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868 CORRESPONDENCE, ETC.
meeting to-morrow. In the meantime the Secretary sees no objection
to your liberating on parole such of the prisoners as you deem proper,
and turning over to General Pope's custody such as require to be held
in restraint. The general will be instructed to take them in charge.
C. P. BUCKINGHAM,
Brigadier-General and Assistant Adjutant- General.
Strength of the Army (by armies and army corps) as obtained from the returns furnished
by the commanders thereof.
Present for duty:
Commissioned officers-- .---------------.----..--------------. 23, 420
Enlisted men ......----. ..---.......-----------...------....--...---------......--..........------ 504,259
Total for duty .-..--..------....---- .....----------------..--.---............--------.... 527, 679
Present sick:
Commissioned officers .,---.....------......--...------ ......----------.... ---....--....--.. 1, 864
Enlisted men ....--..-----...------.......-----------..-------------------..... 61, 362
Total present sick----------- ............--------.....---....---------------............ 63, 226
Present in arrest and confinement:
Commissioned officers ....- -----.......------..........-----..-----..----......--....-------- 350
Enlisted men ..-------..---..---....--...-..--- -...--....------......-- -----......- -..----..--. 3, 941
Total- .---------....----....----..-- -....---...------....------.........----------..... ..--..----. 4, 291
Total present-------------- ................-------------------------............... 595,196
Absent by authority:
Commissioned officers .-------...... --------......---......--...-----..--..----......------.... 7, 845
Enlisted men ---- .... ---.... -----....-...... ------.... ---..........-------------.....-------........... 162, 143
Total------ ....-----......------......---------------------...--....------....---....--....-- 169, 988
Absent without authority :
Commissioned officers . - -..... ................................... 411
Enlisted men .....------.. ................----....----... ------ -----------...-----------...... 9, 741
Total ....------ ...... --..... .....-- ----...... ..... . .... --........... 10, 152
Total absent ... --------...........------------......----.........-----..- ---........ 180,140
Grand total---------- ......----------......-----------....--........--.............----.....---.... 775, 336
Aggregate of Regular Army ................ ............ ....... 26, 255
Strength of Volunteer Army ...... -.... ... ...-........... 749, 081
Strength of the Volunteer Army as obtained from the latest muster
and pay rolls and regimental returns, as follows, viz:
Grand aggregate officers and men-------------.. ---------. ---------- ..--..-. 790, 197
Grand aggregate sick, wounded, absent.-----------------------------........--. 124, 012
Present for duty ------------... -----.... --------....-- ............-----....----... .....------......--.... 666, 185
REMARKS.-The foregoing gives the strength of the Army from two
distinct sources. The difference in number results from the differ-
ence in dates at which the respective returns were made up before
being sent to this office. The strength (790,197) obtained from the
muster and pay rolls is considered the proper one, as it embraces many
rolls of the muster for October 31, 1862. The difference (41,116) may
well exist when it is considered that the troops now daily going 'nto
the field are of necessity not borne on the returns received from the
various armies and army corps.
THOMAS M. VINCENT,
Assistant Adcjtant- General.
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
November 24, 1862.
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 3, Volume 2., book, 1899; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139264/m1/877/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.