. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . But we trust that fragrant foreverwill be the memory of deeds of heroism, patience, fortitude, self-denial, andconstancy to principle, whether those deeds were performed by the wearersof the blue or of the gray. % According to a printed statement dated at the Alabama, 2576 ; Florida, 1290 ; Louisiana, 5224; Adjutant-Generals Office, Washington, Novem- Mississippi, 545; Texas, 1965,—total, 346,532. ber 9th, 1880, the slave-holding States fur- This sum includes colored troops, but t


. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . But we trust that fragrant foreverwill be the memory of deeds of heroism, patience, fortitude, self-denial, andconstancy to principle, whether those deeds were performed by the wearersof the blue or of the gray. % According to a printed statement dated at the Alabama, 2576 ; Florida, 1290 ; Louisiana, 5224; Adjutant-Generals Office, Washington, Novem- Mississippi, 545; Texas, 1965,—total, 346,532. ber 9th, 1880, the slave-holding States fur- This sum includes colored troops, but their num- nished troops to the Union army as follows: Dela- ber is not stated. The territory in actual rebellion ware, 12,284 ; Maryland, 46,638 ; West Virginia, also furnished 99,337 colored soldiers, recruited 32,068; District of Columbia, 16,534; Mis- at various stations and not accredited to States, souri, 109,111; Kentucky, 75,760; Tennessee, The so-called Northern, or free, States furnished to 31,092 ; Arkansas, 8289 ; North Carolina, 3156 ; the Union army 2,419,159 men.—Editors. ^^^^J^J^V ■ft I. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH.


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