580 



THE CENTURY BOOK OF FACTS. 



gate, 10,266. Chancellorsville, May 1-4, 

 1863, killed, 1,665; wounded, 9,081; cap- 

 tured and missing, 2,018 ; aggregate, 12,764. 

 Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, killed, 2,592; 

 wounded, 12,706 ; captured and missing, 5,- 

 150 ; aggregate, 20,448. Chickamauga, Sep- 

 tember 19-20, 1863; killed, 2,268; wounded, 



13,613; captured and missing, 1,090; aggre- 

 gate, 16,971. 



" Gettysburg was the greatest battle of the 

 war ; Antietam the bloodiest. The largest 

 army was assembled by the Confederates at 

 the seven days' fight ; by the Unionists at the 

 Wilderness." 



THE GREAT BATTLES OF THE CIVLL WAR. 



As to the loss in the Union armies, the greatest battles in the war were:- 



* Wounded in these and the following returns includes mortally wounded, 

 t Not including South Mountain or Crampton's Gap. 



$ Including Chantilly, Rappahannock, Bristol Station, and Bull Run Bridge. 

 Including Knob Gap and losses on January 1 and 2, 1863. 



Secession and Readmission of Con- 

 federate States. 



Seceded. 



South Carolina Dec. 20, 1860 . . 



Mississippi Jan. 9,1861.. 



Alabama Jan. 11, 1861 . . 



Florida Jan. 11, 1861.. 



Georgia Jan. 19, 1861 . . 



Louisiana Jan, 26, 1861 . . 



Texas Feb. 1, 1861 . . 



Virginia April 16, 1861 . . 



Arkansas May 6, 1861.. 



North Carolina May 21, 1861 . . 



Tennessee ..June 24, 1861.. 



Readmitted. 

 ..June 11, 1868 

 ..Feb. 3, 1870 

 ..June 11, 1868 

 .June 11, 1868 

 ..April 20, 1870 

 ..June 11, 1868 

 ..Mar. 15, 1870 

 ..Jan. 15, 1870 

 ..June 20, 1868 

 ..June 11, 1868 

 ..July, 1866 



The whole number of men obtained by 

 draft was 168,649. The whole number of 

 colored troops obtained was 186,097. The 

 greatest number in active service in the army 

 at any one time was 797,807. 



The Diplomatic Service. The diplo- 

 matic service of the United States, all of which 

 is in charge of the Secretary of State, consists 

 of Envoys Extraordinary and Ministers Pleni- 

 potentiary, Ministers Resident, Charges d' Af- 

 faires, Consuls-General, Consuls and Commer- 

 cial Agents. 



The highest class of ministers are those 

 sent to France, Germany, Great Britain, and 

 Russia ; they are paid $17,500 per year. The 

 second class ($12,000 a year) are sent to Aus- 

 tria, Hungary, Brazil, China, Italy, Japan, 

 Mexico, and Spain. The third class ($10,000 

 a year) go to Chile, Peru, and the Central 

 American States. Ministers Resident receive 



$7,500 (with the exception of the one in 

 Bolivia, $5,000, and the one in Liberia, 

 $4,000), and are in the Argentine Republic, 

 Belgium, Colombia, Hawaiian Islands, Hayti. 

 the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway, Turkey 

 and Venezuela. Charges d' Affaires have $5, 000 

 a year, and are in Denmark, Portugal, Swit- 

 zerland, Uruguay, and Paraguay. There are 

 five Consuls-General in British dominions, at 

 Calcutta, Melbourne, London, Halifax, and 

 Montreal ; two in Germany, at Berlin and 

 Frankfort: two in Turkey, at Cairo and 

 Constantinople ; and one each in Paris, Vi- 

 enna, Rome, St. Petersburg, Bucharest, 

 Bangkok, Shanghai, Kanagawa, and Mex- 

 ico. Their salaries range from $2,000 to 

 $6,000. There are the following ranks of 

 consulates: Five at $6,000 a year; two at 

 $5,000 ; one at $4,500 ; six at $4,000; eight 

 at $3,500; twenty-one at $3,000; sixteen at 

 $2,500; thirty-seven at $2,000; forty-seven 

 at $1,500: and twenty at $1,000. All con- 

 suls receiving a fixed salary pay into the 

 treasury all fees received by virtue of their 

 office. But there are many consuls and 

 agents whose only compensation comes from 

 fees. Such officers are usually allowed to go 

 into business. 



Mason and Dixon's Line. A name 

 given to the southern boundary line of the 

 free state of Pennsylvania which formerly 



