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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 2. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), The relative strength of the armies of Generals Lee and Grant. (search)
Stanton says. Official reports show that on the 1st of May, 1864, the aggregate military force of all arms, officers an,710 The aggregate available force present for duty May 1, 1864, was distributed.in the different commands as follows: an aggregate available force present for duty on the 1st of May, 1864, of 662,345 of which there were 120,380 in the Army ofunder Grant, on the north side of the Rapidan, on the 1st of May, 1864, of 141,160, officers and men. Now, I ask what inducement was there, on the 1st day of May, 1864, just two days before Grant began his movement across the Rapidan, and four days bbelonged, an available force present for duty, on the 1st of May, 1864, of 30,782, and in the Department of Virginia and Nort force which Mr. Stanton sets down at 141,160, on the 1st of May, 1864. The above statement from Stanton's report shows tharce present for duty in the United States army on the 1st of May, 1864, and at the close of the war. This estimate is very ne