War Record Statistics

In his memorial address at Jackson two years ago, the Hon. James O'DonDell devoted a little space to recounting the cost and sacrifices of the war of the rebellion. The statistics are put in such close compás as to be easily remembered or preserved : It appears from the record that 67,058 were killed in battle, 43,012 died of wounds, 25,872 from accident, drowning, sunstroke and unknown causes, 224, 52 died in hospitals from disease, 59,498 in prisons of the enemy, making a total in round numbers of 420,000 who died for the Union. The average age of all enlisted men at date of enlistment was 26 years ; the average expectation of life, at 26 years of age, is 35 additional years ; therefore if we multiply the 420,000 by 35, we flnd that the total number of years of life expended in putting down the rebellion by those who lost their lives on the side of the Union would be 14,700,000 years ! Of the forces of the Union, 275,000 found their last resting place in the soil of the Bouth, and of the total number who perished, 145,000 graves are marked unknown. Statisticians teil us that taking the whole number of men furnished by the states and territories during the war, it appears that Out of every 65, one was killed in action, Out of every 56, one died of wounds. Out of every 13, one died of disease. Out of every 9, one died while in service. Out of every 10, one was wounded in action In the war for the Union the total enrollment was 2,666,999 men on the part of the north. Of this number our own Michigan furnished 90,000 soldiers, who won renown for the state. Lossing estimates the cost of the war to the whole country from waste, loss and debt, at six billion of dollars.