Next Prev Next Enter Your Search Terms Below Putting your search in quotes will search on the entire phrase - like "15th New Jersey". Limit to the first 10 20 50All results. Fox's Regimental Losses GREATEST BATTLES OF THE WAR. 541 were "present for duty equipped." The Army of the Potomac, according to the morning report of April 30, 1864, had an "aggregate present" of 127,471, not including the Ninth Corps.* As regards the loss in the Union armies, the greatest hattles of the war were : Date. July 1-3, 1863. May 8-18, 1864. May 5-7, 1864. Sept. 17, 1862. May 1-3, 1863. Sept. 19-20, 1863. June 1-4, 1864. Dec. 11-14, 1862. Aug. 28-30, 1862. April 6-7, 1862. Dec. 31, 1862. June 15-19,1864. Battle. Killed. Gettysburg 3,070 Spotsylvania . 2,725 Wilderness.. 2,246 Antietam f... 2,108 Chancellorsville . 1,606 Chickamauga . 1,656 Cold Harbor. 1,844 Fredericksburg 1,284 Manassas* .. 1,747 Shiloh.... 1,754 Stone's River§. 1,730 Petersburg (Assault) . 1,688 As before, the missing includes the captured ; but the number missing at Fredericks-burg and Cold Harbor may be fairly added to the killed and wounded, as it represents men who fell in an unsuccessful assault. In connection with these matters the question naturally arises,--Which were victories, and which were defeats ? To answer fairly and without prejudice would only invite bitter and senseless criticism from both sides. It is too soon to attempt any discussion of this much vexed topic. Still, there are certain conceded facts relative to this matter which one might venture to recall to mind. They may be premised with the military axioms,— that when an army retains pos session of the battle field and buries its enemy's dead, it certainly cannot be considered as a defeated army ; and that when an army abandons the field, either slowly or in rout, and leaves its dead and wounded in the hands of the enemy, it certainly should not claim a victory. In the following named battles the Union armies remained in undisturbed possession of the field, the enemy leaving many of their wounded and most of their dead unburied: Rich Mountain, W. Va. Williamsburg, Va. Crampton's Gap, Md. Mill Springs, Ky. Fort Donelson, Tenn. Shiloh, Tenn. Pea Ridge, Ark. Roanoke Island. N. C. New Berne, N. C. Carter's Farm, Va. Prairie Grove, Ark. Nashville, Tenn. Antietam, Md. South Mountain, Md. Kernstown, Va. Baton Rouge, La. luka, Miss. Corinth, Miss. Chaplin Hills, Ky. Resaca, Ga. Atlanta, Ga., July 21-22. Piedmont, Va. Bentonville, N. C. Gettysburg, Pa. Magnolia Hills, Miss. Raymond, Miss. Champion's Hill, Miss. Stone's River, Tenn. Missionary Ridge, Tenn. Fort Stevens, D. C. Opequon, Va. Cedar Creek, Va. Five Forks, Va. Sailor's Creek, Va. •The Virginia Campaign of '64 and '65 : Humphreys ; pp. 408-411. * Including Chantilly, Rappahannoek. Rrixtne Station, and Hull Kun Bridge, t Not including South Mountain or Crampton'a Gap. $ Including Knob Gap, and losses on January 1st and ad, 1863. _16274
