VIRGINIA TROOPS IN THE SERVICE.
Virginia has ever been ready with her treasure and the lives of her sons
in the cause of liberty, and her patriotism and sacrificing spirit was
nobly indicated in the stern demands of our late civil war. In the autumn
of 1863 it was reported to the General Assembly of the State that
she had already furnished 102,915 soldiers to the Confederate service;
that, in addition, thirty thousand conscripts had just passed through
the camp of instruction, and that up to that time she had furnished
103,840 muskets, 399 pieces of cannon, and other arms in proportion.
The rolls on file in the Adjutant and Inspector-General's office showed
that there were then in active service,—
| Sixty-four regiments of infantry |
52,496 |
| Twenty regiments of cavalry |
14,175 |
| Two regiments of artillery |
1,779 |
| Twenty-eight battalions of cavalry, infantry and artillery |
11,717 |
| Nine battalions of artillery, Army Northern Virginia |
4,500 |
Two hundred and fourteen unattached companies, artillery,
infantry, and cavalry |
18,248 |
| Total number of men |
102,915 |
