Col. Burgwyn gives the strength of
the Northern army for the four years
at 2,320,272. The figures are too
low by several hundred thousand we
think. The Government has published
officially, the strength, and our recol
lection is that it was but little short of
2,800,000. Including all arms navy
too over 3,000,000 men were on the
Northern side. On the other side,
Gen. Cooper, the Adjutant General of
the Confederacy, reports 600,000 as
the number for the four years, in the
army with never more than 200,000
ready for the field at any one time.
Col. Burgwyn does justice to North
Carolina in the late war. With 112,
500 white voters in i860, she sent
125,000 men to the war in four years.
In the seven days fights around . Rich
mond, of ninety-two regiments under
Lee, forty-six were from North Caro
lina, and so it was through the war to
a very great degree. Her troops
opened the fight at Bethel and closed
it with a last charge at Appomattox.
