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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.12 (search)
of Right.—Ed.] executive Department, Richmond, Va., October 7th, 1862. Gentleman of the House of Delegates: In response to the Resolution adopted by the House of Delegates, I have the honor to transmit the accompanying report from Adjutant-General Cooper, of the Confederate Government, and General Dimmock, of the Ordnance Degartment of Virginia. I have only to add that upwards of thirty thousand conscripts have passed through the camp of instruction in charge of Col. [John C.] Shieldsile in this office, and only nineteen Cavalry Regiments. The rolls are very defective in all arms of the service. The above statement does not embrace the recruits or conscripts furnished by the State of Virginia, of which we have no returns. S. Cooper, At. and I. Gen. To. Col. S. B. French, A. D. C., &c. Headquarters Va. Ord. Department, Richmond, October 6, 1863. Wm. H. Richardson, Adg't Gen.: General: I have the honor to report, in answer to a call from the Legislature, through the
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 32. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.13 (search)
hority in the South than General Early. The American Cyclopedia (D. Appleton & Co., 1875), of which Charles A. Dana, late Assistant Secretary of War, was editor, in Volume V, page 232, says: The Adjutant-General of the Confederate army, General S. Cooper, in a statement made since the close of hostilities, estimates the entire available Confederate forces capable of active service in the field at 600,000. Of this number not more than 400,000 were enrolled at any one time, and the Confederate States never had in the field at once more than 200,000 men. The letter of General Cooper relating to this subject is published in Volume VII, page 287, of the Southern Historical Society Papers. Lieutenant-Colonel Fox of the United States army, in Losses in Civil War, says: The aggregate enrollment of the Confederate armies during the war, according to the best authorities, numbered over 600,000 effective men, of whom not over 400,000 were enrolled at one time. This author also