An American Almanac and Treasury of Facts, Statistical, Financial, and Political, for the Year ...American News Company, 1886 - Almanacs, American |
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Page 353 - Secretary of State, Thomas F. Bayard, of Delaware; Secretary of the Treasury, Daniel Manning, of New York; Secretary of War, William C. Endicott, of Massachusetts; Secretary of the Navy, William C. Whitney, of New York; Secretary of the Interior, LQC Lamar, of Mississippi; Postmaster-General, William F.
Page 23 - The number of casualties in the volunteer and regular armies of the United States, during the war of 1861-65, was reported by the Provost-Marshal General in 1866. Killed in battle, 61,362; Died of wounds, 34,727 ; Died of disease, 183,287; Total died, 279,376; Total deserted, 199,105. Number of soldiers in the Confederate service, who died of wounds or disease, (partial statement,) 133,821. Deserted, (partial statement,) 104,428.
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