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265 Series I Volume XXXVI-I Serial 67 - Wilderness-Cold Harbor Part I

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APPENDIX F.-Consolidated classified statement of wounds, &c.-Continued.

Location of Second Fifth Sixth

injury, &c. Corps Corps Corps

Bullet wounds 13,311 7,789 5,365

Bayonet wounds 12 4 5

Sword wounds .............. 1 1

Amputations in

field

hospitals 896 838 456

Excisions in

field

hospitals 134 173 73

Average

aggregate

strength

present 25,148 19,535 20,041

Medical

officers

present 162 132 112

Killed (by

regimental

reports) 2,949 1,608 1,524

Wounded (by

regimental

reports) 15,344 11,462 7,907

Missing (by

regimental

reports) 4,961 3,144 1,690

Officers

wounded 738 444 355

Location of Ninth Cavalry Total

injury, &c. Corps Corps

Bullet wounds 4,932 1,895 33,292

Bayonet wounds 16 ......... 37

Sword wounds ........... 16 18

Amputations in

field

hospitals 607 78 2,875

Excisions in

field

hospitals 146 42 568

Average

aggregate

strength

present 16,984 14,586 96,294

Medical

officers

present 93 62 561

Killed (by

regimental

reports) 1,058 403 7,542

Wounded (by

regimental

reports) 5,131 2,102 41,946

Missing (by

regimental

reports) 2,547 1,821 14,163

Officers

wounded 256 129 1,902

APPENDIX G.

Consolidated statement of officers of the Army of the Potomac wounded during the period from May 1 to July 31, 1864.

Rank Second Corps Fifth Corps Sixth Corps

Brigadier-

generals 5 3 1

Colonels 30 20 11

Lieutenant-

colonels 25 22 13

Majors 37 17 16

Captains 247 126 106

Lieutenants 394 253 187

Medical

officers 1 3 ..........

Chaplains ........... ........... 1

Total 739 444 335

Enlisted men

wounded 13,956 9,141 5,614

Ratio of

wounded

officers to

enlisted men.a

1-18.9 1-20.6 1-16.7

Rank Ninth Corps Cavalry Corps Total

Brigadier-

generals .......... ........... 9

Colonels 10 8 79

Lieutenant-

colonels 8 ........... 68

Majors 16 10 96

Captains 72 50 601

Lieutenants 149 60 1,043

Medical

officers 1 ............ 5

Chaplains ........... 1 2

Total 256 129 1,903

Enlisted men

wounded 5,801 1,994 36,508

Ratio of

wounded

officers to

enlisted men.a

1-22.7 1-15.4 1-19.2

a The above figures show the ratio existing between the number of officers and of enlisted men wounded as shown by the nominal list of wounded.

APPENDIX H.

Consolidated statement of losses in the medical department and Ambulance Corps of the Army of Potomac, May 1 to July 31, 1864.

Second Fifth Sixth Ninth Cavalry Total

Corps Corps Corps Corps Corps

Medical

officers:a

Killed ...... 1 ...... ..... ..... 1

Wounded 1 3 ...... 1 ..... 5

Missing 2 1 ...... ..... 5 8

Hospital

stewards:

Wounded ...... 2 ...... ..... 1 3

Missing ...... ..... ...... 1 ..... 1

Ambulance

officers:

Wounded 1 1 ...... ..... ...... 2

Killed ...... ..... ...... 1 ...... 1

Ambulance

sergeants:

Killed ...... ...... 1 ..... ...... 1

Wounded ...... 4 1 ..... ...... 5

Missing 1 3 ..... ..... ...... 4

Ambulance

privates:

Killed ...... 6 2 1 ...... 9

Wounded 22 16 18 4 ...... 60

Missing 5 9 ...... 9 ...... 23

Horses b

(ambu-

lance):

Killed 9 2 ...... ..... ...... 11

Wounded 8 6 ...... ..... ...... 14

a No reports have been received from the Sixth Corps, or the First and Second Divisions, Cavalry Corps.

b No reports of loss of horses, wagons, &c., have been received from the Ninth Army Corps.


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