The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-10-18

Totals...2,7l2 1888 7,467 22,9o7
Add cavalry losses, estimated. .....1 $50
Total losses in campaign. ,247
Therefore, if we add, say $500
slightly wounded, omitted from the
Confederate reports by Lees orders,
which would then make it fair com
parison with the Union reports of the
same battle, we have an aggregate sum
| of &C. ,749 as the Confederate losses in
the Gettysburg campaign, made up
from figures Of the Confederates them
selves, excepting the two items of cav
airy losses and slightly wounded The
cavalry losses we're probably double
the figures l give, which apply to op.
erations north Of the Potomac only.
This tabulation Of itself is proof that
the losses Of the Confederates greatly
| exceeded those Of the Union army
even if we admit the slightly wounded.
The Confederate reports, for sub
stantial reason, are Enthusiastically,
even when any were made, because, as
they abandoned the field and largely
their killed and mortally wounded, it
goes without saying that they lacked
accurate knowledge Of their actual
losses in those two items. Careful in
vestigation. however, of the available
o&c;s! data att other sources Of in
formation has determined Ehe fact that
their killed amounted to 3 c,o3, instead
of 1858, as reported by DR.. Guild, and
1874 wounded, instead Of 1850, as
stated by Guild. DR.. Guilds shortage
comes doubtless, from the fact that he
took no account of the killed and wound
ed abandoned to the enemy on the third
day after Pickett's and johnson s
charges. AS previously stated, the
Union rolls show the names of IL, 227
prisoners captured at Gettysburg,
wounded and unwounded. OF these
6,802 were wounded, and are conse-
quently to be added to the aggregate
of wounded as made up by DR.. Guild,
less 77o wounded whom they officially
reported captured. This deduction
leaves 5,195 we'll prisoners captured
by the Federals, which pretty we'll
agrees with the Confederate report of
5, $50 missing, as it appears in the war
records summary. Now, these are
practically all official figures, collected
from every source, and deduced by
comparing the reports Of the op-
posing armies. Hence the Confederate
losses are thus summed up in round
numbers:
Killed. ........ 3,803
Wounded. i. 1874
Missing ......... 5,195
Total .......... -. -. 81, ,739
But it must not be overlooked that
from this tabulation is omitted entire
ly the slightly wounded covered by
Gen. Lees order. If these be added,
estimated as above at $500, probably
a low one, the total Confederate cas-
ualties at Gettysburg will be as fol-
lows:
Killed, wounded and missing. .27, ,739
Slightly wounded :. $500
Total 80, ,239
And passing from fact as establish
| ed by the records iato the field of
speculation more or less, although
there is warrant for the deductions in
the records, it is highly probable that
Gen. Lees even exceeded the forego.
ing aggregate, without including the
slightly wounded item. The official
returns Of strength for the Armyuoi
Northern Virginia on May 81, 1863,
the last on file before the battle Of
Gettysburg, shows that it contained
then q, ,93l men for duty. During
the month Of June it was greatly
strengthened b. recruits and from
other sources to probably near So, ,0OC
men Of all arms. Lee'a g correspondence
with tho Richmond authorities and his