The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1894-02-02

preparation at the war department
office, will contain a compilation
from official reports showing the
losses on both sides during The civ
il war. The New York Times thus
summarizes some facts that will be
revealed in this volume
s'In the Union armies there we're,
in all, $500 regiments, not incIud-
three or six months men. The
Union infantry regiment which suf-
fered the greatest loss in battle dur
ing the war was the Fifth New
Hampshire, which in four years OF
service lost 295 men killed or NOR
tally wounded in action, including
18 officers. The Eighty-third Penn
sylvania Infantry comes next. Ii
lost 282 officers and men.
"In the following battles among
others, the Confederates remained
in undisturbed possession of the
field, the Union armies leaving
their unburied dead and many
wounded in the hands of the Con-
federates LeesbuTg, or Balls
Bluff, Cedar Mountain, Chanlilly,
Groveton, first and second battle Of
Bull Run, Seven Days Virginia.
Chickamauga, Wilderness, Virgin
Ia, Spottsylvania, Drewry's Bluff,
Virginia Ream's Station, Virgin
ia, Hatcher's Run, (Virginia.) and
Stone River. The Union losses as
certain battles which have served TO
make great military regulations
we're insignificant when compared
with Gettysburg, Chickamauga and
Stone River. For instance, the ag-
gregate losses at Opequan Virgin
ia) were 5,0l8 Fishers Hill-(Vir-
ginia) 528; Cedar Greek virginia.
5,665; franklin (Tennessee) 2, 1925
Five Forks (Yirginia) 884 I; Sailors
Creek, 1,180; Nashville (Tennes-
see) 3,057 Sheridan's cavalry, on
May $500, 1864, 656; Resaca, 3 600;
The total losses in the Atlanta cam
paign from May until December,
were only 5000 more than in the
single battle of Chickamauga. Tho
losses in the different assaults at
Vicksburg we're about 5000. Ac-
oording to The returns Of the Con-
federates, their heaviest losses were
at the Seven Days battles, when
their aggregate loss was 20,614.
Their returns show a loss, killed.
wounded and missing Of 20,448 at
Gettysburg.
"This is the book Of revelations
as to both sides in the civil war.
On The Confederate side North Car
olina lost more soldiers killed than
any other southern state. The fol-
lowing was the loss in killed and
MORALLY wounded Of several Of the
southern states. North Carolina,
14,522 Virginia, 5 1928 South Car
olina, 9. 1877 Georgia, 1853; Mis-
sissippi, 5,807 Louisiana, 9,7I4.
North Carolina heads the list in the
number that died of wounds, and
&c, ,602 of her sons died of disease.
and 6,946 Virginians. North Caro-
lina's military population IN 1851
was liz, 1888, but she furnished 125,
600 men to the Confederate cause.
The percentage of lost and killed
and wounded was greater in the
Confederate armies than in the Un-
ion armies. AT Gettysburg the 26th
North Carolina, of Pettigrew's bri-
gade, went into action with over 500
men, and lost 588 in killed and
wounded and 120 missing, most Of
whom were also killed or wounded.
Most Of this loss occurred on the
morning of July 1, when this regi-
ment fought the One Hundred and
Fifty-tirst Pennsylvania and Coop
er's battery. This Pennsylvania
regiment lost 325 in killed, wound
ed and missing at Gettysburg. The
Twenty-sixlh North Carolina had
only 2l5 men lett for duty when 1t
went into Longstreet's assault on
the third day, aud on the following
day but 80 men were left. On the
first day Capt. Tuttle's company
went into action with 3 officers and
"a men. All the officers and 83 Of
the men were killed or wounded.
On the same day Company G of the
Eleventh North Carolina lost 2 off,
GERS and "a out of 80 men, killed or
wounded. Capt. Bird of this COM
pany and The four remaining men
then went into what 10 popularly
called Pickett's charge. The flag
bearer was shot, and Capt. Bird
brought out the flag himself. This
was the severesl regimental loss
during the war. The percentage
of regimentaI, brigade, and division
losses of the Conlederates were ter
rible."-N. Y. Times.