Raising of Troops
The results of the military census, preparatory to making the draft, are presented in the following table taken from the Adjutant General's report for 1862. Where the figures are omitted in the first column, the counties failed to make returns.
TABLE Showing the Number of Persons between the Ages of 18 and 45 Enrolled by Assessors, September 10, 1862, the Number Exempted, and the Number Subject to Draft; together with the Number Returned in June, under a law of the State.
Allegan.....
Barry.......
Bay........
Berrien.....
Branch.....
Calhoun___
Cass........
Cheboygan.
Clinton.....
Eaton.......
Emmet.....
Genesee___
Hillsdale..-.
Huron......
Ingham.....
Ionia........
Isabella.....
Jackson___
Kent.......
Kalamazoo..
Lapeer.....
Lenawee___
Livingston.. Mackinae...
Macomb___
Mason.....
Midland___
Mecosta___
Monroe.....
Montcalm... Newaygo...
Ottawa.....
Oakland___
Shiawassee.
Sanilao.....
Saginaw___
St. Clair.... St. Joseph..
Tuscola___
Van Buren. Washtenaw. Wayne.....
COUNTY.
Subject to draft.
No. of Men
Enaolled by Assessors.
2,264 1,061
Xo, Exempted.
5,126
109 2,126 2,672
4,392 642
2,850 "4^527"
4,369 2,530 6,544
223
3,485
111
229 3,069
C50
1,294 2,951 4,006
2,734
5,879
12,538
*818 315
1,123
+72
748 790
1,238 103
1,234 $618
738
795
1,067
819 76
97 675
161 *968~
436 821 972
544
984
2,432
No. Subject to Draft.
1.844 1,446
746 2,534 2,713 4,003 1,824 37
1,378
1,882
25
2,627 3,154
539 1,773 1,616
276 3,909 3,934 3,631 1,735 5,477 2,248 §223 2,666 35
132
132 2,394
573
489 1,760 4,933 1,305
858 2,130 3,034 3,089
776
2,190
4,895
10,106
91,071
No. Returned
in June, under
State Law.
2,721 1,814
3,172
4,499
2.217
104
2,513 3,708
2,563
3,885 2,160 3,527 1,897 5,095 2,782 188 2,976
152
200
1,936
240
2,085 4,967
2,497 4,042 3,276 750 2,355
11,224
* Of these 797 were exempted by the surgeon.
t Most of these are Indians, whom hitherto the War Department has refused to muster into service.
t Exempted by surgeon, 419. § There was no surgeon in this county, and these figures show the total enrollment.