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 7: muster-out-rolls — Anthropological statistics., page 63

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Chapter 1 : the casualties of war — maximum of killed in Union regiments — maximum of percentages.

Chapter 2 : maximum of regimental loss in killed in any one battle — proportion of wounded to killed.

Chapter 3 : percentage of killed in regiments in particular battles — comparison of such losses with those of European regiments.

Chapter 4 : loss in officers — list of Generals killed — Surgeons and Chaplains killed.

Chapter 5 : casualties compared with those of European wars — loss in each arm of the service — deaths from disease — classification of deaths by causes.

Chapter 6 : the Colored troops — history of their organization — their losses in battle and by disease.

Chapter 7 : muster-out-rolls — Anthropological statistics.

Chapter 9 : famous divisions and brigades.

Chapter 11 : list of battles, with the regiments sustaining the greatest losses in each.

Chapter 12 : list of regiments and Batteries in the Union Armies with mortuary losses of each — the number killed and number of deaths from disease or other causes.

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 .

Chapter 14 : the greatest battles of the war — list of victories and defeats — chronological list of battles with loss in each, Union and Confederate.

Chapter 15 : Confederate losses — strength of the Confederate Armies --casualties in Confederate regiments — list of Confederate Generals killed — losses in the Confederate Navy .

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Also, that as to color of their eyes, 45 per cent. were blue; 24 per cent. were gray; 13 per cent. were hazel; 10 per cent were dark; and 8 per cent were black.

Also, that in complexion, 60 per cent. were light; 33 per cent. were dark; and 7 per cent. were medium.

From statements as to occupation, it appears that 48 per cent. were farmers; 24 per cent. were mechanics; 16 per cent. were laborers; 5 per cent. were in commercial pursuits; 3 per cent. were professional men; 4 per cent. were of miscellaneous vocations.

1888.

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