. The Norwich memorial; the annals of Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, in the great rebellion of 1861-65 . E NORWICH MEMORIAL. NUMBER DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY, According to Surgeon-generals Rolls. Enlisted men of Regular Army 6,541 Enlisted men of Volunteer Army 269,197 Enlisted men of Colored Troops 9,807 Total 285,545 STRENGTH OF THE ARMY AT DIFFERENT , including Officers and Men. Present. Absent. Aggiegate. January i, 1861 .... 14,663 1,704 16,367 January i, 1S62 .... 19,871 2,554 22,425 January i, 1863 .... 19,169 6,294 25,463 January i, 1864 .... 17,237 7,399 24,636
. The Norwich memorial; the annals of Norwich, New London County, Connecticut, in the great rebellion of 1861-65 . E NORWICH MEMORIAL. NUMBER DISCHARGED FOR DISABILITY, According to Surgeon-generals Rolls. Enlisted men of Regular Army 6,541 Enlisted men of Volunteer Army 269,197 Enlisted men of Colored Troops 9,807 Total 285,545 STRENGTH OF THE ARMY AT DIFFERENT , including Officers and Men. Present. Absent. Aggiegate. January i, 1861 .... 14,663 1,704 16,367 January i, 1S62 .... 19,871 2,554 22,425 January i, 1863 .... 19,169 6,294 25,463 January i, 1864 .... 17,237 7,399 24,636 January i, 1865 .... 14,661 7,358 32,019 Average mean strength . 17,735 5,194 22,929 The total number of deaths in the Regular Army being5,724, between the 15th of April, 1861, and the 30th ofJune, 1865, a period of four years, two months and a half,would give an annual average of 1,360 deaths, or an annualdeath-rate of 59 per 1,000 of strength, which, divided be-tween violent deaths, and those from disease, would give anannual ratio of 27 violent deaths, and 32 deaths from dis-ease, per 1,000 of -^** ^a/^/^€^ /f^: i^Reg^ MISCELLANEOUS. 333 VOLUNTEERS, OFFICERS , EXCLUSIVE OF COLORED, .TROOPS. Present. Absent. Aggregate. July I, 1861 169,480 849 170,329 January i, 1862 .... 46,159 I, 1S63 .... 676,175 212,859 889,034 I, 1864 .... 540,643 778,293 I, 1S65 .... 832,931 March 31, 1S65 .... 294,351 849,071 Average mean strength . 741,507 The total number of deaths of this class was 265,265,deducting 4,553 vi^ho died subsequent to June 30, 1865, andit leaves a total of 260,712 deaths from the outbreak ofthe war to that time, a ratio of 65,178 deaths annually,or 88 per 1,000 of average mean strength. Subdividingthis ratio between violent deaths, and deaths from disease,in accordance to the proportion of these classes already in-dicated, and we shall have an annual ratio of
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