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Governor's Message, stating number of men and arms furnished C. States during the present war, Oct. 8, 1863.
Statement of the number of troops furnished the
Confederate States by the
State of Virginia as taken from the first rolls on file in the Adjutant and Inspector General's Office:
| 64 Reg'ts Infantry, | 52,496 |
| 20 Reg'ts Cavalry, | 14,175 |
| 2 Reg'ts Artillery, | 1,779 |
| 28 Battalions Cavalry, Infantry and Artillery, | 11,717 |
| 9 Battalions Artillery, Army No. Va., | 4,500 |
| 214 Unattached Cos. Artillery, Infantry and Cavalry, | 18,248 |
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| Total number of men, | 102,915 |
Of the sixty-four Infantry Regiments, only sixty-one have rolls on file in this office, and only nineteen Cavalry Regiments.
The rolls are very defective in all arms of the service.
The above statement does not embrace the recruits or conscripts furnished by the
State of Virginia, of which we have no returns.
General: I have the honor to report, in answer to a call from the Legislature, through the
Governor of the
Commonwealth, as follows:
Arms issued between Oct. 1, 1859, and Oct. 1, 1863.
| Common pieces, | 390 |
| Muskets, | 103,840 |
| Rifles, | 6,428 |
| Carbines, | 795 |
| Musketoons, | 446 |
| Pistols, | 4,438 |
| Sabres, | 7,863 |
