61st North Carolina Infantry Regiment: Statistics

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61st North Carolina Infantry Regiment: Statistics*

- Organized on Sep 5 1862
- Mustered out on Apr 26 1865

Available statistics for total numbers of men listed as:
- Enlisted or commissioned: 1084
- Drafted: 35
- Transferred in: 247
- Killed or died of wounds: 124
- Died of disease: 139
- Prisoner of war: 278
- Died while prisoner of war: 34
- Disabled: 33
- Missing: 7
- Deserted: 57
- Discharged: 38
- Transferred out: 63

* Information obtained through: Confederate Military History, Extended Edition (19 Volumes); The Union Army (9 Volumes); Walter Clark, Histories of the Several Regiments and Battalions From North Carolina in the Great War 1861-1865 (5 Volumes); North Carolina Troops 1861-1865: A Roster (15 Volumes); Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies.

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