The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1895-09-18
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THAT CRUEL, CRUEL WAR;!
Blood and Money Spent In Sublugating
The South.

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On the battlefield enough men were
shot dead to furnish the whole male
population of some of the chief cities,
and of some Of the old populous States.
The treasure expended would buy out
two Of the richest States in the Union
to-day, and the lives lost in the war,
including deathsfrom all causes, would
furnish the entire male population Of
the greatest city in the land to-day.
France has been the one famous
fighting nation Of the century. Her
wars have filled the annals Of European
peoples with themes for the brightest
pens, with pictures that challenge
those of classic ages as subjects for
the artist to place an enduring stone.
Take Napoleon from the stage of
the world between 1900 and 1915, and
what remains? In those fifteen years
Of war France lost 2, 1000, 900 0men. The
North alone lost equally in proportion
from 1861 to 1865. During her periods
Of greatest martial activity France
never put into the field at any one
stage more men than the North had
under arms the last twelve months of
the war, and the average in each Of
the years from 1862 to 1865, inclusive,
was about the same as in Francein her
years of warfare. But in order to get
a comprehensive view of the magnitude
Of the conflict one must 60 beyond the
figures identified with any single nation
for parallel.
On the battlefield of Borodino, long
considered one of the bloodiest in
modern times, there were 250, 1000 men
engaged, representing the powerful
nations of France and Russia. At
Gettysburg there were 168,000 men
present, all Of one nation, for civil
war means the conflict Of a divided
household. At. the very same time
there were 115, 600 men contending at
Vicksburg, and at Port Hudson and
Helena, above and below Vicksburg,
there were $4,000 more of these same
brethren of one household battling for
control Of the great river. This means,
then, that while Napoleon, invading
Russia and the Gear, stemming the
tide, mustered in all 25O,0OO men, the
American nation, in the mastery
struggles over Washington and the
great highway Of the West brought
into action 333,0Q0 soldiers.
But there is parallel more startling
still. A year after Borodino the allied
peoples arose in their might to wipe
out Napoleon and France. There were
six of the greatest misunderstanding
out Austria-involved, and it was, for
France, and also for her enemies,
Russia, England, Prussia, Spain and
Sweden, a war to the death. They
met at Leipsic and fought three days,
bringing to the battlefield the enor-
nous muster. of 465,OOO men. One
year after Gettysburg America 8
belligerent sons, the blue and the
gray, rallied for the grand encounter
in fr- Richmond and before At
lanta. 81
For one hundred days they fought
steadily over the course between the
Rapidan and the James for one hun
dred days there was thrust and parry
within the mountain glens and the
thicket passes of Georgia, and the
armies in the field marshalled under
the banners Of Grant and Lee, Of
Sherman and Johnston, numbered half
a million Of men, more than the six
ancient nations Of Europe brought to-
gether with six ancient crowns hanging
in the balance. Neither were the
Americans wanting in those qualities
which in warriors deeply excite the
veneration of those who review their
deeds. They fought to the limit Of
human endurance, and their record on
the battlefield compares favorably with
that Of modern European soldiers.
Following are
THIRTEEN NOTABLE BATTLES
Of the century, where the loss in killed
and wounded exceeded 10 per cent Of
the number engaged:
l. Eilau, 1907. Russians and
French. Loss, 26 per cent.
2. Stone River (Iurfreesboro, 1862
Loss, % 1-2 per cent. The Union
troops were not all closely engaged,
but their loss was % per cent.
8. Marengo, 1900. Austriaus and
French. Loss, % per cent.
4. Chicamauga, 1863. Loss, 21
per cent. The Union troops we're not
all closely engaged, but their loss was
20 per cent.
5. Antietam, 1862. Loss, 81 per cent
Union troops were not all closely en-
gagged, but their loss was 19 per cent.
6. Leipsic, 1873. Allies and French.
Loss, 21 per cent. Leipsic has been
termed by the Germans 'sthe battle Of
the nations" on account Of the vast
armies assembled which numbered
465, 900 men.
Z. Gettysburg, 1863. Loss, 20 pei
cent. Union troops not all closely
engaged, and their loss 19 per cent.
The four Union corps most heavily
engaged-namely, the 1st, I'd and 11th
lost 80 per cent. Tie six corps most
closely engaged-including the 9th
and 18th with the above-lost about
27 per cent.
8. Shiloh, 1862. Loss, 20 per cent.
Union loss, II IL per cent.
9. -la-Tour, 1870. Germans
and French. Loss, 16 per cent.
10. Waterloo, 1914. Loss, IA per
cent.
II. Woerth, 1870. Germans and
French. Loss, IA per cent.
IL. Solferino, 1859. French and
Austrians. Loss, IL per cent.
13. Sadowa, 1866. Prussians and
Austrians. Loss, IL per cent.
Of these battles Eilau, Marengo,
Leipsic and Waterloo were fought
with smooth-bore Hintlock muskets
Stone River, Chickamauga, Antietam,
Gettysburg, Shiloh and Soiferino with
rifed barrels and percussion caps, and
Woerth and Marsha Tour with breech-
leaders. At Sadowa the PrussianH
had breech-loaders.
If the figures for the losses at Eilau,
Marengo and Leipsic could be given
with the exactness that applies to the
battles of the civil war it is probable
that the percentage of losses on those
fields would be found less than esti-
mated above.