. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . 889. The Union soldiers numbered during the war 2,666,999, ^f which 294,266were drafted, the rest being volunteers. The deaths on the field or fromwounds amounted to 5221 officers and 90,868 men, while 2321 officers 182,329men died from disease or accident. The Confederate armies enrolled were600,000 men, of whom they lost more than one-half The Confederate cruisers,the Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Sumter, and Tallahassee, most of THE STOKY OF AMERICA. 151 which were fitted out in British ports, well nigh destroyed American commerc
. The library of American history, literature and biography .. . 889. The Union soldiers numbered during the war 2,666,999, ^f which 294,266were drafted, the rest being volunteers. The deaths on the field or fromwounds amounted to 5221 officers and 90,868 men, while 2321 officers 182,329men died from disease or accident. The Confederate armies enrolled were600,000 men, of whom they lost more than one-half The Confederate cruisers,the Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Sumter, and Tallahassee, most of THE STOKY OF AMERICA. 151 which were fitted out in British ports, well nigh destroyed American Alabama, commanded by Raphael Semmes, went down off the Frenchcoast, June 19, 1864, in a memorable action with the U. S. S. Kearsarge,commanded by Captain Winslow. The greatest act of Abraham Lincoln was his Emancipation Proclamation,issued January i, 1863, giving freedom to 4,000,000 of slaves. And so ended the great internecine conflict, which has made us a strong,consolidated, free nation, never again, let us hope, to be given over to LINCOLNS GRAVE.
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