...got from General Banks, who had them from prisoners, deserters and spies. The precision of this calculation strikes me as most admirable, 97,445, no more, no less. It was not a guess. Oh, no! General Lee 's guess of the strength of his own army would have fallen short of this by more than 60,000. No, it was not a guess. It was obtained from prisoners, deserters and spies. These generally count i...