how many died at battle of gettysburg
Gettysburg Casualties (Battle Deaths at Gettysburg) Nearly one-third of the total forces engaged at Gettysburg became casualties. George Gordon Meadeâs Army of the Potomac lost 28 percent of the men involved; Robert E. Leeâs Army of Northern Virginia suffered over 37 percent. Of these casualties, 7,058 were fatalities (3,155 Union, 3,903 Confederate). Another 33,264 had been wounded (14,529 Union, 18,735 Confederate) and 10,790 were missing (5,365 Union, 5,425 Confederate). At field hospitals around Gettysburg, amputated limbs lay in heaps and were buried together.