, 1862-11-08

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Tie Riehniord Dispatch prafeases to give
an exhibit Of the losses Of the two armies
from lie crossing OF the Rapiaan to tbs elose
Of recent operations en the Potomac. The
fo}1osing is an extract:
TIE government has accurate lists of our
killed, wounded, and Kissing. From the
Ra;'idap, al, through tile campaign, to HIT
peTas Ferry, they number about Il, ,5o0. Al
sharpsourt. our loss was abonS 5-NW. Bas
suppose we mad lost &C, 400, as afcCleiian's IT.
ing reports Indicate. Suppose, too, he lost
Io n;crr tlan he al1ows, TINT is to say, Il, i35
II, u, at SharFsburg ard the preceding engage
MS. Still Lis campaign ls HI Improbable
one, for bis losses ere neaE1: rs great as ours,
ever according TO this ststsment- at Ha:~
rer's Ferry he lost li,50o; at Shasps5urs,
town, where the Corn Exchange brigade sur
rendered, 3,ooo killed. Here his losses are
20 Tug ctrtaiil-pa1t ascer.aiued from his Q gn
stattnent, part from the statements OF our
! aeneralS-and he does nas elaln to have in-
nlcted on Us a loss OF more th1n 80, 0oo-bal~
| ance in his fayer, 2o4 1nen. lie claias tair~
| teen guns. Ne tooE sevant3-:nrse at a4Tper's
| Ferry. Balance in onr favor, sixty guns.
| Taking the whole campaign, even on Ibis
ststemens, from the Rapidan to Winchester,
it is enormously in our favor. Still more is IT
So when we look at it through the medium Of
! other statements, combined vita his.
| Let us see what will be tue result If we take
| our own statements for our losses. add their
statements for their losses. Oar loss IN the
whole campaign. from the Rapidan 70 their
tie statement Of Mr. Crooker, about Il 500
killed, wounded, and missing. Tae Yankee
| loss at Hsrpers Ferry Was, according to thei1
own admission, the same. These tWo, taen,
balance each other, and all the rest is clea1
gain to us. First, they admit q loss Of I, ,00c
| - rn5o 11ur, +hny- aotra1IY 1nSf tr1E
/ 7,0Qf}; Pope says that they lost in the battle
| IT the 2:ath ot August, 5000, the Bl.imors
| 4A,ne7iea,, or Sa4 (wc do not recoslect which
hut VIC published the statement at the time
says they lost II GOO in all the campaign NJ
to the secoud battle Of Manassas, which ~oult
giye 5000 fer the battle Of the 2Sth. Pope
we believe, says they lost 1000 at Mana 6as
General Lee, bS-1hs-b5e, pa7o!cd TINT nam
her on the dc1d.) Mc3lS;lau ssys they los
| 1876 ut s::u.h Neuata1n aud An:ie:aga
1aekea By a. p. Hill, they lost 5000 KILLED
wounded, and missing. TOTAL, in ronnd nun
bet6. according to their owa state n ants, with
regard to their owa losses, ~ 900 clear ba!aue
! in our favor. q
Blu, The real loss was tar greater. Gen. LIE
paroled T,GC0 prisoners On the field Of bat'1
at Manassas. Three thousand wounded prl;
ouers, who were captured ny us, had not ia
> | their wounds dressed On the third day atfe
. the battles. Every man who saw the tel
Gays there were at least five dead or wourde
I Yankees to one confederate Every man VII
5 eaw the field cf sharpsourg says there W.,
. five or six Yankees lying there 10 one confeG
) erate 4 correspondent Ct the Ns@ Yur
s Tribune says Mcclellan lost =, 600 men theIi
+ This, we Lave 10 doubt, i within tue mari
:; for Mcclellan has never yet ackno Fle3ged tt
half Of bis loss on =iugle occasion. HIS 10:
l. on tie 141h all confederate acccuats PET do =
: ee at least 600. Here, then; is ssatenls!
|, OF what VIC believe to be VrrS nearlf tile 10
e If tte Yankees since jackson first crossed Il
J Rapidan:
4 From the Rap'dan to the 35th August 900
- Ratt'e Sfh August: .----....--2I1 Y
e bs1ile 18th September. sc
Ia Rst1ie Of St,arnpbnrs. I