History of the United States of America . ration. The whole number of men calledinto the military and naval serviceduring the war was 2,656,553, nearly200,000 being colored men. Of thisnumber about 1,490,000 were in actualservice. Of these about sixty thousandwere killed in the field, and about thir-ty-five thousand were mortally wound-ed. The ravages of disease in campswas fearful, 184,000 having died inhospitals and in tents. About 300,000of the national soldiers perished duringthe war, and probably an equal num-ber of Confederates lost their were at least 400,000 men, in-cluding
History of the United States of America . ration. The whole number of men calledinto the military and naval serviceduring the war was 2,656,553, nearly200,000 being colored men. Of thisnumber about 1,490,000 were in actualservice. Of these about sixty thousandwere killed in the field, and about thir-ty-five thousand were mortally wound-ed. The ravages of disease in campswas fearful, 184,000 having died inhospitals and in tents. About 300,000of the national soldiers perished duringthe war, and probably an equal num-ber of Confederates lost their were at least 400,000 men, in-cluding both parties, who were crip-pled, or permanently disabled duringthe dreadful conflict; and it is estima-ted that in consequence of that warof the slave-holders upon the life ofthe Republic, our country lost fromspheres of activity at least a millionmen. During the four years, from the firstcall of the President for troops, on the15th day of April, 1861, until the en-listments ceased on the 14th of April,1865, the aggregate number of men. THE NAVY AND BLOCKADE-RUNNERS. 547 credited on the several rolls was 2,759,-049. In enforcing the draft, those thuschosen for service were allowed to paya commutation fee. The amount ofmoney collected from this source was$20,3GG,316 ; and the fact is worthy ofrecord that this large sum was put intothe public treasury at an expense ofless than seven-tenths of one percent.,and without the loss of a dollarthrough neglect, accident, fraud, orotherwise. While the National armies wereperforming eminent services every-where, the National Navy, because ofthe peculiarities of the situation, at-tracted comparatively little attention,and its vast and arduous services werenot generally appreciated. Our warvessels blockaded ports along a veryextended line of sea-coast, and co-ope-rated with the army in bays, rivers,and bayous, where the most exhaust-ing labors and highest skill and cour-age were in continual demand. Thegun-boats often made victory for thea
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