. Bearing arms in the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . n. Of this number, it is estimated three hundredand five thousand men were buried upon or adjacent tcthe fields of battle, irrespective of those who died at an equal number were more or less severely woundecupon the field, while at least two hundred and eighty-fivtthousand were discharged for disability, and came baclwrecks of their former selves, many of them only to dieThese losses, coupled with the immense destruction of store:and supplies, an
. Bearing arms in the Twenty-seventh Massachusetts Regiment of Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War, 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . n. Of this number, it is estimated three hundredand five thousand men were buried upon or adjacent tcthe fields of battle, irrespective of those who died at an equal number were more or less severely woundecupon the field, while at least two hundred and eighty-fivtthousand were discharged for disability, and came baclwrecks of their former selves, many of them only to dieThese losses, coupled with the immense destruction of store:and supplies, and the outlay of billions of dollars, give slittle idea of the magnitude of our struggle. The South mastered one million two hundred and eightyseven thousand men into their army during the war, an<surrendered at its close a total of one hundred and sixtyseven thousand three hundred and thirty-nine men. Mosof the rebel troops, however, dispersed without giving paroleLees army, when it commenced its retreat from Petersburgnumbered about fifty thousand men, though but little morthan half that number were paroled. The rebellion, ther. John W. Moore. PERSONAL NOTICES. 433 called into the field nearly four millions of men. In it cost the lives of nearly five hundred thousandmen, and the health of four hundred and fifty thousand moreOut of this struggle, however, in the prophetic words ofPresident Adams, came a people fully initiated into thefamily of nations, with a unity and prowess commanding thehonor and respect of the world. ° PERSOXAX NOTICES. Maj. John W. Moore was born in Tolland, HampdenCounty, March 12, 1830. His father, Eton , was a leading man of affairs in church and*townand, with his wife, Harriet Wadsworth, of Hartford, Conn was of Puritan stock and of honorable connection withthe wars of the Revolution and of 1812. Major Mooreseducational advantages were limited, until, by his own efforthe was enabled to attend the Suffield (Conn.)
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