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The Scranton Tribune
Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania
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General Shafter reported field returns on Aug. 8 to the War Department for the First Nebraska Volunteers and Tenth Pennsylvania regiments, providing statistics on commissioned and enlisted personnel, including promotions, discharges, deaths, and numbers remaining to be mustered out.
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Statistics of the First Nebraska Volunteers.
Washington, Aug. 8.—General Shafter today reported to the war department by telegraph the following field returns:
'General field returns, First Nebraska: Total commissioned, 46; promoted from ranks, 18; resigned, 15; discharged, 2; killed and died of wounds, 3; remaining to be mustered out, 44.
Total enlisted, 1,285; total enlisted joined regiment, 1,216; discharged, 325; killed and died of wounds, 33; died of disease, 25; drowned, 1; deserted, 2; transferred, 5; remaining to be mustered out, 855.
General field return, Tenth Pennsylvania: Total commissioned, 35; promoted from the ranks, 5; resigned, 6; died of disease, 1; remaining to be mustered out, 33. Total enlisted, 876, discharged, 106; killed and died of wounds, 15; died of disease, 6; transferred, 16; remaining to be mustered out, 733.'
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Washington
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Aug. 8.
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first nebraska: 3 commissioned killed/died of wounds, 33 enlisted killed/died of wounds, 25 died of disease, 1 drowned; tenth pennsylvania: 15 enlisted killed/died of wounds, 7 died of disease. remaining to muster out: 44 commissioned and 855 enlisted for first nebraska; 33 commissioned and 733 enlisted for tenth pennsylvania.
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General Shafter telegraphed field returns to the War Department detailing total commissioned and enlisted personnel for the First Nebraska Volunteers and Tenth Pennsylvania, including promotions, resignations, discharges, deaths, desertions, and transfers.