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The Medical History of the Confederate States. 119

South Carolina 33 7 3

Tennessee 70 12

Texas .... 22 32

Virginia 64 19 4

Confederate 8 6

Total 536 124 13

Grand total regiments... 673

Total number of battalions infantry 67

cavalry 28

artillery 50

Total 145

Total legions infantry ,. 13

cavalry 3

artillery

Total 16

Total battalions and legions 161

Total regiments 673

Total regiments, battalions and legions comprising the Confede- rate army during the war 1861-1865 , 834

If one surgeon and two assistant-surgeons be allowed to each separate command actively engaged in the field during the civil war, 1861-1865, the numbers would be as follows :

Surgeons 834

Assistant-surgeons 1,668

Total 2,502

The medical officers of the Confederate navy numbered :

Surgeons 22

Assistant-surgeons 10

Passed assistant-surgeons 41

Total medical officers C. S. N 73