The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1908-10-01

A officers and 800 men by accident, dis
ease, etc, total of 43S; the LIST Mass.
Cav. lost 6 officers, SO in action, and 40
men by disease, accident etc., making a
total of 239: the 3rd Mass. Cav. lost 5
officers and 10l men in action and 2 Off
GERS and $50 men by accident, disease,
etc, making a total of 2SS; the End N.
Y. Cav. lost 8 officers and 112 men in
action, and l officer and 235 men by ac-
cident, disease, etc, making a total of
357; the 9TH N. Y. lost s officers and SO
men in action, and 3 officers and 222
men by accident, etc, making total of
326; the Sth n. Y lost Ia officers and 81
men in action and officers and 260 men
by disease, etc. making total of 80;
the 9th N. Y. lost 6 officers and 81 men
in action, and officers 126 men by dis
ease, etc, making a total of 223; the 10th
n. Y. lost 8 officers and SO men in action
and l officer and 14S men by disease, etc,
making total of 251; the 10Th n. Y.
lost officers and 126 men in action, and
l officer and 1870 men by disease, etc,
making total of 26l; the Oath N. Y.
lost officers and 107 men in action, and
l officer and 1873 men by disease, etc,
making total of 24S; the 1st Nj. Cay.
lost II officers and 116 men in action,
and officers and 1875 men by disease;
etc, making total of By; the 1st Pa.
lost officers and 81 men in action, and
l officer and 1O4 men by accident, etc,
making a total Of 202; the 4th Pa. lost 8
officers and 50 men in action, and 3 Off
GERS and 257 men by accident, disease,
etc, making total Of 1858; the 7th Pa.
lost officers and 81 men in action, and
5 officers and 1S5 men by accident, etc,
making total of 292; the 18th Pa. lost
II officers and 10S men in action, and
$50 by accident, disease, etc, making a
total of 299; the 14th Pa. lost 2 officers
and 81 men in action, and 296 men by
disease, etc, making total of 395; the
10th Pa. lost 5 officers and 100 men in
action, and officers and 191 men by
accident, etc, making total of 200: the
18th Pa. lost 6 officers and 9S men in
action and 12S men Dy disease, accident,
etc, making total of 1872; the 3th Ind {.
lost 8 officers and 1873 men in action, and
1 officer and 2a0 men by disease, etc,
making total of 1913 (but this regiment
served as an infantry regiment, and
most Of its losses occurred while SO
serving); LIST Mich lost IA officers and
$50 men in action, and officers and PA
men by accident, etc, making total of
Hi, Iuo oUu NlCu lOSu U OluC0rS ana 100
men in action, and 3 officers and 222
men by disease, etc, making a total of
366; the 9th Mich. lost officers and 12S
men in action, and 251 men by disease,
etc, making total of $50; the 18th Mich.
lost officers and 81 men in action, and
= officers and 256 men by disease, etc,
making total of 343; the 9Th Kansas
lost officers and 81 men in action, and
3 officers and 140 men by disease, etc.
making total Of 22S. From this it
will be seen that but % of all the Cav.
regiments in the Union Army lost more
men in action than did the 3rd Iowa and
but II of all the regiments sustained
more casualties. The 3rd Iowa lost
more men in action and sustained more
casualties than any other cavalry regi-
ment from Iowa. You know that Iowa
lost the highest percentage of it's sol
diers of any state in the union, and it
has been said that "no one ever saw a
dead cavalryman" etc. Let the figures
again speak for us. The following Iowa
Infantry regiments, II in number, had
greater losses in killed and wounded,
than did the 3rd Cav. to wit; the End,
srd, 4th, 5th, 9th, 9TH, Sth, 9th, 10th,
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