ent Periods in the Army and Navy appear:--
Periods of Enlistment. Number.
60 days . . . . . . . . 2,045
3 months . . . . . . . 108,416
100 days . . . . . . . 85,807
4 months . . . . . . . 42
6 months . . . . . . . 26,118
8 months . . . . . . . 373
9 months . . . . . . . 89,899
1 year . . . . . . . . 393,706
2 years . . . . . . . . 44,400
3 years . . . . . . . . 2,028,630
4 years . . . . . . . . 1,042
Aggregate enlistments . 2,780,478
The Number of Indivials who served during the War is estimated as
follows:--
Number who died during the war . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304,360
Number who were discharged for disability . . . . . . . . . . . 285,545
Deserters (less those arrested and 25 per cent. additional) . . 128,352
One-third of those serving terms of less than one year (estimated that
two-thirds thereof re-enlisted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104,134
One-half of those serving more than one year and less than two years
(estimated that one-half re-enlisted) . . . . . . . . . . . . 224,053
Number in the service May 1, 1865 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,516
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,046,969
Add number in regular army at commencement of war . . . . . . 16,422
Aggregate number of different individuals who served during the war
2,063,391
There are no records which give with accuracy the number of men in
the Confederate Army. The general aggregate for the four years is,
upon the best authority attainable, placed at one million one hundred
thousand men (1,100,000). The maximum number of men on the Confederate
Army rolls at any one time is estimated at five hundred thousand. The
irregular manner in which the men were conscripted during the last two
years of the war, taken in connection with the loss of records, makes
it impossible to give accurate statements of the numbers furnished by
the several States.
REGULAR ARMY.
The following table shows the actual strength of the regular army of
the United States at different periods, from 1789 to 1883 (retired
officers not included).
Officers.
Date. | Men. Total.
1780-90 . . 50 672 722
1795 . . . 212 3,228 3,440
1800 . . . 248 3,803 4,051
1805 . . . 196 2,534 2,730
1810 . . . 466 6
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