. . ynearly correct. The num-ber of men entering intothis calculation is as fol-lows: Sixty-fourth, 1317 ;Sixty-fifth, 1220; Battery,281 ; Squadron, 339—total 3I57- A few of the young-sters apparently gave theirages truthfully, for thereappear in the roster as be-ing sixteen at enlistment:Sixty-fourth, 2; Sixty-fifth, 7; Battery, 1—total,10: and as seventeen years:Sixty-fourth, 15; Sixty-fifth, 22; Battery, 3; Squad-ron* 4—-total, 44. It will beunderstood that those uponthe muster-rolls as eight-een years old includescores who were u
. . ynearly correct. The num-ber of men entering intothis calculation is as fol-lows: Sixty-fourth, 1317 ;Sixty-fifth, 1220; Battery,281 ; Squadron, 339—total 3I57- A few of the young-sters apparently gave theirages truthfully, for thereappear in the roster as be-ing sixteen at enlistment:Sixty-fourth, 2; Sixty-fifth, 7; Battery, 1—total,10: and as seventeen years:Sixty-fourth, 15; Sixty-fifth, 22; Battery, 3; Squad-ron* 4—-total, 44. It will beunderstood that those uponthe muster-rolls as eight-een years old includescores who were under thatage—how many, it is, of course, impossible to state. The num-ber enrolled as eighteen is as follows: Sixty-fourth, 266; Sixty -fifth, 179; Battery, 45; Squadron, 73—total, 563. At nineteen Ifind: Sixty-fourth, 133; Sixty-fifth, 107; Battery, 50; Squadron,27—total, 312. At twenty: Sixty-fourth, 95; Sixty-fifth, no;Battery, 20; Squadron, 34—total, 259. The whole number whoenlisted at the age of twenty or under is: Sixty-fourth, 531; Sixty-. JONATHAN MORRIS JOl COMPANY B, SIXTY-FIFTH, Killed at Stone River, December,31, 1862. UP TO FORTY-FIVE, AND OVER. 803 fifth, 425; Battery, 119; Squadron, 138—total, 1213. As twenty-one is the legal point that divides youth and manhood, all there-under may be termed boys. The Battery shows under twentyone, 42 percent., the highest in the Sherman Brigade; the Squadron, 41 per cent.; the Sixty-fourth, 38 percent.; the Sixty-fifthbringing up the rear with 34 per cent. Of the companies, B, ofthe Sixty-fourth, had the largest crop of kids—twenty or un-der—numbering 68, being very nearly half its entire the ages from twenty-one to twenty five, inclusive, theorganizations had: Sixty-fourth, 395; Sixty-fifth, P^382; Battery, 89; Squadron; 85—total, 951. From this :\ point upward in age the % shrinkage in number was |jL rapid. From twenty-six to thirty,inclusive, there were: ^ Sixty-fourth, 188; Sixty- | $v &
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