The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-08-10


all Sc men killed, 500 wounded and 100
Qzilled or wounded) missing. One COM
pany went in the first day with officers
and 81 men, and all the officers and So men
were killed or wounded.
At Fair Oaks Gen. John B. Gordon's
Sixth Alabama lost 81 killed, 277 wounded
-368 out OF 632. In the same battle the
Fourth North Carolina lost AZ killed and
2S6 wounded-363 out of G78 engaged. At
Gaines Mills the First South Carolina
Rifles lost 81 killed 234 wounded-3l5 out
of 537 engaged. At Stones River the
Eighth Tennessee had Al killed and 2G5
wounded-306 out of "A engaged.
The percentage of loss for the whole war
cannot be given for Confederate regiments.
-Four lost over 20 per cent. in single en-
gagements, as follows: First Texas, Ante
tam-present, 226: killed, 40; wounded, -;
per cent, S2.3. Twenty-first Georgia, Ma
nassas Second Bull Run)-present, 2i2:
killed IS; wounded i46: per cent, 76
Twenty-sixth North Carolina, Gettysburg
present, $40; killed, sc; wounded, SOP; per
cent, II. Sixth Mississippi, Shiloh
present, 40; killed, 81; wounded, $50; per
cent, 70.5. EIfty-taree Confederate reg1-
ments lost 50 per cent. and upward. In
the Union armies complete records display
the startling facts in all particulars. The
infantry regiment at the head OF the roll
Of honor for killed and mortalIy wounded
is the Fifth New Ham Dshire During four
years service it lost il action 295 men.
The second highest. the Eighty-third Penn
sylvania, lost 2S2 men in action. The Sew
enth Wisconsin lost $50, the Fifth Michi-
gan 263 and the Twentieth Massachusetts
geo. The maximum Of these regiments
was 1000 men and the total enrolment
less than 1900.
At the head of the list for maximum
percentages OF enrolment killed stands the
Second Wisconsin. This regiment enrolled
1898 men, Of whom 253, or 1917 per cent,
were killed. The next IS the First Maine
Heavy Artillery, whic2 enrolled 2.2J3, Of
whom 423, or 10 , per cent, were killed. The
Fifty-seventh Massachusetts, enrolled l ,0j},
of whom 291, or ~. i per cent, were killed.
The Union regiment at the head Of per
ceutages killed in one action Is the First
Minnesota. which lost IL Gettysburg 3 per
cent killed, "a percentage unequaled in
military annals, Col. Fox declares. The
next is the Fifteenth New Jersey, which
lost IS per cent. Of iJs men at Spottsyivania
The Twenty fifth Massachusetts, vent in
ut Cold Harbor with 80 men and lost -
killed within fifteen minutes This was
"A per cent.
Tho Confsderstes said the regiment struE-
gled ahead for a time under . CALLING FIRE
and then suddenly disappeared Oaly %
we're left for duty The One Hundred ana
Fcrty-frst Pennsylvania lost q per cent.
at Gettysburg, and the Fifth New York
Duryee's Zouaves} lost 3 per cent at Sec
oud Bail RIM This loss IL ont Of go
was the highest death list IN one batlIe q
sby infantry regiment u the war There
were twenty regiments IN the Army q the
Potomac and three ia the west that lost -
per cent. and upward IN KILLED. Forty-ous
infantry regiments ana nine of heavy ar
tillery IN tie Army Of the Potomac Lost
over 20 men killed in action. ana in the
western armies foar infantry regiments
belong 70 tee roll. GEORGE L ELLAEK