Show LOSSES OF TUG WAR the loss of life to the union admies since the A war v a r began to the file present time is variously estimated A cageful calculation of tile the agi agie gato number kille dand wounded in all tile the battles and skit I 1 D duding tho the past two years and a half give these fl figures 11 ures killed 25 9 wounded it is asserted that of the wounded received into hospitals not one fifth die and ot of all the alie wounded ed not more than one footh die or al aie disabled twi this is bythe by the statistics of hospitals the highest estimate of losses by fighting then is killed outright 1 died or disabled by wounds thus wo ave have men killed or disabled 11 tile the next thing to ascertain is the loss lobs by disease this is hard to get at until the war is ia over and the sur surgeons reports ai e c all sent in flotd up lip but from the best lights before us it is safe to estimate the number at double those who ale aio killed or idle die aloin tile the effect of wounds lating the losses of the army since 1861 wo we have this result killed in battle and died from the effects of wounds 5 12 7 9 9 died of diseases of all kinds aggregate of men lost by war this number is in lound numbers one sixth of all the soldiers who have enlisted omitting the three months month men on oil the other land hand it is admitted that the increase inci ease caso of able bodied men by alien immigration and of youths arriving 0 at sufficient maturity to bear arms arins since since the rebellion laroco out exceeds men if this be tine the inci easo of fighting men is more than twice as gleat as tile loss occasioned by the tremendous deflor 0 0 put down the rebellion chicago tny |