Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-10-21
BY WCLANAHAN & DILL.
Lo..s. Of 'le I've Ar.siss-rhe balance.

Losses Of slse Eve Arsuics-The balance
The Richmond Dispa;ca contains q long aud
interesting exhibit OF the losses Of the two
armies, from the crossing Of tie Rapidan to the
close Of recent operations on the Potonac. We
give an extract:
The government has accurste lists Of our
killed, wounded and missing From tbe Rspid-
sR, al through the campaign to HaFper's Ferry
they number shout ] 800 ~ ShaTpshufg our
loss was about 3 900. Bat ssppose we had lost
80 600, IS AcCisllsn's lying reports indicate
Suppose, tco, he lost no more thas be allows
that is 20 say, 1875 men, at SbsTpsbUTg and in
the preceding engagements. Stiu his csaDaign
Is Al unpr0htsble one, for hia lGssss ~ nearly
ss great as cars. even ecc0fdiAg " this sl8ss-
nlent At HsTReE's FRrLT be lost 1850; at
ShsrpSbugg, I4,796i 81 Hafpers Ferry again,
5 COO killed wsR9dsd and dfcwRed, and 500
nriaoBers Hers his lsssas are - 796 ceEtain-
nArt sscertsined from his own stateInssat, part
from the statements Of our gensraiE-sud he
does not claim 70 have inhictad on rs loss Of
moIe than so 900-bAiSnce II has favor, 2G4
men EIs ciaimS l3 kuns. We took % 81 HaF-
pers Ferry. BAlsRcs in car favor, 90 guns.
Taking the whale campaign, even on this state
nert, from che RaPidan 20 " colchester, it is
enormously in our favor Sail more is It SO
when we look at ID through the medium Of other
statements, combined with his
Let Us see what viii be the resalt if we take
our own statements f0r our losses sad their
statements for their lessss.
Our loss IN the whole campaign, from the Rap
idan 10 the Tecrossiug iutO Virginia, was, &c
ccTding to the statement Of Nr. Cr0oker, about
II 500 killed, wounded and missing The
Yankee loss al Ha-VGI's Ferry was, according
70 their own admission, the same. These two
then balance each other, and al the rest is clear
gaia for us. First they admit a loss OF 3,000 st
Cedar Run; (they actually Lost mere nearly
7,000) Pope says they Loaf ia the battle of the
29ih Of August 5000, The BslHmors AacyiraH,
sT SHa, We DO not rscollecs wbjca, bus We pub
lishsd sks statement at She tme,) says thsy l5g.
Il 900 in al The campaign uF 10 the second
battls Of Manassas, " which would givs s.X thou
sand foE the bAsle of ths 2Sss. Pope, 8e be-
lieve, says hay lost 600 3. Asksssas. Gen
eral Lee, by-the-by, psToled that number on the
feld.) Mcclellan says they LOST "A 20 at south Z
Mountain asd Antesam. Lastly, at ths cTos-
ing when they weEs attacked By 8 z. Hi. they I
lost 6, 500 killed, wounded and missing Iotsi, /
in round numbers, according to thair own state I
ments, with regard 20 their awn losses, y 600, /
clear balance 10 cuT favor
But the real loss was far gTeassT General (
Lee psrOled 1000 prisoners On The ts1 Of balgle 4
gt Manassas. Three Thousand WSuadsd prison. (
ers who we're csptTed sy us bad not bad thair I
wounds dressed on the third day GftsT the bstde 4
Every man who saw the tald says there were 4
At least five deEd CT wounded Isnkses 60 one /
ConfsdsTsts. Every man who saw The hsld Of
Sharpsburg says there were Eve OF SIX Yankees I
lying there 20 ons C6niedoTate A corrsspon-
dent cf the New HsTk ,TTlbBRe SAYS McCleilsu |
lest %. .0G0 meE there TAis, We have no doubt |
is Withis thS mark, for McClellaa kss nsysT yet |
acknowledged the half of bis loss on : single /