Union Deaths By State

[Advisor]

Source: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion - Frederick H. Dyer, 1908

States and Territories Killed & Mortally Wounded Died of Disease Died as Prisoner Died from Accidents Died from all Causes except Battle Total Deaths Alabama 50 228 22 5 40 345 Arkansas 305 1,254 8 25 121 1,713 California 108 344 62 59 573 Colorado 153 120 25 25 323 Connecticut 1,947 2,542 526 101 238 5,354 Dakota 2 4 6 Delaware 383 356 75 21 47 882 District of Columbia 41 150 44 10 45 290 Florida 18 189 8 215 Georgia 13 2 15 Illinois 9,884 21,065 1,721 1,028 1,126 34,834 Indiana 7,243 16,663 1,152 791 853 26,672 Iowa 3,540 8,498 515 227 221 13,001 Kansas 737 1,638 36 104 115 2,630 Kentucky 2,478 6,383 860 454 599 10,774 Louisiana 214 624 15 36 56 945 Maine 3,184 5,257 541 118 298 9,393 Maryland 909 1,160 647 98 168 2,982 Massachusetts 6,115 5,530 1,483 257 557 13,942 Michigan 4,448 8,269 1,268 339 429 14,753 Minnesota 626 1,677 159 43 79 2,584 Mississippi 3 66 1 8 78 Missouri 3,317 9,243 225 487 613 13,885 Nebraska 35 159 1 23 21 239 Nevada 2 29 1 1 33 New Hampshire 1,903 2,427 294 76 182 4,882 New Jersey 2,578 2,415 419 134 208 5,754 New Mexico 73 144 19 41 277 New York 19,085 19,835 4,710 914 1,990 46,534 North Carolina 43 216 49 3 49 360 Ohio 11,588 19,365 2,356 1,168 998 35,475 Oregon 11 21 7 6 46 Pennsylvania 15,265 11,782 4,119 636 1,381 33,183 Rhode Island 460 648 84 69 60 1,321 Tennessee 744 4,086 1,150 375 422 6,777 Texas 12 101 1 6 21 141 Vermont 1,809 2,597 486 70 262 5,224 Virginia 10 16 13 2 1 42 Washington 12 5 5 22 West Virginia 1,247 1,878 617 150 125 4,017 Wisconsin 3,802 7,464 604 212 219 12,301 Indian Nations 107 775 10 126 1,018 Regular Army 2,283 2,552 540 197 116 5,798 Colored Troops 2,894 29,658 98 576 3,621 36,847 Veteran Volunteers 1 82 14 9 106 U.S. Volunteers 12 202 11 18 243 U.S. Sharpshooters 263 247 25 6 11 552 Veteran Reserves 27 1,424 131 90 1,672 Generals and Staffs 85 142 1 10 1 239 Miscellaneous, Bands, etc 16 200 2 1 13 232 Total: 110,070 199,720 24,866 9,058 15,814 359,528

[Timothy R. Kuhr]

After figuring out

that these are Union casualties (Alabama? Georgia? etc.) and realizing that more people than Pemberton and Thomas passed each other going in opposite directions, the losses to disease are more horrific than I imagined! If you start with St. Charles, Il (where I live) and continue up the Fox River through Aurora (one of the state's larger cities), everyone would be dead from disease alone! And these are only the federal casualties! Do the math (KIA vs. Disease deaths) and the determination, morale and belief in their cause (both sides included, the Confederacy's losses had to be as bad) is astonishing. Lord! Don't let me go against these men!
Fianlly, it stands out: So. Carolina - no casualties listed. I'm sure the Palmetto boys are proud of that, and I wonder if Sherman's bummers knew it when they crossed the border.

[Tamaroa]

These are Union alone. Some southern states contributed Union regiments.the total deaths were 625K. An interesting aside is that at Gettysburg, more Pennsylvanians fought there than any other state but New York state had the most casualties. fully 66% of the deaths were from disease. Go to E.B. Long's Civil War Day by Day if you want to absorb some mind numbing facts.

BillD.