National Statistics

Population at the Start of the War

Union

Free:	21,909,269
Slave:	432,632
Total:	22,341,901

Note: The slave population of the Union was primarily concentrated in the border states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri.

Confederacy

Free:	5,482,222
Slave:	3,521,150
Total:	9,003,372

Total

Free:	27,391,491
Slave:	3,953,782
Total:	31,345,273

Number of Men Who Fought in War

Union:	2,100,000
Confederate:	1,064,000

Casualties

Union

Killed in action:	110,000
Other deaths:	250,000
Total dead:	360,000
Wounded:	275,200

Confederate

Killed in action:	93,000
Other deaths:	167,000
Total dead:	260,000
Wounded:	137,000

Industry

Railroad miles at the start of the war

Union:	20,000
Confederacy:	9,000

Number of factories

Union:	110,274
Confederacy:	18,026
Total:	128,300

Miles of telegraph line laid during the war (approximate)

Union:	15,000
Confederacy:	461

Note: Although many miles were laid, telegraph lines were frequently destroyed by acts of sabotage.

Pennsylvania Statistics

Population in 1860

2,906,215

Military Service

Army:	360,000 (17% of Union forces)
Navy:	40,000
Militia:	25,000
United States Colored Troops:	8,612 (10.9% of northern total)

Medal of Honor Recipients

187	(12% of total awarded)

Casualties

Total killed in action:	15,265 (13.9% of Union killed)
Total died of all causes:	33,183 (9.2% of Union deaths)

Gettysburg casualties

Union:	23,055
Confederate:	23,000 (approximate)
Pennsylvanian civilians killed:	1

Industry

Union iron produced in Pennsylvania:	80%
Union anthracite coal produced in Pennsylvania:	100%
Union ironclad ships produced in Pennsylvania:	4
Cannons produced by Fort Pitt Works:	2,000
Cannons produced by Phoenixville Iron Company:	1,000
Bullets produced at Allegheny Arsenal	40,000 per day
Employees of Allegheny Arsenal:	1,100 (increased from pre-war 308)
Killed in Allegheny Arsenal explosion:	78