The Portland daily press., 1891-07-27

THE BLOODY GROUND IN THE WEST.
should be examined In connecuon with
these figures.
List of battles, in the order OF the high
est aggregate loss. where the number
killed outright reached 1000 on each side;
l. gettysburg. 1868. 5000 Union and 5000
Confederates opposed. Union loss, II 500
killed and wounded; Confederate, 1891;
Total, $3.50.
Q, Spottsylyania, 1854 Had the Confederate
loss in killed and wounded equaled the
Union at Spottsylvania, this battle would
properly appear as No. z But such was not
the case. The Confederate records, SO far
as completed, relate to those individual
commands that suffered most, and estimat-
ing from the figures given for those IL Is
evident that the Confederate loss bore no
comparison to the Union. The Union loss
in killed and wounded was 1914. The
forces opposed were approximately $4,000
Union and 04,o0Q Confedsrate These fig
Wilderness was fought, but reinforce
ments were constantly added TO both
armies and the available force Of each did
not vary much during the campaign.
8 Wilderness, 1864. The remarks In the last
paragraph apply equally well to the battle
of the Wilderness. The armies fought their
full strength, viz, 5000 Union and o. 600
ed, 1929; Confederate records incomplete.
4. Chickamauga. 1858. 5000 Union and Il 500
Confederates opposed. Union loss in killed
and wounded, II. 405; Confederate. 1851.
Total, s7s206.
s. Charlottesville. 1868. 10000 Union ana
60,000 Confederates opposed. Union loss,
1l.36S killed and wounded; Confederate,
10,755. Total, 2.l23. These figures cover
the losses In the whole Charlottesville
campaign.
6. Antietam, 1862. 10000 Union and 10000 Con-
federates engaged. Union loss, IL .657 killed
and wounded; Confederate, 9,SsS. Total,
20,9S6
7. Shiloh, 1862. 5000 Union and 10000 Con-
federates engaged. Union loss, 10, l62 killed
and wounded; Confederate, 9,z40. Total,
1892.
8. Cold Harbor, 1854. The remarks under the
heading Spottsylvania apply TO Cold Har-
Dor also. $4,000 Union and "a 900 Confed-
crates opposed. Union loss, 1881 kiucd
and wounded; Confederate. comparatively
slight.
0. Second Bull Run, or Manassas, 1862. 5000
Union and $4,000 Confederates engaged.
Union loss, 10, 100 In killed and wounded;
Confederate, 9.365 Total, 1854.
10. Stones River. 1862. 5000 Union and 81, 900
Confederates engaged. Union loss, 9,532
killed and wounded; Confederate, $780,
Total, 18TH.
II. fredericksburg. 1862 $4,000 Union and CO.
900 Confederates opposed. Union loss, TO-
6S4 killed and wounded; Confederate. Alta.
Total, 1h,60s.
List of battles where the number of
killed outright reached at least 500 on each
side:
/. Gaines Mill, 1862. 5000 Union and 5000
Confederates engaged. Union loss, 1000
killed and wounded; Confederate loss only
partially reported. Best estimates place it
double the Union loss, making a total Of
about 12,000.
Q. Seven Pines, or Fair Oaks, 1862. 81 600 Union
and 5000 Confederates opposed, but
not all engaged. Union loss, 43Sa killed and
wounded, Confederate, 6,729. Total 10, 1l3.
O. Malvern Hill, 1862. Losses not recorded
separately. Confederates admit over 5000
killed and wounded out of 5000 closely en-
gagged. The Union loss was probably less
than half that number, and the total be-
tween 1000 and 5000.
4. Winchester, or Opequon, 1854. 1900 Union
and 5000 Confederates engaged. Union
loss, 1850 killed and wounded; Confederate,
1000 (estimated). Total $3.50.
5. Cedar Creek, 1854. 5000 Union and 5000
Confederates engaged. Union loss, 407l
killed and wounded; Confederate, 1900 les
timated). Total, 7,074.
9. Perryville, 1862 5000 Union and 1900
Confederates closely engaged. Union loss,
3,696 killed and wounded, Confederate,
3,145. Total, 6,SA.
[Note-About one-sixth of the number killed
and wounded represents, on the average,
the killed outright, and two-sevenths of
the number killed and wounded represents
very nearly the killed and mortally wound
ed.1
To this list might be added the follow
ing, if the losses on both sides had been
recorded separately: Franklin and Nash
vile, 1864, where the Confederate loss in
killed reached 500. The Union loss on both