The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1877-12-23


our force that passed through Hagerstown nj
| $1,000 inf 'ntry hnd cavalry and $50 guns. and
was, by no means, disposed to underrate any
Stuart beyond 5000 tsee Gjn. Hep,, pnge 17gj.
md MIR. j. Everett Pearson, Of Westml lnster
Rs wGss q a@ss ths sousors s'9ese Hsor
| ieal Society lsouthern Magazine for jan
"y ,s7s qt }b.. s,Hars r = ,s
june Although 1000 mon comprised the whole
command each Of it! r1egim,s,nts seemed. that
number n, to novice Gen FItz Leg without Il
says. "The brigad OF Goa. Jenkins. stuar esli
n ted at $500 troops when leaving Virginia, ;.
ns nh ba b brssss had
never served under tim. Hndes in his report
ssgys 1t numbered g about . 1900 meo when It joined
| dispatch to Halleck on the twenty ty.eighth of
june, giving u statement furnished him by per-
sons from Hagsrstown. who saw with very large
| magnifying glasse. . and placed our array at
came drHt u wsek ago last Monday@Gsn jon
| kins having 1900 mounted infantry. said to be
| four bundrsd cavalry Of his own. tCon, ReD
40 Jenkins had then with him all OF his cav,
hise ,valry might be said to be infantry mount
ed. for 1t was armed as such only. / think 1t
very safe to assume Tint the whole Of our cay
| and jones' Brigad 8, did not exot cd g0oO or
1000 mt the most. Estimating the artillery at
1000, which makes u very small al owance for d.
erease. and our entire strength must have been
loss than $4,000 by some 1000 or 5000 and even In.
ouaing Robertsoa's and jones' Brigadss. 1t
could not have exeee!d1e that number more
be- borne In mind that our mnreh NIL this time
from tue start. iod MS from the sources from
which our ranks could be- renlled, and hence
cam mpaign. / have made no allowances for the
do reaEe after we crossed tho Potomac: but We
had some even then.
Col. Taylor gives our strength on the goth Of
July, after we. hnd returned TO the Valley, as
- ass effective 81 iaanry +, and artlery a1a 1ss
our loss ut about 1900.
This mode of estim .ting tho loss may aseer-
tain very nearly tho real loss. that is. The mum
c1ated to give rise to mi misrepresentation The
official reports show the LOSSES In the infantry
lows: low u '''' . ~ 0'' - '''''' . ''' ~
4, I.,,ss,rsst,s cor,s ....... = eso
In IwsIs corps 'V' ....+',.,.+.. g s0ga D9
IN IinI + l,n sor,,a 700 osa
:" '''fi q WI W @ o,DoN
T,,oi ~ 1as
rbis ~ a,.,ns,ve If tba loss f., ~. oa,,,,. sd.,'
Whleen was not neohilnerstple. @ ~ :.
Add this reported loss OF 22,795 to the $4,000.
and w2ud Eve s' ass as our =, forge org II the
tan,ry AMI artillery shown ny the returns of
Jgly 80 and It would give eil25 as the strength
tbs sS ss nnmbsr a + would FsFy @ W. f9 had
about GO GOO infhntry In the campaign. wheroas
tle retmrns OF May 81 snow Only 3D. 856
me very args regiment 81 1nt.antry. ny. command
sd by Gol. wharton the flfty-hrst Virginia,
Wnich arrived az Winehestsr rom south western
virginia while we were In Pennsylvania. the
convaleseent wounded from the battle hslds
of Chanee lorsville ana fredericksburg tSeconD
thnt had. py the twentte.h Of July reached the
letf behind. and the atrogglers and disabled men
VINO nad come up. Ihis om1 Asl9n gives rise TO a
been made by q distinguished foreign writer on
the g, war in q private letter 70 myself
nae d gre 6stWesn Uo dayios esti
mate ana tbe o1Ilelal retuTns Oh the loss may be
reeone led in this way: Those who Jagged be-
hind or foil out OF the ranks Tor any cause before
we crossed the Potomac could not rejoin the
we returned we began TO meet the stragglers
and The con vhlescent wounded from the battle,
lleids OF May and the early part o. June. and
with the, supply ordnance train. which was q
part OF that at acked by the enemy's cavalry at
Wiliiamsport aitef ths battle; aud many more
having been asssmblsd n 1t there while we were i9
PsnnsSy,eyahnihh, S,es hh, NY three reglmsnis that had
turns as suppose was the case with Whar-
IONS regiment; By these means the ranks OF
h ne army army had been Increased ea,tn probably pr TO
moreover. many o. those reported wounded
were very slightly wounded. as 1t was
Inc custom 70 report as such oil VINO we're hurt,
scratches Something's were reported under the
e head o. wounds. Many 9f the slightly wounded
d,d not. IN q fct properly come under the che hsaa
of losses 10 IRE army, as tbey marched with 1t
or with the ambniance trains bringing Of their
ar arms n ana ,duipments. and without being sent
TO hospitals. soon returned to duty. Their ser
vice. were not actually lost or were lost for 50
short time as not to warrant their b3ing
cqTnId IN me real Losses Of ths G nrmy
mate mats OF our losses in the whole campaign is not
fhr from correct
10 illust ate this view; The e 2flcial e reports OF
Longstre.t, Jackson and p II. Hill. In whose
com uAndB were com prl5eQ the WHOle OF O1r IN
taniry ana hrtlllnry engaged 10 the campaign.
beginning with Cedar Run In August 1862. and
ending with the minor engag sments In the
valley al er Sharpsburg. from first to last. show
Tor that period , loss Of 2i.2N In killed and
wounded alone. IN s. of course, excludes the
cayalry and yet re TIE returns i maae by the med
Gen. Lees report. show only 1896 killed and
wounded in all arms. including the cavalry,
pt pa e asa,d9 LIE iesds s h ilo eLe dtct WI
nn. d @ a vi nose ,a as
menu Or a,tnntion ' ''o i''u'io '"ik'''' 'fo@-
Te rho VI atgnsio. nt ,ha ooa. ~ r,., ,oso
do fnrn to s htte ~ Gaao or ,oSI. nahe
ta Mnvnfan I'M aho 20 sso fn ant n 'ha E
M .o, ~ NJ th W ioi NY NJ IN iu s,ie De
rahnd tba 'o after thosa nvw