Rensselaer Republican, Volume 18, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1886 — The Army of the Revolution. [ARTICLE]

The Army of the Revolution.

It is not positively known how many war of the revolution. The official tabular statement indicates a total of recorded years of enlistment and not a total of the men who served. Hence, a man who served from April 19, 1775, until the formal cessatftm of hostilities, April 19, 1783, counted as eight men in the aggregate. On this basis of enlisted years, the following table gives the contributions of the various States: New Hampshire 12,497 Massachusetts 69;907 Rhode Inland ... 5,908 Connecticut. 31,939 New York"... 17,781 New Jersey;A ■ ■• • •• ■ r.~. 10,72 > Pennsylvania 25,678 Delaware 2.386 Maryland .t... 13,912 Virginia.’... 23,678 North Carolina 7,263 South Carolina 6,417 Georgia. ... 2,679 Total,, . .233,771 The only cough mixture before the people that contains no .opiates or narcotics is Red Stir Cough Cure. Price, twenty-five cents.