The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1889-05-03
Our Losses In the Civil war.

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work Of the greatest value to all inter-
ested in the history of the Rebellion has just
been published by the Albany Publishing
company of Albany, N. T. 1t is entitled
"Regimental Losses in the American Civil
War, 1S6l-1S65," and makes a large quarto
volume of sos pages. 1t Is the work, contin-
ued through many years, of Lieut.. Col. Will
liam +, Fox, u. S. ", who has here brought
together full and exhaustive statistics with
reference TO the mortuary losses In all the
Union regiments, compiled from the Official
records ON file in the state military bureaus
at Washington 5gEi sh 4
The scope Of the work may be inferred
from the titles of the chapters; 1.-THE Casu-
altes of War-Maximum of Killed in Union
Regiments Maximum of Percentages p
Maximum of Regimental Loss in Killed in
any one Battle-Proportion OF Wounded to
Killed." Percentage of Killed in Regi-
ment, in Particular Battles Comparison of
such Losses with those of European Regi-
ments;" Loss in Oficers-List of Generals
Killed-Surgeons and Chaplains Killed; .
Aggregate Casualties Compared with those
Of Foreign Wars-Loss in Each Arm of the
Seryice-Deaths of Disease Classification of
Deaths bv Causes :" 1.-THE Colored Troops
History Of their organization-Thel Losses
In Battle and by Disease;'' 1.-THE Corps Or
CARNATIONS in the Union Armies-A History
Of Each - Famous Divisions and Brig
AIDES :" Three Hundred Fighting Regiments
Statistics and Historical Sketch Of Each -
Complete List of Battles, with Regiments
Sustaining Greatest Loss in Each !" Com
plete List of Regiments and Batteries in the
Union Army, with Mortuary Loss in Each -
Aggregate OF Deaths in the Union Armies
by States-Total Enlistment of States-Cas.
ualties in the Navy" The Greatest Battles
Of the War-List of Victories and Defeats
Chronological List OF Battles with Loss in
Each, Union and Confederate !" "Confeder-
ate Losses-Strength Of the Confederate Ar
mies-Casualties Confederate Regiments
List Of Confederate Generals Kiled-Losses
in the Confederate Navy"
From the multitude of facts here present
ed the following are of especial interest
The total number Of men enrolled in the
the Union army, including three months, six
months, nine months, one year, two years
men, &C., was 2,772, 4Os, or reduced to three
years standard. 2,320.272 or these 110,o7c
were killed and 249,45S died of disease. acct
dents, in military prisons, or other causes.
The regiments which incurred the greatest
loss In battle were the ones that suffered
least from disease. One-fifth Of the deaths
from disease occurred in regiments that we've
never In battle. OF the 1l0,070 deaths from
battle 67,05S were killed on the field, while
1902 died of their wounds, The percentage
OF killed was 4.3, which was larger than in
any Of the great European wars OF, the last
half century.
The infantry regim ent that sustained the
greatest loss in battle during the Civil War
was the Fifth New Hampshire. 1t lost 295
men, killed or mortally wounded in action,
during its four years Of service, The second
highest loss In the infantry regiments was the
eighty-third Pennsylvania, which lost 2S2.
Then follow the Seventh Wisconsin, Fifth
Michigan, Twentieth Massachusetts. &c.
There were forty-fye regiments that los !
over 200 men each, killed or MORALLY wound
ed in battle.
There were thirty-two heavy artillery regi-
ments In the service. In two of these &C.
CURED the heaviest loss In battle of any regi
mental organization. The First Maine
Heavy Artillery lost % officers and 400 en-
listed men, killed or mortally wounded,
while the Eighth New York Heavy Artillery
lost 10 officers and 342 enlisted men. But
the losses sustained by any one regiment
should have reference to their total enroll
meat, for distinction must be made be-
tween the regiments whose ranks were kept
full by new recruits, and regiments that re-
ceived no additions. AS thus arranged, the
Second Wisconsin Infantry has the greatest
percentage Of loss of all the Union regiments
viz, 1877. The First Maine Heavy ARTILLERY
follows with loss Of 1872 per cent. Twenty
two regiments lost fifteen per cent. and up
wards of their total enrolment.
The First Maine Cavalry sustained tue
heaviest loss, killed in action, of any caval-
ny regiment in the entire army. Its loss in
killed, or died of wounds, was:15 officers, 1863
enlisted men, total ia 1t lost 344 by dis
ease, &C. OF these las died Of disease in Com
federate prisons.
Col. Fox gives the following Maine regi-
ment place among Three Hundred Fight
ing Regiments" First Maine Cavalry,
First Maine Heavy Artillery, and Third,
Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Sixteenth,
Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twentieth and
Thlrty-frst Infantry. The following Maine
regiments are included in the list VI regi-
ments which lost ten per cent or upwards of
their total enrolment. viz: First Maine
Heavy Artillery, and Fourth, Sixth, Seventh,
Seventeenth, Nineteenth and Thlrty-frst In
iantry. This is noble record. OF the
Maine infantry regiments the Seventeenth's
loss In killed was the greatest, namely Is
per cent
according totheir aggregate losses the great
Datties Oh the war in their relative order
were these: Gettysburg, Spottsylyania vii.