| Comparative Casualties: Union & Confederate Armies First Twelve Major Battles | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATTLE | UNION FORCES | CONFEDERATE FORCES | ||||
| TROOPS | KIA/WIA | % | TROOPS | KIA/WIA | % | |
| Shiloh | 62,682 | 10,162 | 16.2% | 40,335 | 9,735 | 24.1% |
| Seven Pines | 41,797 | 4,384 | 10.5% | 41,816 | 5,729 | 13.7% |
| Seven Days | 91,169 | 9,796 | 10.7% | 95,481 | 19,739 | 20.7% |
| Second Manassas | 75,696 | 10,096 | 13.3% | 48,527 | 9,108 | 18.8% |
| Antietam | 75,316 | 11,657 | 15.5% | 51,844 | 11,724 | 22.6% |
| Perryville | 36,940 | 3,696 | 10.0% | 16,000 | 3,145 | 19.7% |
| Fredericksburg | 100,007 | 10,884 | 10.9% | 72,497 | 4,656 | 6.4% |
| Chancellorsville | 97,382 | 11,116 | 11.4% | 57,352 | 10,746 | 18.7% |
| Vicksburg | 45,556 | 3,052 | 6.7% | 22,301 | 29396* | ** |
| Gettysburg | 83,289 | 17,684 | 30.4% | 75,054 | 22,638 | 30.2% |
| Chickamaugua | 58,222 | 17,684 | 30.4% | 66,326 | 16,986 | 25.6% |
| TOTAL | 722,500 | 107,159 | 14.8% | 565,232 | 114,206 | 20.2% |
| Comparative Casualties: Union Forces vs Army of Northern Virginia (under Lee) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BATTLE | UNION FORCES | Army of Northern Virginia | ||||
| TROOPS | KIA/WIA | % | TROOPS | KIA/WIA | % | |
| Seven Days | 91,169 | 9,796 | 10.7% | 95,481 | 19,739 | 20.7% |
| Second Manassas | 75,696 | 10,096 | 13.3% | 48,527 | 9,108 | 18.8% |
| South Mountain | 28,480 | 1,728 | 6.1% | 18,714 | 1,885 | 10.1% |
| Antietam | 75,316 | 11,657 | 15.5% | 51,844 | 11,724 | 22.6% |
| Fredericksburg | 100,007 | 10,884 | 10.9% | 72,497 | 4,656 | 6.4% |
| Chancellorsville | 97,382 | 11,116 | 11.4% | 57,352 | 10,746 | 18.7% |
| Gettysburg | 83,289 | 17,684 | 21.2% | 75,054 | 22,638 | 30.2% |
| Wilderness/Cold Harbor | 122,000 | 50,000 | 40.1% | 70,000 | 32,000 | 45.7% |
| Weldon RR | 20,289 | 9,066 | 8.1% | 14,787 | 1,200 | 8.1% |
| Appomattox | 112,992 | 9,066 | 8.1% | 49,496 | 6,666 | 13.5% |
| TOTAL | 806,620 | 133,330 | 16.5% | 553,752 | 120,362 | 21.7% |
Troops = forces listed as present at battle.
KIA/WIA = casualties.
% = Percentage of forces that became casualties.
* Includes POWS
** Not calculated.
*** Totals exclude numbers given for Vicksburg campaign
Source: McWhiney, Grady & Jamieson, Perry D. Attack & Die! Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 1982.
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Robert E. Lee: The Myth and the Mistakes
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Robert E. Lee: Drawing (CH#7)
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