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Re: % of population which served

1860 Indiana population 1,350,428
State furnished 193,748 white soldiers
1537 colored soldiers
1078 sailors and Marines
Total 196,363 14.5 percent of 1860 Census

7243 were killed
16,663 died of disease
1152 died while prisoner of war
791 died by accident
853 miscellaneous deaths

26,672 total deaths

Source: Dyer, Frederick, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion

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