; 5 regiments of cavalry ; 3 regiments

of partisan rangers ; and 16 batteries of light artillery. ARKANSAS — 35 regiments, and 12 battalions of infantry; 6 regiments, and 2 battalions of

cavalry ; and 15 batteries of light artillery. FLORIDA - -10 regiments, and 2 battalions of infantry ; 2 regiments, and 1 battalion of

cavalry ; and 6 batteries of light artillery. GEORGIA — 68 regiments, and 17 battalions of infantry; 11 regiments, and 2 battalions of

cavalry ; 1 regiment, and 1 battalion of partisan rangers ; 2 battalions of heavy artillery ;

and 28 batteries of light artillery. LOUISIANA - - 34 regiments, and 10 battalions of infantry ; 2 regiments, and 1 battalion of

cavalry ; 1 regiment of partisan rangers ; 2 regiments of heavy artillery ; and 26 batteries

of light artillery. MISSISSIPPI — 49 regiments, and 6 battalions of infantry; 7 regiments, and 4 battalions of

cavalry ; 2 regiments of partisan rangers ; and 20 batteries of light artillery. NORTH CAROLINA --69 regiments, and 4 battalions of infantry ; 1 regiment, and 5 battalions

of cavalry ; 2 battalions of heavy artillery ; and 9 batteries of light artillery. SOUTH CAROLINA - - 33 regiments, and 2 battalions of infantry ; 7 regiments and L battalion

of cavalry ; 1 regiment, and 1 battalion of heavy artillery ; and 28 batteries of light

artillery. TENNESSEE — 61 regiments, and 2 battalions of infantry; 21 regiments, and 11 battalions of

cavalry; 1 regiment, and 1 battalion of heavy artillery ; and 32 batteries of light artillery. TEXAS — 22 regiments, and 5 battalions of infantry ; 28 regiments, and 4 battalions of

cavalry ;* and 16 batteries of light artillery. VIRGINIA --65 regiments, and 10 battalions of infantry; 22 regiments, and 11 battalions of

cavalry ; 1 regiment of partisan rangers ; 1 regiment of artillery ; and 53f batteries of

light artillery. BORDER STATES — 21 regiments, and 4 battalions of infantry ; 9 regiments, and 5 battalions

of cavalry ; and 11 batteries of light artillery. C. S. REGULARS - - 7 regiments of infantry ; 6 regiments of cavalry ; and one battery of

light artillery. AGGREGATE — 529 regiments, and 85 battalions of infantry ; 127 regiments and 47 battalions

of cavalry ; 8 regiments and 1 battalion of partisan rangers • 5 regiments and 6 battalions

of heavy artillery ; and 261 batteries of light artillery.

In all, equivalent to 764 regiments of 10 companies each.

These were all troops of the line, and they served during the whole, or the greater part of the war. The number does not include regiments which served a short time only ; neither does it include disbanded or consolidated regiments ; nor State militia, Junior Reserves, Senior 11»-serves. Homo Guards, L<»-.-il Defense regiments, and separate companies. And, yet, these miscellaneous organizations rendered effective service at times, and took the place of regular troops. The Petersburg intrenchments on June 15, 1864, were held successfully by militia men during the first assault, until the arrival of Lee's army. Partisan bands like Moseby's and John Morgan's kept ten times their number of Union cavalry employed in protecting the territory in which they operated, or in watching their movements.

The question arises, next, as to the average enrollment of the Confederate regiments. That known, the strength of their armies could be soon computed. The rolls of the North Carolina regiments have been printed and,— with the eight regiments of Junior and Senior Reserves not included in the foregoing list,— show a total enrollment of 125,000 men. These rolls, incomplete as they necessarily are, show that twenty-two of the North Carolina regi-

•Some of these regiments were not mounted. tThere were 87 Virginia batteries in action at Gettysburg.

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