Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1865-08-04
CASUALTIES OF THE WAR.

The New York Commercial advertiser says:
Official estimates at the war Department COM
pute the number 0f deaths in the Union armies
since the commencement of the war, including
the starved prisoners, at three hundred and
twenty-five thousand. There has doubtless
been two hundred thousand Southern soldiers
removed by disease and casualties of battle. so
that no less than five hundred and twenty y-five
thousand lives have been sacrificed in this un-
holy contest, begun and prolonged by the South
in their vain attempt TO build up a new repub-
lie and strengthen the slave power
Our greatest losses during any one campaign
occurred at Gettysburg, when 23267 Union sol
diers were killed, wounded and taken prison.
ers. Hooker's campaign of 1863 in the Wilder
ness ranks next to Gettysburg as far as regards
Union losses, they having amounted to 10000,
though generally reported at only 10000
Burnside lost 1000 in the battle of Fredericks-
burg. Mcclellan II. .426 at Antietam, Porter
5000 at Gaines Mills, Rosecrans II 085 at Mur-
freesboro and 1851 at Chickamsuga, and Sher-
man about 5000 in the two days battles around
Atlanta
The official report of General Grants losses
from the time he crossed the Rapidan until re-
ceiving the surrender Of Lee computes them at
go, 900. In the various engagements fought by
General Grant in the West he lost I3, ,573 men
at Pittsburg Landing 9,7S5 in the severe con-
tests aIOund NlcksDurg, and IN the attack on
Missionary Ridge about 1900
Though our losses in many of the campaigns
have been heavy, they yet fall below those In
CURED In some Of the European wars. This
has been due, TO a considerable extent to the
efficiency of the medical department and the
lavish amount of supplies, at least third
greater than those furnished TO any European
army. A report recently made to the Imperial
Academy of Medicine, by Chenue, Physician of
the French army, estimates the losses of that
army in the Crimean War as follows: Killed on
the field of battle, or missing 1O,240 lost in the
Semilante, 702; died of various diseases at Al
ma, S,O84; died of cold apoplexy ETC., before
Sebastopol, 4,342; died in the field and gener-
al hospitals, 72,247; total, 956I5. Thus, of
309,264 men sent by France to the Crimea
about one-thirdifound soldiers grave.
The siege and reduction of Jerusalem result
ed, says JOsephus, in the loss of 100000 lives.
$4,000 Persians were placed hOFs du combat at
the battle of Arbela and 100, 900 Carthagenians
in the engagement of Palermo. 10000 infantry
and 10000 cavalry perished on the fatal field of
Issue. Spain lost 100000 lives during the
persecution of the Arsbians, and 100000 in ex-
pelliDg the Jews Frederic the Great inflicted
a loss of 10000 on the Austrians in the conflicts
of Luthen and Leignitz The battle of Jena
and the lesser engagements Immediately follow
ing cost the Prussian army over $4,000 men,
At the battle of Leipsic the French suffered cas-
ualties 10 the number of 10000, and the Swedes
and their allies 10000 more. $4,000 French
and Russian soldiers lay dead and dying on the
field after the battle of MOskwa, and Napoleon
again lost 1900 at Waterloo, and the Duke
of Wellington $4,000.