William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington, Chapter 13: aggregate of deaths in the Union Armies by States--total enlistment by States--percentages of military population furnished, and percentages of loss — strength of the Army at various dates casualties in the Navy., page 528

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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.	II.	III.	IV.	V.¹	VI.	VII.	VIII.
Maine	5,257	541	118	298	10.5	1.1	0.2	0.6
New Hampshire	2,427	294	76	182	8.3	1.0	0.3	0.6
Vermont	2,597	486	70	262	9.8	1.8	0.3	1.0
Massachusetts	5,530	1,483	257	557	5.6	1.4	0.3	0.6
Rhode Island	648	84	69	60	4.7	0.6	0.5	0.4
Connecticut	2,542	526	101	238	5.6	1.2	0.2	0.5
New York	19,835	4,710	914	1,990	5.9	1.4	0.3	0.5
New Jersey	2,415	419	134	208	5.4	0.9	0.3	0.5
Pennsylvania	11,782	4,119	636	1,381	5.5	1.9	0.3	0.6
Delaware	356	75	21	47	4.5	0.9	0.3	0.6
Maryland	1,160	647	98	168	4.6	2.6	0.4	0.7
West Virginia	1,878	617	150	125	6.8	2.2	0.5	0.5
Ohio	19,365	2,356	1,168	998	8.6	1.1	0.5	0.4
Kentucky	6,383	860	454	599	14.6	1.9	1.1	1.4
Indiana	16,633	1,152	791	853	11.1	0.8	0.5	0.5
Illinois	21,065	1,721	1,028	1,126	10.0	0.8	0.5	0.5
Missouri	9,243	225	487	613	11.8	0.3	0.6	0.8
Michigan	8,269	1,268	339	429	10.8	1.7	0.4	0.6
Wisconsin	7,464	604	212	219	10.1	0.8	0.3	0.3
Minnesota	1,677	159	43	79	9.0	0.9	0.2	0.4
Iowa	8,498	515	227	221	12.5	0.7	0.3	0.3
Kansas	1,638	36	104	115	9.9	0.2	0.6	0.7
District of Columbia	150	44	10	45	2.3	0.7	0.1	0.7
Colorado	120		25	25	3.2		0.7	0.7
California	344		62	59	2.2		0.3	0.4
New Mexico	144		19	41	3.3		0.4	0.9
Nevada	29		1	1	2.7		0.1	0.1
Oregon	21		7	6	1.2		0.4	0.3
Nebraska	159	1	23	21	7.3		1.0	1.0
Dakota	4				2.0
Washington Territory	12		5	5	1.2		0.5	0.5
Tennessee	4,086	1,150	375	422	15.5	4.3	1.4	1.6
Arkansas	1,254	8	25	121	16.0	0.1	0.3	1.5
North Carolina	216	49	3	49	6.8	1.6	0.1	1.5
Alabama	228	22	5	40	14.1	1.4	0.3	2.5
Florida	189			8	14.6			0.6
Louisiana	624	15	36	56	13.5	0.3	0.7	1.2
Mississippi	66		1	8	12.1		0.2	1.4
Texas	101	1	6	21	6.2		0.3	1.3
Georgia	13			2
Virginia	16	13	2	1
Indian Nations	775		10	126	21.9		0.3	3.6
Colored Troops	29,658	98²	576	3,621	16.6		0.3	2.0
Veteran Reserves	1,424		131	90	2.4		0.2	0.1
Hancock's Corps	82		14	9	0.8		0.1
United States Sharpshooters	247	25	6	11	9.6	1.0	0.2	0.4
U. S. Volunteer Infantry	202		11	18	2.3		0.2	0.2
Generals and Staffs	142	1	10	1
Miscellaneous, Bands, &c.	200	2	1	13
Regular Army	2,552	540	197	226	3.8	0.8	0.3	0.3
Totals	199,720	24,866	9,058	15,814	9.3	1.2	0.4	0.7

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 Regular Army number, present and absent, over 26,000 officers and men. Its actual strength at various dates was as follows:

Date.	Present.	Absent.	Aggregate.
January 1, 1861	14,663	1,704	16,367
July 1, 1861	14,108	2,314	16,422
January 1, 1862	19,871	2,554	22,425
March 31, 1862	19,585	3,723	23,308
January 1, 1863	19,169	6,294	25,463
January 1, 1864	17,237	7,399	24,636
January 1, 1865	14,661	7,358	22,019
March 31, 1865	13,880	7,789	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

1 The percentages in this table (also, in Table A) are based on figures in Column IV, Table A.

2 The total deaths among colored soldiers while prisoners amounted to 291. Of these, 98 died of disease; 34 of wounds received in battle; 25 were killed after capture; 11 died from sundry known causes; and 123 from causes not stated on the rolls.

1888.

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