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The Daily Dispatch: October 11, 1864., [Electronic resource], Robbery. (search)
lion. The Herald's article answers the Tribune, which assumed that the numbers of the army on paper were deceptive, since so many men were enlisted for short periods. The Herald says: It is officially stated that, at the breaking out of the rebellion, in April, 1861, the United States regular army was 16,000 strong, none of whom took part in the rebellion. The first call of the President was on the 16th of April, 1861, for 75,000 three months men. The second call was made on the 4th of May following, for 12,631 volunteers for three years, and 22,744 for the regular army, and 18,000 seamen. Total, 82,748. Third call, under act of Congress of July 22, 1861, for the further number of 500,000 for three years, and for 25,000 for the regular army. The report of the War Department, made in December, 1861, gives the result of the above calls as 610,637 volunteers for three years, and 20,334 for the regular army. From that time up to the present the total number calle