Democratic Sentinel, Volume 6, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 February 1882 — Number of Rebel Troops. [ARTICLE]

Number of Rebel Troops.

, It has been impossble to obtain what could bo called exact statistics of the rebel force, except as given in McPherson’s “History of the Rebellion,” as follows : Alabama 40,000 Texas 29,000 F10rida........ 4,000 Tennessee .... 34,000 Georgia 54,006 Virginia,lo3,ooo Louisiana 36,000 Arkansas 28,000 Mississippi.... 40,000 Kentucky..... 20,000 North Carolina. 25,000 Maryland 20,000 South Carolina. 25,000 Missouri 35,000 T0ta1493,000 It is stated by the same authority that “ the estimate of Maryland must be excessive.” General Bedeau says in his “ Military History of Ulvsus 8. Grant ” (volume iii., page 639), that May 26, the last organized rebel force disappeared from the territory of the United States. Every man who had borne arms against the Government was a prisoner. One hundred and seventy-four thousand two hundred and twenty-three rebel prisoners were paroled.” Chicago InterOcean. People who cannot spend the season or winds and cold rams in sunny Florida should keep Dr. Bull’s Cough Syrup in the house. It is the best remedy for Colds and Coughs, and will relieve sufferers at once.