This section is from the book "Manual Of Useful Information", by J. C Thomas. Also available from Amazon: Manual of useful Information.
(From "Regimental Losses in the American Civil War," by William F.Fox,lieutenant-Colonel, U.S.V.)
As to the loss in the Union armies, the greatest battles in the war were:
Date. | Battle. | Killed. | Wounded* | Missing. | Aggregate |
July 1-3, 1863....... | Gettysburg......... | 3,070 | 14,497 | 5.434 | 23,001 |
May 8-18,-1864...... | Spottsylvania..... | 2,725 | 13,413 | 2.258 | 18,399 |
May 5-7, 1864....... | Wilderness.... | 2,246 | 12,037 | 3,383 | 17,666 |
September 17, 1862. | Antietam + | 2,108 | 9,549 | 753 | 12,410 |
May 1-3, 1863....... | Chancellorsville .. | 1,606 | 9,762 | 5,919 | 17,287 |
Sept. 19-20, 1863.... | Chickamauga | 1,656 | 9,749 | 4,774 | 16,179 |
June 1-4, 1864...... | Cold Harbor | 1,844 | 9,077 | 1,816 | 12,737 |
Dec. 11-14, 1862. .. | Fredericksburg.. | 1,284 | 9.600 | 1,769 | 12,653 |
August 28-30, 1862.. April 6-7, 1862..... | Manassas ++:......... | 1,747 | 8,452 8,408 | 4,263 2,885 | 14,462 |
Shiloh........... | 1,754 | 13,047 | |||
December 31, 1862. | Stone's River§___ | 1,730 | 7,802 | 3,717 | 13.249 |
June 15-19, 1864.... | Petersburg(as'a'lt) | 1.688 | 8.513 | 1.185 | 11.386 |
*Wounded in these, and the following returns include mortally wounded.
+ Not including South Mountain or Crampton's Gap.
‡ Including Chantilly, Rappahannock, Bristol Station and Bull Run Bridge.
§Including Knob Gap, and losses on January 1 and 2, 1863.
The Union losses at Bull Run (first Manassas), July 21, 1861, were: Killed, 470; wounded, 1,071; captured and missing, 1,793; aggregate, 3,334.
The Confederate losses in particular engagements were as follows: Bull Run (first Manassas), July 21, 1861, killed, 387; wounded, 1,582; captured and missing, 13; aggregate, 1,982. Fort Donelson, Tenn.. February 14 -16, 1862, killed, 466; wounded, 1,534; captured and missing, 13,829; aggregate, 15,829. Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7, 1862, killed, 1,723; wounded, 8,012; captured and missing, 959; aggregate, 10,694. Seven Days' Battle, Virginia, June 25-July 1, 862, killed, 3,478; wounded, 16.261; captured and missing, 875; aggregate, 20,614. Second Manassas, August 21-September 2, killed, 1,481; wounded and missing, 7,627; captured and missing, 89; aggregate, 9,197. Antietam campaign, September 12-20, 1862, killed, 1,886; wounded, 9,348; captured and missing, 1,367; aggregate, 12,601. Fredericksburg, December 13,1862, killed, 596; wounded, 4,068; captured and missing, 651; aggregate, 5,315. Stone's River, Tenn., December 31, 1862, killed, 1,294; wounded, 7,945; captured and missing, 1,027; aggregate, 10,266. Chancellorsville, May 1-4, 1863, killed, 1,665; wounded, 9,081; captured and missing, 2,018; aggregate, 12,764. Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863, killed, 2,592; wounded, 12,706; captured and missing, 5,150; aggregate, 20,448. Chickamauga, September 19-20, 1863, killed, 2,268; wounded, 13,613;captured and missing, 1,090: aggregate, 16,971.
Gettysburg was the greatest battle of the war; Antietam the bloodiest. The largest army was assembled by the Confederates at the seven days' fight; by the Unionists at the Wilderness. _______
 
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