(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. _______