The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1898-07-21
RArTLEg oF 90 ~ -
ra Whlch tie Losses o Bosh Sides
were EuormoHs.

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, north. The Losses en- both sides wer
, enormous Though they nearly b.
anced each other IN actual number.
the Confederate loss was proportion
ately the largest, footing no the almoi
unprecedented total Of thlrty-nE pf
cent while the federal loss was twenty
aaven psr cent Il is estimated tha
the federal force numbered $1,000 me
and the Confederate 1000,
The official reports of the losses a.
precise enough. They place the fed
eral loss az !, ,s84 killed, i8 zoe wounde.
aud 0.Glj missing Is, is0 men IN az
The southern loss Is given as 1905 kill
ed. 1850 wounded, and q 48l missing
or q, 79s men IN al. which, With tn
800 men killed or wounded In The paF
airy on July and 0. faots up their ia
tai losses at more than $4,000
/ Yet these official agures are rathe
below than above tho total amount o
damage done to and 81 both armies Il
these bloody struggles Thus, whili
the federal reports acknowledged 4, as.
killed, the report made BY the hospitalt
bear evidence to The burial Of ad7l
Union paFpses The number Of fedtF
ala who actually persisted at aettFs
burg may be estimated at 1000 some
1900 or t,l0O having died Of thpII
wounds.
on the other hand, Meade had 1901
| prisoners But there were 2 zoe wound
cd among them. Hence, there only FB.
maiued G859 able bodied prisoners,
The number of .. l04 reckoned BY Log
as the number Of men missing must
therefore represent besides these ahle
bodied prisoners, most of TIE men stFi.
ously wounded during the attack mpde
by Pickett and Heath. and abandoned
on the battle field i Is obvious there.
fore, that the total number 81 Confhd.
crate wounded was more than iS.50O
And II Is reasonable 10 suppose that
after tho combat tho wounded were fQF
a few days more rapidly dsclmhted
than their fedelal companies n afille-
tion.
Among the dead and wounded on
both sides were an uhusual number Of
superior officers, who had most gallant.
" exposed themselves, The tedeals
had ten generals killed and left two N
the hands Of the enemy. The Confed.
crates lost seventeen generals, three Of
whom were killed, thirteen wounded
and three captured
10 was not until the official reports Of
losses came in THAT II was shown that
even Bul Run, as the first battle Of
Manassa Is sometimes called, though it
ended In 8 disastrous panic on the
northern side, was bavelY and stub
bornly contested on both sides FOR
many hours. The Confederate army Of
p, 600, reinforced az the nick Of tlme
by 1000 men, drove the federal army of
$4,000 back on Washington with . loss
Of 1850 men, But they themselves lost
t,G59.
In the second battle Of Manassas the
Union forces Of 10000 men were de-
feated by 5000 Coniederates with d
loss to the former Of II, 600 and TO the
latter Of 7,241 men.
at Chancellorville where The federal
army under Hooker was defeated itsI
loss was 1905 killed, Q,702 wounded
and 5,9i9 missing or Il, ,2s7 men in all.
The confederate loss amounted TO less
than i2,OOO men, Of whom 500 were
wounded, l,5Sl killed aud from /, 700 to
1900 taken prisoners
at the battle Of Shiloh, or Pittsburg
Landing, The total confederate loqs was
reported at l0,600. The federal loss,
made up from Official statements, show
/ 200 billed 7,045 wounded 8,O99 pris-
on ersi aggregate. 1880
Grants capture Of Fort DOnelson was
affected with $1,000 men, 5000 less than
the enemy. The latter were strongly |
intrenchcd and fortified, As at sahti.
ago, the feet came to the assistance Of |
the beselgors. Their total loss was
some $500 men, The COufederhtos
captured were more than 1900.
The indscisive battle OF Fair Oaks
was attended BY loss on the federal
side OF 8, 789 men namely, $40 killed
B sea wounded end / .222 prisoners. The
total confederate loss Q, 100
At Gaines Min, or Chickihonlny, the
losses were heavy on both sides. Ont
of $1,000 men engaged the federals
had nearly 1000 killed and wounded.
Their victorious assaiIanis. who number
Cd some 10000 men, suffered even more.
The seven days hghting which guc
oeeded Gaines MIL, and in which the
sntire armies Of Mcclellan and Lee
we're engaged were all bloody On the
lfh of July, when The former reached
Harrison's Landing, be found himself
Nth $1,000 men under arms, which
meant loss. since TIE 10th Of june
preceding, Of 1890 men. 0f these
$50 had been killed, 1900 wounded
md 0.t5s missing The losses q Lees
Irny during theisame period amounted
o some 5000 men, more than one {
ourth Of ~ effective force. Ii
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