{"value"=>"<p>The “original” records present here are forms used by Bureau staff to collect height, age, and nativity data from muster rolls. The title on each form refers only to heights and ages of soldiers, but the data collected consists of: rank; age; height; and, where born.</p> <p>Information was collected on forms and grouped by troops of a single state or U.S. unit.Forms are paginated within each group. Each group of forms is considered a count, which consists of data collected for approximately 40,000 men, as no more than 40,000 men were counted at any given time in an attempt to reduce the amount of accidental error.</p> <p>Occasionally the groups of forms include “supplementary counts.” A supplementary count is a collection of data that follows that state’s initial count. Supplementary counts are numbered separately, beginning at 1, and are located after the non-supplementary count forms for that state. Any counts for colored soldiers follow a state's supplementary count(s).</p> <p>Forms are arranged by geographically following the arrangement scheme created and used by the Statistical Bureau.</p>"}