His  language  was:  "Get  out  our  entire  arms-bearing
population  and  relieve  all  detailed  men  with  negroes."
The  records  also  show  that  at  this  period  the  Bureau  of
Conscription  was  sweeping  into  the  ranks  every  male
white,  between  seventeen  and  forty-five,  with  absolutely
unsparing  zeal  and  diligence.  Under  the  extraordinary
pressure  just  at  that  time,  we  may  be  sure  these  six
States  sent  in  enough  new  soldiers  to  run  the  figures
far  above  600,000.  Thus,  out  of  a  total  population  of
6,000,000  in  these  six  States,  more  than  600,000  soldiers
went  to  the  field.     In  this  we  see  the  ratio  of  one  soldier


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to  ten  of  the  total  population  already  mentioned.     Now,
let  us  take  the  other  five  seceded  States :

Arkansas,  with  a  population  of 435,000

Texas,  with  a  population  of 604,000

Tennessee,  with  a  population  of 1,100,000

Louisiana,  with  a  population  of 708,000

Florida,  with  a  population  of 140,000


2,987,000


One  soldier  of  ten  in  total  population  is  as  natural  from
these  as  from  the  above  six,  which  were  officially
reported.  This  gives  nearly  300,000  to  be  added  to  the
above  600,000,  or  over,  and  to  this  must  be  added  those
who  went  from  the  border  States,  Missouri,  Kentucky,
and  Maryland,  making  a  total  of  1,000,000  or  more.
From  all  that  has  been  said,  it  is  plain  that  600,000  in
no  way  represents  the  total  number  of  soldiers  who  fought
for  the  Confederacy.  It  is  also  plain  that  2,700,000  in
no  way  represents  the  number  of  Federal  soldiers.  To  so
use  these  figures  shows  a  partisanship  which  is  willing  to
ignore  the  record  facts,  and  accept  as  truth  the  pleasing
fallacy  of  the  simple  assertion  of  three  or  four  or  five  to
one.
