The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-08-20
Fatalities in Battle.

ry could not we'll have been surpassed,
on the other hand it cannot be permit
/ ted To oyershadow that displayed on
many stricken field during the. Civil
War. and especially by the Southern
soldiery, who were always cutnumb-
cred, by the enemy. better armed. bet
ter clothed and better fed. In refer
ence to this battle the Chicago Inter- /
Ocean gives an extended review OF
some of the bloodiest battles of the /
world. a condensation of which will
no doubt prove Interesting in these
war times to the readers of the States. !
The main purpose of the Inter-Ocean. |
by the by. is to draw parallel be- !
tween the old-style guns and the ini-
portant question to be determined by |
this war Is the efficacy OF improved
firearms; and claims that it is not safe
to conclude that because the latter arm
+ was used at Santiago the loss in killed
, aud wounded was heavier than in bat
ties where the misunderstanding rifle
was used General Shafter, the article
goes on to say. had in line probably
IL 900 men. He had % officers and
geo enlisted men killed; 81 officers and
1908 enlisted meu wounded, and 79
missing The fighting was OF the
| tiercest order because the American
. troops charged On the Spaniards pro-
I tected by blockhouses and intrench-
, ments. A great many officers were
! killed because they led their men in
a these charges.
r AT the battle of Franklin, Tenn,
4 General Hood with $4,000 men, as
? saulted The position held by General
) Schotield with 1900 men. This was
h one of the fiercest battles of the Civil
q War. General Hood lost 1850 men
: killed, $500 men wounded and 702
prisoners. General Schofeld, fighting
behind hastily constructed intrench-
Y ments, lost l99 killed. 1888 wounded
/. and 11Q4 prisoners.
4 At Balls Bluff, with only 1900 men
70 engaged, the Union forces bad SEQ men
II killed in the battle and IJ9 men
|. wounded. At the first battle of Bull
y Ran the Union Army of %, 455 had 48l
! killed. 1011 wounded. and 1916 miss
ar ing. The Confederates in the same
r battle had 4S7 killed and 1882 wound
" en-. In the battle Of Antietam the
W Union army lost 2108 killed, 9549
n wounded, aud 1853 missing. The Con-
n federates entered on the Maryland
"A campaign with $4,000 effective fight
q ing men They lost during the cam
IN paign $1,000. In the charge on Kene
T saw mountain General Sherman los
n 500 men. In the battle o. Peach Tres
I Creek the Confederates lost 1000.
10 In the first battle of the Wilderness
80 the Army of the Potomac had 143 OF
~, ficers and 21OS men killed, 500 officer
MI and l1,468 men wounded, and l5'
officers and 3245 men captured. A
on Cold Harbor, in the same campaign
mr. Grant had 143 officers and 1892 mel
70 killed. 1913 officers and 1914 mel
m wounded. and 80 officers and HS
ri, men captured. At Spottsylyania, Gran
had ia officers and 2551 men killed
ed and e72 officers and 1874 me
IN wounded. The slaughter in these bal
: Ties was terrific because OH both side
T were seasoned and experienced soldier
no who were trained to shoot we'll. 1Th
same is true of the battle ut Antletai
tho ard If the fierce battle at Franklin.
The fatalities in some OF the foreig
wars are then given, by which it wi
be seen that the Turks and Rassial
especially are no meaa lighters then
10, selves.
''' AT Pleyna. in the Tufo-Russan W;
the of 1877, the Russians lost 20, 200 me
in one assault. During the siege
inc pleyua the Russians lost 10000 me-
and the Turks 10000. Over 40 OF
'"e men were LOST in the different attacl
ere: on Schipka pass. In the assault {
, TO Malakoff. in the Crimean war, t.
French lost l646 killed. 1900 woun
rds ed, and 400 missing.> Among t
killed were five generals and l4O 9th
rds, officers. The English IN the san
assault lost $50 killed, 1886 wounde
20 and 176 missing. In this attack t
French captured and held their pc
S, to ton; the English did not.
In the battle of Sadowa between
], to Austrians and Prussians the Austria
lost 4O, 900 IN killed and wounded a
rds, 90, 600 prisoners. The Prussians IL
about 10000. This was fighting OIL
Irds, LARGE scale and about 200, 600 M
were engaged on each SIDE But in {
!, j. gagements corresponding to that
the battle in front of Santiago the II
during our own civil war, in the FRI
aid CO. Prnssian war, in the Turko-Russi
at war, and in the war between Aust
nv and Prussia was as great as ut Sal
: MS ago.
1t is argued that, after all the gu
II as lion raised-in comparison of the n
ply rifles with the old and their use In D
or a tie turns on the correctness OF the al
heen and the fact is cited that in the earl
part of the civil war there was gt
wing deal of wild shooting, though our G
the temporary mistakes when it leaves
I we inference that this was more from W
OBJ of skill in handling the gun than 10
lack of cool courage in the soldIe
''' - with this GOODNESS, even an unpractl
hoea man would properly handle his
nd l and shoot fairly we'll, SIN the last
ed a years of the war both Union and c
aa federate soldiers held their fire unit
was effective, and then shot to ii
'pou' Yes, and because repeated exposur
G. l.. danger had steadied their nerves.
w. 1t has been claimed that the Am
fore cans are naturally better shots