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- Illustration captions in {brackets} have been added by the transcriber
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capitalization have been retained as in the original publication.
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corrected without note.
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THE NUMERICAL STRENGTH
OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY
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THE NUMERICAL
STRENGTH OF THE
CONFEDERATE ARMY
AN EXAMINATION OF THE ARGUMENT
OF THE HON. CHARLES FRANCIS
ADAMS AND OTHERS
BY
RANDOLPH H. McKIM, D.D., LL.D., D.C.L.
_Late 1st Lieut, and A. D. C. 3d Brigade Army of Northern
Virginia. Author of "A Soldier's Recollections."_
_Exigui numero sed bello vivida virtus--Virgil_
It will be difficult to get the world to understand
the odds against which we fought.
--GENERAL ROBERT E. LEE
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NEW YORK
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1912, by
THE NEALE PUBLISHING COMPANY