Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War
73,000 Prussians, 86,000 12,000 12,000 24,000 15 16
Quatre-Bras, 1815 Allies, 31,000 French, 21,500 4,500
4,200 8,700 16 14 Waterloo, 1815 Allies, 100,000 French,
70,000 20,000 22,000 42,000 24 20 Alma, 1854 Allies,
51,000 Russians, 35,000 3,400 5,700 9,100 10 6 Inkermann,
1854 Allies, 15,700 French, 68,000 3,287
10,500 13,787 15 21 Magenta, 1859 Allies, 48,000 Austrians,
60,000 4,500 6,500 11,000 10 9 Solferino, 1859 Allies,
135,000 Austrians, 160,000 16,500 15,000 31,500 10 11 Bull
Run, 1861 Confederates, 18,000 Federals, 18,000 1,969
1,584 3,553 9 10 Perryville, 1862 Federals, 27,000
Confederates, 16,000 3,700 3,200 6,900 16 — Shiloh,
1862 Federals, 58,000 Confederates, 40,000 12,000
9,000 21,000 20 20 Seven Pines, 1862 Federals, 51,000
Confederates, 39,000 5,031 6,134 11,165 12 9 Gaines’ Mill,
1862 Confederates, 54,000 Federals, 36,000 8,000
5,000 13,000 14 14 Malvern Hill, 1862 Federals, 80,000
Confederates, 70,000 2,800 5,500 8,300 5 3 Cedar Run,
1862 Confederates, 21,000 Federals, 12,000 1,314
2,380 3,694 11 6 Second Manassas, 1862 Confederates, 54,000
Federals, 73,000 9,000 13,000 22,000 17 16 Sharpsburg,
1862 Confederates, 41,000 Federals, 87,000 9,500
12,410 21,910 17 23 Fredericksburg, 1862 Confederates,
70,000 Federals, 120,000 4,224 12,747 16,971 8 6
Chickamauga, 1863 Confederates, 71,000 Federals, 57,000 18,000
17,100 35,100 27 25 Chancellorsville, 1863 Confederates,
62,000 Federals, 130,000 10,000 14,000 24,000 12 17
Gettysburg, 1863 Federals, 93,000 Confederates, 70,000 19,000
18,000 37,000 24 20 Chattanooga, 1863 Federals, 60,000
Confederates, 33,000 5,500 3,000 8,500 8 9 Stone’s River,
1863 Federals, 43,000 Confederates, 37,712 9,000
9,500 18,500 24 20 The Wilderness, 1864 Confederates,
61,000 Federals, 118,000 11,000 15,000 26,000 14 18
Spotsylvania Court House, 1864 Confederates, 50,000 Federals,
100,000 8,000 17,000 25,000 16 16 Cold Harbour,
1864 Confederates, 58,000 Federals, 110,000 1,700
10,000 11,700 6 3 Nashville, 1864 Federals, 55,000
Confederates, 39,000 3,000 3,500 6,500 6 5 Königgrätz,
1866 Prussians, 211,000 Austrians, 206,000 8,894
18,000 26,894 6 4 Wörth, 1870 Germans, 90,000 French,
45,000 10,642 8,000 18,642 13 11 Spicheren,
1870 Germans, 37,000 French, 29,000 4,871
4,000 8,871 13 13 Colombey, 1870 Germans, 34,000 French,
54,000 5,000 3,700 8,700 9 14 Vionville, 1870 Germans,
70,000 French, 98,000 15,800 17,000 32,800 19 22
Gravelotte, 1870 Germans, 200,000 French, 120,000 20,000
10,000 30,000 9 10 Noisseville, 1870 Germans, 52,000
French, 100,000 3,078 3,542 6,620 4 5 Plevna, July 20,
1877 Turks, 20,000 Russians, 7,000 1,000
2,850 3,850 13 5 Plevna, July 30, 1877 Turks, 20,000
Russians, 30,000 4,000 7,300 11,300 22 20 Pelishat, Aug.
31, 1877 Russians, 20,000 Turks, 15,000 1,350
1,000 2,350 7 6 Lovtcha, 1877 Russians, 20,000 Turks,
5,000 1,500 2,000 3,500 14 7 Plevna, Sep. 11,
1877 Turks, 35,000 Russians, 80,000 3,000
16,000 19,000 16 8 Plevna, Dec. 10, 1877 Russians, 24,000
Turks, 20,000 2,000 6,000 8,000 17 8 Aladja Dagh,
1877 Russians, 60,000 Turks, 35,000 1,450
4,500 5,950 6 2 Shipka, 1878 Russians, 25,000 Turks,
30,000 5,500 — 5,500 — — — 22 — Tel-el-Kebir,
1882 English, 17,000 Egyptians, 25,000 439
3,000 3,439 9 2
Although this return has been compiled from the most trustworthy
sources, it can only be taken as approximately accurate.
BRITISH LOSSES
Strength Killed and wounded Per- centage *Dettingen, 1743
*Fontenoy, 1745
Alexandria, 1801
*†Assaye, 1803
Coruña, 1809
*Talavera, 1809
*Albuera, 1811
Barossa, 1811
*Salamanca, 1812
*Quatre-Bras, 1815
*Waterloo, 1815
†Maharajpore, 1843
†Moodkee, 1845
†Ferozeshah, 1845
†Aliwal, 1846
†Sobrao, 1846
†Chillianwalla, 1849
*Alma, 1854
*Inkerman, 1854 12,000
16,600
12,000
4,500
14,500
20,500
8,200
4,400
26,000
12,000
23,991
6,000
9,000
16,000
10,500
15,500
15,000
21,500
7,464 821
4,002
1,521
1,566
1,000
6,250
3,990
1,210
3,386
2,504
6,932
790
874
2,415
580
2,063
2,388
2,002
2,357 6
24
12
34
6
30
48
27
13
20
29
13
9
15
5
13
15
9
31
* In those marked by an asterisk the force formed part of an allied
army.
† In these battles Indian troops took part.
[1] Copyright 1898 by Longmans, Green, & Co.
[2] Hon. Francis Lawley, the _Times,_ June 16, 1863.
[3] _Campaigns of the Army of the Potomac,_ p. 289.
[4] Hon. Francis Lawley, the _Times,_ June 11, 1863.
[5] _Battles and Leaders,_ vol. iii, p. 202.
[6] General J. B. Gordon, Commanding 2nd Army Corps, Army of Northern
Virginia. “Jackson,” says one of his staff, “never changed an order on
the battlefield when he had once given it. I have seen Ewell, Early,
A. P. Hill, and even Lee send an aide with an order, and in a few
minutes send another messenger to recall or alter it.” Letter to the
author.
[7] Major Hotchkiss, C.S.A.
[8] Lord Wolseley, _Macmillan’s Magazine,_ March, 1887.
[9] General J. B. Gordon.
[10] Napier.
[11] See Note at end of volume.
INDEX
A
Abolitionists, i 80, 81–2, 84–6, 88–9, 93, 98, 102.
Abolitionists, Southern, i 82, 85, 88
Adour, passage of river, ii 491
Agincourt, battle of, ii 164
Albuera, battle of, ii 148
Alexander, General, U.S.A., ii 177
Allan, Colonel W., C.S.A., i 274, 309, 352; ii 9, 125
Alvinzi, General, i 419
American soldier (see also _Northern_ and _Southern soldier_), i 106;
ii 342, 345–8, 381
American volunteer, i 33, 48–9; ii 109, 169, 354, 373
Anderson, Colonel G. T., C.S.A., ii 250, 252, 254, 255, 271
Anderson, General R. H., C.S.A., ii 138, 162, 166, 208, 213, 234, 238,
242–3, 254, 257, 272, 329, 412–3, 416, 419–21, 432–5, 445, 459–60,
462–4, 467
Anglo-Saxon race, i 93; ii 339–40, 355
Antietam. (See _Sharpsburg_)
Archduke Charles of Austria, quoted, i 406
Archer, General, C.S.A., ii 95–6, 153, 159, 271, 309–10, 316–8, 434,
436
Armament. (See under _Tactics, Arms_)
Armies and soldiers, regular, i 48–9, 114, 133, 137, 147, 169, 220–2,
227, 427, 429–30; 32–3, 180–1, 360, 362–3, 373
Armies, Northern, i 105, 110–11, 120, 124, 157, 172, 208, 222; ii 339,
345–6, 378, 396–7
Armies, Southern, i 115, 208; 339, 397, 494
Armies, Western. (See _Western_). Armistead, General, C.S.A., ii 61–3,
253, 272
Army, Austrian, i 110; ii 466
Army, English, i 208, 427; ii 340, 355–6, 468
Army, French, i 110, 221, 419; ii 338, 356, 362, 372–3, 491
Army, German, i 256, 426, 427; ii 21–2, 24, 278, 342, 355, 356
Army, Mexican, i 26, 30, 34, 35, 44–5
Army of Mexico (U.S.), i 48–9
Army of Northern Virginia (strength, etc.), i 172, 174, 232, 271, 389;
ii 13, 72, 74, 111–2, 118, 123–4, 165–6, 168, 196, 208, 225, 228–30,
235–6, 242, 267, 271–2, 274–5, 280, 289, 294, 296, 303, 308, 331, 338,
341–4, 347–60, 370–1, 382, 386–7, 398–9, 406, 412–3, 440, 467–8, 487
Army of Prussia, i 110; 338
Army of the Potomac (strength, etc.), i 202, 213, 216, 218, 231, 235,
250, 252, 265, 389; ii 2, 3, 9, 30, 43, 46, 72, 75, 84, 122, 124, 167,
198, 213, 228–31, 243, 267, 272–5, 278–9, 294–5, 299, 300, 314, 327,
329, 331–2, 337, 339, 341–4, 381, 401, 410–2, 466–8
Army of the Rappahannook, Federal, under McDowell (strength, etc.) i
292, 293–4, 304, 355–6, 386
Army of the Shenandoah, Confederate, i 123, 167
Army of the Shenandoah, Federal, under Banks (strength, etc.), i
213–4, 224–6, 269, 293–4, 316–7, 355–6, 447
Army of the Valley (strength, etc.), i 219–25, 228, 235, 253–5, 260,
274, 284, 304, 309–13, 333, 349, 355–6, 371, 373–4, 385, 419, 424–5,
434, 437–8; ii 3, 9, 17–18, 20, 26, 29–30, 34, 68, 79, 83, 85–6, 97,
102, 109, 111, 119, 126–7, 152–3, 160, 164, 169, 178, 247, 268
Army of Virginia, Federal, under Pope, (strength, etc.), i 401; ii 78,
97, 100, 103, 113, 116, 122–3, 124, 132, 135, 151, 165–6, 171, 176
Army of Western Virginia, Federal, under Rosecrans and Frémont,
(strength, etc.), i 186, 188, 205, 213, 217, 269, 275, 293–4, 295,
303, 355–6, 446
Army, United States (strength, etc.), (see also _Officers_), i 24–5,
33, 58, 104–5, 111, 120; ii 30, 33, 36–7, 59, 180
Ashby, General Turner, C.S.A., i 178, 220, 222–5, 227–8, 230, 236–9,
241–2, 246, 259, 264, 265–6, 268–70, 273–4, 284, 288, 291, 303, 309,
320–2, 328–9, 331–4, 342, 345, 350–2, 354, 355–6, 359, 360–3, 368,
431, 436, 446; ii 189, 286
Aspern, battle of, ii 277, 493
Assaye, battle of, ii 491
Atkinson, General, C.S.A., ii 319–20
Aulic Council, i 419
Austerlitz, battle of, i 59, 418, 423; ii 187–8, 395, 426
Averell, General, U.S.A., ii 46, 293, 438, 457
B
Badajos, siege of, ii 490
Balloons, ii 307, 418–9, 425, 480
Banks, General N. P., U.S.A. (see also _Army of the Shenandoah_), i
184, 189, 196, 202, 2113, 216, 218–9, 224–8, 230–2, 235, 247–8, 251–2,
259–60, 263–72, 274–8, 280–4, 287–94, 297, 301–3, 311, 314–7, 321,
323–30, 333–4, 336, 342–4, 347–50, 355–6, 372, 392, 398, 400–1, 405,
408, 411–3, 415, 426, 427, 429–30, 432–3, 441, 447; ii 75, 79, 82, 84,
86, 90, 92, 97, 100–3, 116, 140, 169–70, 182–3, 199, 205, 247, 273,
285, 295, 334, 341, 345, 370, 392–3, 485
“Barbara Fritchie,” i 65
Barksdale, General, C.S.A., ii 259, 271, 306–7
Barlow, General, U.S.A., ii 434, 439
Barossa, battle of, i 254
Bartow, General, C.S.A., i 135, 141–3, 145–6, 150, 160
Bath, skirmish near, i 190
Bautzen, battle of, ii 19, 192
Bayard, General, U.S.A., i 344, 352, 354, 355–6, 359, 446; ii 79, 83,
87–8, 92, 165–6, 180
Beaulieu, General, i 413, 419
Beauregard, General, C.S.A., i 38, 50, 124, 131–3, 136, 141, 147,
151–2, 156, 159–60, 165, 175–6, 201; ii 15
Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia, engagement at, ii 16
Bee, General, C.S.A., i 135, 141–7, 150, 151, 160
Belle Boyd, i 327
Benjamin, Hon. J. P., i 178, 184, 187, 199, 200–201, 203–6, 209–10,
273
Berry, General, U.S.A., ii 427, 440, 447, 450, 456
Bidassoa, passage of river, ii 491
Bigelow, Captain, U.S.A., i 423
Birney, General, U.S.A., ii 316, 318–9, 328
“Black Republicans,” i 81, 86, 96, 102
Blenker, General, U.S.A., i 248, 260, 266, 277, 295, 302, 364, 373–4,
379, 415
Blockade, i 112–3, 124, 213; ii 108, 207, 334, 405
Blücher, Field-Marshal, i 75–6, 259
Bonham, General, C.S.A., i 142, 150
Boots, i 222, 312, 428; ii 203, 205, 209, 235, 349, 350, 353, 382
Borcke, Major Eeros von, C.S.A., ii 282–3
Boswell, Captain J. K., C.S.A., ii 125–6, 449, 455, 465
Boteler, Hon. R., Colonel, C.S.A., i 272, 348, ii 77, 202
Boteler’s Ford, engagement at, 239, ii 472–3
Braddock, General, i 227
Branch, General, C.S.A., i 311, 411, ii 13, 15, 20, 21, 95–6, 153,
157, 161, 271, 366–7
Brandy Station, battle of, ii 112
Bridges, i 266, 359, 361, 364, 378, 381, 387; ii 7–8, 12, 17, 20, 27,
44, 49, 50, 52, 119, 121, 136, 240, 301, 306–7, 409, 415, 417, 424
Bristoe Station, Virginia, engagement at, ii 133, 136
Brown, Colonel, C.S.A., ii 280, 434
Brown, John, i 76
Buchanan, President, i 97, 226
Buena Vista, battle of, i 30
Buford, General, U.S.A., ii 79, 83, 87, 106, 139, 165–6, 171, 180
Bull Run, battle of. (See _Manassas_)
Bunker’s Hill, battle of, 1776, i 106
Burks, Colonel, C.S.A., i 220, 240, 262, 264
Burns, General, U.S.A., ii 328
Burnside, General A. E., U.S.A., ii 73, 79, 84, 103, 106, 111, 113,
117, 187, 243, 258, 299–301, 303, 306–7, 320, 324–5, 329, 333, 336–7,
342, 405, 410, 488
Busaco, battle of, ii 191, 228, 330
Butterfield, General, U.S.A., ii 419, 428, 438
C
Cadets, Military Institute, i 56, 58–60, 62–3, 98–9, 104, 295
Cadets, West Point, i 12–20, 22, 55
Cæsar, i 75, 409; ii 338
Campbell, Colonel, U.S.A., i 309, 332; ii 91–2
Camp Lee, Virginia, i 104
Cannæ battle of, ii 332
Carrington, Captain, C.S.A., i 369–70
Carroll, General, U.S.A., 371
Catholic Church, i 53
Cavaliers, the English, i 2, 83