The army reported on the number of troops it added from January 1863. A Democrat publication said the net gain needed to be adjusted for re-enlistments and lost men.
From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in March 1864:
The Strength of the Federal Army.
The Provost Marshal General gives the following as the number of enlistments in the army:
To show the actual gain of the army, the 100,000 re-enlisted veterans must be deducted, as well as the killed, wounded, prisoners and disabled during the year, said to amount to 125,000, which would leave the army 306,000 larger now than it was Jan. 1, 1863.
A different Seneca County clipping from March 1864 stated that recruitment was going great in the area:
THE QUOTA FILLED. – This district, including the counties of Cayuga, Seneca, and Wayne, has filled its quota under the last call of the President for 200,000 men, and has a large excess to apply on any further call.
not new troops – “Rappahannock Station, Virginia. Winter camp of 50th New York Engineers (March 1864)”
