The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1861-11-28
Magnitude Of the War


| Alth' ugh as yet We have had no very decisiv,
| ,'uyns when compared with some Of the bloodr
| BATTLES the past, vet In magnitude Of prepars-
| noh' ite prcsen. civil war in America has
."'rN parallel in history. Some Of our ''sn-
| ga mn rts' and skirmishCs," too, have no<
hccu - very insignificant, and when compared
| WIN many conflicts IN our own two wars with
| Enrlaid, will take rank far above them Ths
hlany EreHing Journal has made the follow
| interesting compilation from history citing .
lew incidents from the war ef 1872 TO show via,
| pei,N affairs relatively were some of the mat
brilliant victories achieved by our arms
Ire tr't battle ol any Importance was that
OF brownstown, near Detroit, fought August
glh, 1872. Our force was only 600 that OF tha
| British and Indians combined. $50. Our -.
wa iS Killed and G3 wounded that Of the
enemy l6O.
Cen. lIull's army" which disgracerliIv
surrendered at Detroit six days later, only num-
bcrcd frcR,y IRE hundre1 nca Whit. th.t
Of the enemy consisted of only 700 English AMI
oOO Indians. No wonder Gen. Brock, whs
commanded the latter wrote to Sir George
Provost -" When detail ny good fortune,
your lNcellency will be surprised"
al AZ Tue battle OF Queenstown, two columns Of
'Wo men each, did about all the fighting on our
SIDE. Gen Van RonSselaer in his report, saws
One-thlrl part Of the men idle might have
saved all As It was, some looked on, while
msny he'd into tho woods" leaving their
brethren TO their fate.
Al the scige of Fort Erie, the English threw
1000 red hot shot without hurting a man. Our
lots was only killed and wounded.
Brgadier Gen. Smith abandoned his hyorit,
project Of invading Canada West because, al
though he had been preparing the greater part Il
the summer, and had energetically drlImmed nm
volunteers, he had succeeded in collecting only
700 mon and he did not think the expe-
dition would be successful unless he had 1,500
more.
At the battle Of York our force was 700.
tak Il
dans. Our loss WIS 306 in killed and wounded.
that It the enemy, 100 killed, 800 wounded 2Ol
prisoner. This was of the most brilliant
OF our victories, yet II /, not to bo compared
with the battle of Belmont or that Of balls
nun either as regards the number engaged or
the losses sustained.
Al the battle OF Sackett'. Iarbor, the en,-
my ioice was 600 ours, 800. His loss in
Killed and wounded was $50; ours, 154 Among
the trophies taken by our troops were the Brit
lsh standard and mace. Orer he latter hnn1 n
the enemy has never been definitely known.
At the battle Of Chippewa our loss was S2S
that Of the enemy oil. At the battle Of Fort
Eric our loss was ~; that OF tho enemy 5o2.
Al the Battle of Baltimore the cnemys iorccs
numbered from Z, 900 TO 5000 ours was proba-
bly lees than half that number. Our loes was
about 40: that of the enemy some 200 in
killed, wounded and missing.
~ on the Battle Of New Orleans looks insig-
nfcant to eyes that have witnessed reconIot-
'dHc, on the Potomac 10000 strong and ro-
view of 10000 troops. The British force, in
Guiding sailors and marines, was about II, 900:
that OF Gen. Jackson 5000 on the lett bank OF
the river and about 800 distributed in posit ions
hard hy. Our loss was seven killed and six
wounded; that OF the enemy 200 killed ana
I AOO wounded.
II is safe to saw that Notwithstanding the tor
por OF a large share Of our army and the taunts
that W. have thus far been playing at war,
greater number Of lives have been lost within
the past five months than during the entire
War OF lSl2.'