Regular army/USCT question

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Does anyone know the size of the regular army from 1861-1863 and how much it grew?

Its always struck me a little curious after the USCT creation, it seems they raised large numbers of USCT units as regular army, bypassing the system of federalizing state militia units.......if it was done with USCT, why hadn't they simply recruited troops into regular army units all along?
 
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