‘Strength of the Confederate armies.’
Alabama—Fifty-five regiments and eleven battalions of infantry; [201] five regiments of cavalry; three regiments of partisan rangers, and sixteen batteries of light artillery. Arkansas—Thirty-five regiments and twelve battalions of infantry; six regiments and two battalions of cavalry, and fifteen batteries of light artillery. Florida—Ten regiments and two battalions of infantry; two regiments and one battalion of cavalry, and six batteries of light artillery. Georgia—Sixty-eight regiments and seventeen battalions of infantry; eleven regiments and two battalions of cavalry; one regiment and one battalion of partisan rangers; two battalions of heavy artillery, and twenty-eight batteries of light artillery. Louisiana—Thirty-four regiments and ten battalions of infantry; two regiments and one battalion of cavalry; one regiment of partisan rangers; two regiments of heavy artillery, and twenty-six batteries of light artillery. Mississippi—Forty-nine regiments and six battalions of infantry; seven regiments and four battalions of cavalry; two regiments of partisan rangers, and twenty batteries of light artillery. North Carolina—Sixty-nine regiments and four battalions of infantry; one regiment and five battalions of cavalry; two battalions of heavy artillery, and nine batteries of light artillery. South Carolina—Thirty-three regiments and two battalions of infantry; seven regiments and one battalion of cavalry; one regiment and one battalion of heavy artillery, and twenty-eight batteries of light artillery. Tennessee—Sixty-one regiments and two battalions of infantry; twenty-one regiments and eleven battalions of cavalry; one regiment and one battalion of heavy artillery, and thirty-two batteries of light artillery. Texas—Twenty-two regiments and five battalions of infantry; twenty-eight regiments and four battalions of cavalry, and sixteen batteries of light artillery. Virginia—Sixty-five regiments and ten battalions of infantry; twenty-two regiments and eleven battalions of cavalry; one regiment of partisan rangers; one regiment of artillery, and fifty-three batteries of artillery. Border States—Twenty-one regiments and four battalions of infantry; nine regiments and five battalions of cavalry, and eleven batteries of light artillery. [202] Confederate States Regulars—Seven regiments of infantry; six regiments of cavalry, and one battery of artillery. Aggregate— 529 regiments and eighty-five battalions of infantry; 127 regiments and forty-seven battalions of cavalry; eight regiments and one battalion of partisan rangers; five regiments and six battalions of heavy artillery, and 261 batteries of light artillery—in all, equivalent to 764 regiments of ten companies each. Colonel Fox says:The severity of the losses among the Confederates, and the heroic persistency with which they would stand before the enemies musketry, becomes apparent in studying the official returns of various regiments. In the report for 1865-66, made by General James B. Fry, United States Provost-Marshal-General, there is a statement of Confederate losses, as compiled from the muster-rolls on file in the Bureau of Confederate Archives. The returns are incomplete, and nearly all the Alabama rolls are missing; still, the figures are worth noting, as they show that at least 74,524 were killed or died of wounds, and that 52,297 died of disease.
