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 535

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To forestall discussion on such points, and to arrive accurately at the percentage of its able-bodied whites which each State sent to the war, it becomes necessary to base a percentage on the white troops alone (including sailors), and, further, to reduce their number to the common standard of a three years enlistment; also, to throw out the item of commutation. Having done this, the following result is obtained:

States.	¹White troops, 3 yrs' standard.	²Per cent. of military population, 1860.	States.	³White troops, 3 yrs' standard.	⁴Per cent. of military population, 1860.
Connecticut	47,344	50.1	Minnesota	18,557	45.0
Delaware	7,982	43.6	Missouri	78,186	33.5
Illinois	212.267	56.6	New Hampshire	30,032	47.2
Indiana	151,255	57.0	New Jersey	52,527	39.7
Iowa	68,123	48.8	New York	369,948	46.1
Kansas	16,624	59.4	Ohio	228,943	49.8
Kentucky	43,864	24.2	Pennsylvania	228,734	41.2
Maine	54,665	44.7	Rhode Island	15,566	43.8
Maryland	28,879	28.1	Vermont	26,974	44.5
Massachusetts	114,820⁵	44.4	Wisconsin	73,998	46.4
Michigan	76,716	46.7

By this test some of the States--Delaware, for instance,--are accorded a much lower

1 Figures obtained by combining Column IV, Table A, and Column II, Table D.

2 For military population of each State, see Column IV, Table F.

3 Figures obtained by combining Column IV, Table A, and Column II, Table D.

4 For military population of each State, see Column IV, Table F.

5 Not including the three regiments of colored troops--3,966 men — which are credited to Massachusetts in Column IV, Table A.

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