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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 3,269
NORTH CAROLINA, 5,035
SOUTH CAROLINA, 5,462
FLORIDA, 1,044
TENNESSEE, 20,133
MICHIGAN, 1,387
INDIANA, 1,537
MISSOURI, 8,344
IOWA, 440
KANSAS, 2,080
COLORADO TERRITORY, 95
MISSISSIPPI, 17,869
MAINE, 104
VERMONT, 120
RHODE ISLAND, 1,837
NEW YORK, 4,125
PENNSYLVANIA, 8,612
MARYLAND, 8,718
VIRGINIA, 5,723
WEST VIRGINIA, 196
GEORGIA, 3,486
ARKANSAS, 5,526
KENTUCKY, 23,703
OHIO, 5,092
ILLINOIS, 1,811
MINNESOTA, 104
WISCONSIN, 165
TEXAS, 47
NOT ACCOUNTED FOR, 5,896

TOTAL, 178,975.

The losses these troops sustained from sickness, wounds, killed in
battle and other casualties incident to war, was 68,178.

The aggregate negro population in the U. S. in 1860 was 4,449,201, of
which 3,950,531 were slaves.

[Illustration: PHALANX SOLDIERS ORGANIZING AND DRILLING.]

FOOTNOTES:

[15] General:--The exigencies of the service require that an inspection
should be made of the Armies, military posts and military operations in
the West; you will therefore make arrangements immediately to perform
that service. Without entering into any minute details, I beg to direct
your attention to the following subjects of investigation:

First. On arriving at Cairo, you will make a careful examination of the
military condition of that post, in the various branches of service, and
report to this Department, the result of your investigation, suggesting
whatever in your opinion, the service may require. You will observe
particularly the condition of that class of population known as
contrabands; the manner in which they are received, provided for and
treated by the military authorities, and give such directions to the
Commissary and Quartermaster Departments, and to the officers
commanding, as shall, in your judgement, be necessary to secure to them
humane and proper treatment, in respect to food, clothing, compensation
for their service, and whatever is necessary to en