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[28] that the regiment took 490 into action. It lost 79 killed, 170 wounded, and 48 missing; total, 297. Many of the missing were killed. The deaths from wounds increased the number killed to 117,1 or 23 per cent. of those engaged, the greatest loss of life in any infantry regiment during the war, in any one battle. The regiment held an exposed position, and Gen. Warren states that when he endeavored to extricate them, “they were unwilling to make backward movement.” This is the regiment which, at Gaines' Mill, having been badly thinned, closed up its ranks and counted off anew “with great coolness while exposed to a most terrific fire!” --(Official Report.)

The following list of percentages will indicate fairly the extent of loss in killed, to which a regiment is liable in battle. The number engaged is, in most cases, taken from the official reports. In some instances, however, the number given was ascertained firom statements in regimental histories.

Percentages of killed in regiments, in particular engagements.

Regiment. Battle. Division. Engaged. Killed.2 Per Ct.
5th Connecticut Cedar Mountain Williams's 424 48 11+
7th Connecticut Fort Wagner Seymour's 191 28 14+
17th Connecticut Gettysburg Barlow's 369 39 10+
27th Connecticut Gettysburg Caldwell's 74 13 17+
7th Illinois Allatoona Pass Corse's 291 48 16+
8th Illinois Fort Donelson McClernand's 613 81 13+
9th Illinois Shiloh W. H. Wallace's 578 103 17+
11th Illinois Fort Donelson McClernand's 500 102 20+
11th Illinois Shiloh McClernand's 239 24 10+
12th Illinois Allatoona Pass Corse's 161 17 10+
22d Illinois Stone's River Sheridan's 342 43 12+
22d Illinois Chickamauga Sheridan's 297 42 14+
28th Illinois Shiloh Hurlbut's 558 58 10+
34th Illinois Stone's River Johnson's 354 36 10+
35th Illinois Chickamauga Davis's 299 34 11+
38th Illinois Chickamauga Davis's 301 33 10+
41st Illinois Jackson Lauman's 338 44 13+
43d Illinois Shiloh McClernand's 500 78 15+
51st Illinois Chickamauga Sheridan's 209 26 12+
53d Illinois Jackson Lauman's 219 33 15+
55th Illinois Shiloh Sherman's 512 83 16+
75th Illinois Chaplin Hills Mitchell's 709 71 10+
79th Illinois Stone's River Johnson's 437 44 10+
82d Illinois Chancellorsville Schurz's 359 47 13+
84th Illinois Stone's River Palmer's 357 67 18+
93d Illinois Alatoona Pass Corse's 290 34 11+
14th Indiana Antietam French's 320 49 15+
15th Indiana Stone's River T. J. Wood's 440 52 11+
15th Indiana Mission Ridge Sheridan's 334 45 13+
19th Indiana Manassas Hatch's 423 62 14+
19th Indiana Antietam Doubleday's 202 28 13+
19th Indiana Gettysburg Wadsworth's 288 41 14+
22d Indiana Chaplin Hills Mitchell's 303 57 18+
26th Indiana Prairie Grove Huston's 445 52 11+
27th Indiana Antietam Williams's 409 41 10+
27th Indiana Gettysburg Williams's 339 40 11+
48th Indiana Iuka Hamilton's 434 48 11+
73d Indiana Stone's River T. J. Wood's 331 38 11+
87th Indiana Chickamauga Brannan's 380 61 16+
3d Iowa (Cavalry) Pea Ridge ---- 235 27 11+
3d Iowa (Inf.) Jackson Lauman's 241 36 14+
5th Iowa Iuka Hamilton's 482 62 12+
7th Iowa (8 Cos） Belmont Grant's 410 74 18+
9th Iowa Pea Ridge E. A. Carr's 560 74 13+
13th Iowa Atlanta (July 22） Gresham's 410 55 13+
32d Iowa Pleasant Hill Mower's 420 86 20+
39th Iowa Allatoona Pass Corse's 280 43 15+
1st Kansas Wilson's Creek Lyon's 644 106 16+
8th Kansas Chickamauga Davis's 406 61 15+
8th Kansas Nashville Beatty's (S.) 140 16 11+
5th Kentucky Stone's River Johnson's 320 32 10+
17th Kentucky Shiloh Hurlbut's 250 27 10+
1st Maine (H. A.) Petersburg Birney's 950 210 22+
3d Maine Gettysburg Birney's 210 30 14+
4th Maine Fredericksburg Birney's 211 33 15+
4th Maine Gettysburg Birney's 202 27 13+
6th Maine Rappahannock Sta. Wright's 321 56 17+
7th Maine Antietam W. F. Smith's 181 25 13+
8th Maine Ware Bottom Ch. Ames's 190 19 10+
9th Maine Petersburg Ames's 102 20 19+
16th Maine Fredericksburg Gibbon's 427 76 17+
16th Maine Gettysburg Robinson's 248 27 10+
17th Maine Wilderness Birney's 507 54 10+
19th Maine Gettysburg Gibbon's 440 68 15+
20th Maine Gettysburg Barnes's 386 41 10+
2d Massachusetts Cedar Mountain Williams's 474 56 12+
2d Massachusetts Gettysburg Williams's 316 45 14+
10th Massachusetts Spotsylvania Getty's 210 26 12+
12th Massachusetts Antietam Ricketts's 334 74 22+
15th Massachusetts Antietam Sedgwick's 606 108 17+
15th Massachusetts Gettysburg Gibbon's 239 38 15+
18th Massachusetts Manassas Morell's 421 54 12+
19th Massachusetts Gettysburg Gibbon's 141 17 12+
20th Massachusetts Fredericksburg Howard's 238 48 20+
25th Massachusetts Cold Harbor Martindale's 310 74 23+
57th Massachusetts Wilderness Stevenson's 545 94 17+
9th Massachusetts Bat'y Gettysburg Reserve Artillery 104 11 10+
5th Michigan (Cavalry) Hawes' Shop Torbert's 150 15 10+
6th Michigan (Cavalry) Hawes' Shop Torbert's 140 17 12+
1st Michigan (Infantry) Manassas Morell's 320 55 17+
2d Michigan Knoxville Ferrero's 150 28 18+
3d Michigan Manassas Kearny's 260 41 15+
4th Michigan Gettysburg Barnes's 342 40 11+
5th Michigan Fair Oaks Kearny's 330 43 13+
7th Michigan Gettysburg Gibbon's 165 27 16+
8th Michigan James' Island Stevens's 534 61 11+
13th Michigan Stone's River T. J. Wood's 225 32 14+
13th Michigan Chickamauga T. J. Wood's 217 26 11+
16th Michigan Gettysburg Barnes's 218 29 13+
17th Michigan Spotsylvania Willcox's 226 30 13+
22d Michigan Chickamauga Steedman's 584 88 15+
24th Michigan Gettysburg Wadsworth's 496 94 18+
1st Minnesota Gettysburg Gibbon's 262 75 28+
12th Missouri Vicksburg (May 22） Steele's 360 39 10+
2d New Hampshire Manassas Hooker's 332 37 11+
2d New Hampshire Gettysburg Humphreys's 354 48 13+
3d New Hampshire Deep Bottom Terry's 198 28 14+
5th New Hampshire Fredericksburg Hancock's 3033 51 16+
5th New Hampshire Gettysburg Caldwell's 177 34 19+
5th New Hampshire Cold Harbor Barlow's 577 69 11+
6th New Hampshire Manassas Reno's 450 68 15+
7th New Hampshire Fort Wagner Seymour's 480 77 16+
9th New Hampshire Spotsylvannia Potter's 502 68 13+
12th New Hampshire Chancellorsville Whipple's 558 72 12+
12th New Hampshire Cold Harbor Brooks's 301 66 21+
2d New Jersey (5 Cos.) Gaines' Mill Slocum's 261 34 13+
8th New Jersey Chancellorsville Berry's 258 32 12+
11th New Jersey Gettysburg Humphreys's 275 40 14+
14th New Jersey Monocacy Ricketts's 350 40 11+
15th New Jersey4 Spotsylvania Russell's 432 116 26+
4th New York Antietam French's 540 64 11+
5th New York Gaines' Mill Sykes's 450 55 12+
5th New York Manassas Sykes's 490 117 23+
7th New York Fredericksburg Hancock's 488 56 11+
8th New York Cross Keys Blenker's 548 63 11+
9th New York Antietam Rodman's 373 54 14+
13th New York Manassas Morell's 240 45 18+
22d New York Manassas Hatch's 379 46 12+
25th New York Hanover C. H. Morell's 349 41 11+
26th New York Fredericksburg Gibbon's 300 51 17+
28th New York Cedar Mountain Williams's 339 41 12+
30th New York Manassas Hatch's 341 66 19+
34th New York Antietam Sedgwick's 311 41 13+
38th New York Fredericksburg Birney's 374 41 10+
40th New York (5 Cos.) Fair Oaks Kearny's 231 24 10+
40th New York Manassas Kearny's 244 37 15+
42d New York Antietam Sedgwick's 345 58 16+
44th New York Malvern Hill Morell's 225 23 10+
48th New York Fort Wagner Seymour's 516 83 16+
49th New York Wilderness Getty's 384 39 10+
49th New York Spotsylvania Getty's 284 52 18+
57th New York Antietam Richardson's 309 53 10+
57th New York Fredericksburg Hancock's 192 20 10+
59th New York Antietam Sedgwick's 381 71 18+
61st New York Fair Oaks Richardson's 435 44 10+
63d New York Antietam Richardson's 341 59 17+
64th New York Gettysburg Caldwell's 205 31 15+
66th New York Fredericksburg Hancock's 238 24 10+
67th New York Wilderness Wright's 270 28 10+
69th New York Antietam Richardson's 317 71 22+
69th New York Fredericksburg Hancock's 238 34 14+
70th New York Williamsburg Hooker's 700 97 13+
71st New York Manassas Hooker's 250 37 14+
73d New York Manassas Hooker's 107 17 15+
76th New York Gettysburg Wadsworth's 374 48 12+
80th New York Gettysburg Doubleday's 287 47 16+
82d New York Antietam Sedgwick's 339 41 12+
82d New York Gettysburg Gibbon's 305 65 21+
83d New York Fredericksburg Gibbon's 292 35 11+
88th New York Antietam Richardson's 302 38 12+
88th New York Fredericksburg Hancock's 252 38 14+
93d New York Wilderness Birney's 433 72 16+
96th New York Fort Harrison Stannard's 167 33 13+
100th New York Fort Wagner Seymour's 478 66 13+
101st New York Manassas Kearny's 168 26 15+
105th New York Fredericksburg Gibbon's 177 22 12+
107th New York New Hope Church Williams's 358 47 13+
111th New York (8 Cos.) Gettysburg Alex. Hays's 390 88 22+
111th New York Wilderness Barlow's 386 59 15+
114th New York Opequon Dwight's 315 44 13+
114th New York Cedar Creek Dwight's 250 39 15+
121st New York Salem Heights Brooks's 453 97 21+
121st New York Spotsylvania Russell's 346 60 17+
124th New York Chancellorsville Whipple's 550 57 10+
124th New York Gettysburg Birney's 238 32 13+
126th New York Gettysburg Alex. Hays's 402 64 15+
134th New York Gettysburg Steinwehr's 400 60 15+
137th New York Wauhatchie Geary's 206 31 15+
141st New York Peach Tree Creek Williams's 142 31 21+
147th New York* Gettysburg Wadsworth's 380 76 20+
3d Ohio Chaplin Hills Rousseau's 502 64 12+
4th Ohio Fredericksburg French's 113 12 11+
5th Ohio Cedar Mountain Augur's 275 31 11+
6th Ohio Stone's River Palmer's 383 51 13+
7th Ohio Cedar Mountain Augur's 307 55 17+
7th Ohio Ringgold Geary's 206 25 12+
8th Ohio Antietam French's 341 43 12+
8th Ohio Gettysburg Alex. Hays's 209 28 13+
10th Ohio Chaplin Hills Rousseau's 528 84 15+
14th Ohio Chickamauga Brannan's 449 81 18+
25th Ohio Gettysburg Barlow's 220 25 11+
38th Ohio Jonesboro Baird's 360 72 20+
41st Ohio Shiloh Nelson's 371 43 11+
41st Ohio Pickett's Mills T. J. Wood's 271 40 14+
49th Ohio Pickett's Mills T. J. Wood's 475 83 17+
63d Ohio (9 Cos.) Corinth Stanley's 275 39 14+
65th Ohio Stone's River T. J. Wood's 405 52 12+
73d Ohio Manassas Schenck's 335 39 11+
73d Ohio Gettysburg Steinwehr's 300 40 13+
82d Ohio Gettysburg Schurz's 312 35 11+
101st Ohio Stone's River Davis's 460 51 11+
11th Ohio Battery Iuka Hamilton's 105 19 18+
8th Penn. Reserves Fredericksburg Meade's 264 44 16+
11th Penn. Reserves Fredericksburg Meade's 394 49 12+
26th Pennsylvania Gettysburg Humphreys's 382 65 17+
45th Pennsylvania Cold Harbor Potter's 315 41 13+
46th Pennsylvania Cedar Mountain Williams's 504 55 10+
49th Pennsylvania Spotsylvania Russell's 478 109 22+
52d Pennsylvania Fair Oaks Casey's 249 29 11+
53d Pennsylvania Fredericksburg Hancock's 283 39 14+
56th Pennsylvania Gettysburg Wadsworth's 252 31 12+
58th Pennsylvania Fort Harrison Stannard's 237 34 14+
61st Pennsylvania Fair Oaks Couch's 574 92 16+
62d Pennsylvania Gettysburg Barnes's 426 45 10+
68th Pennsylvania Gettysburg Birney's 320 47 14+
69th Pennsylvania Gettysburg Gibbon's 258 56 21+
72d Pennsylvania Gettysburg Gibbon's 473 64 13+
75th Pennsylvania Gettysburg Schurz's 206 33 16+
81st Pennsylvania Fredericksburg Hancock's 261 46 17+
83d Pennsylvania Seven Days Morell's 554 1115 20+
83d Pennsylvania Manassas Morell's 224 26 10+
84th Pennsylvania Kernstown Shield's 260 30 11+
97th Pennsylvania Bermuda Hundred Ames's 311 56 18+
105th Pennsylvania Wilderness Birney's 351 56 15+
107th Pennsylvania Antietam Ricketts's 190 27 14+
111th Pennsylvania Antietam Greene's 243 33 13+
115th Pennsylvania Chancellorsville Berry's 244 25 10+
116th Pennsylvania Fredericksburg Hancock's 247 25 10+
118th Pennsylvania Shepherdstown Morell's 737 78 10+
121st Pennsylvania Gettysburg Doubleday's 263 29 11+
132d Pennsylvania Fredericksburg French's 251 26 10+
140th Pennsylvania Gettysburg Caldwell's 589 61 10+
141st Pennsylvania Chancellorsville Birney's 417 62 14+
141st Pennsylvania Gettysburg Birney's 198 49 24+
142d Pennsylvania Fredericksburg Meade's 550 66 12+
145th Pennsylvania Fredericksburg Hancock's 505 91 18+
145th Pennsylvania Gettysburg Caldwell's 202 27 13+
148th Pennsylvania Gettysburg Caldwell's 210 31 14+
149th Pennsylvania Gettysburg Doubleday's 450 67 14+
150th Pennsylvania Gettysburg Doubleday's 400 57 14+
151st Pennsylvania Gettysburg Doubleday's 467 66 14+
2d Vermont Wilderness Getty's 700 80 11+
3d Vermont (4 Cos.) Lee's Mills W. F. Smith's 192 35 18+
3d Vermont Wilderness Getty's 539 68 12+
3d Vermont Cold Harbor Getty's 293 30 10+
4th Vermont Wilderness Getty's 575 84 14+
5th Vermont Savage Station W. F. Smith's 400 72 18+
5th Vermont Wilderness Getty's 475 63 13+
6th Vermont Wilderness Getty's 441 69 15+
8th Vermont Cedar Creek Dwight's 156 26 16+
10th Vermont Cedar Creek Ricketts's 277 27 10+
1st Wisconsin Chaplin Hills Rousseau's 407 77 18+
2d Wisconsin Manassas Hatch's 511 87 17+
2d Wisconsin Gettysburg Wadsworth's 302 46 15+
3d Wisconsin Antietam Williams's 340 41 12+
4th Wisconsin Port Hudson Paine's 222 45 20+
10th Wisconsin Chaplin Hills Rousseau's 376 52 13+
14th Wisconsin Vicksburg (May 22） McArthur's 256 30 11+
15th Wisconsin Dallas T. J. Wood's 160 26 16+
19th Wisconsin Fair Oaks (1864） Marston's 197 26 13+
26th Wisconsin Chancellorsville Schurz's 471 53 11+
26th Wisconsin Gettysburg Schurz's 508 61 12+
36th Wisconsin (4 Cos.) Bethesda Church Gibbon's 240 49 20+
37th Wisconsin Petersburg Mine Willcox's 251 55 21+
7th U. S. Infantry Gettysburg Barnes's 116 19 16+
10th U. S. Infantry Gettysburg Barnes's 93 22 23+
11th U. S. Infantry Gettysburg Barnes's 286 35 12+
17th U. S. Infantry Gettysburg Barnes's 260 43 16+
18th U. S. Infantry Stone's River Rousseau's 603 102 16+
5th U. S. Colored Chaffin's Farm Paine's 550 85 15+
6th U. S. Colored Chaffin's Farm Paine's 367 61 16+
79th U. S. Colored Poison Springs Thayer's 463 111 23+

1 Includes four who were “wounded and missing in action,” and who never returned. The names of the killed (117) are given, with their companies, in Davenport's History of the Fifth New York.

2 Including mortally wounded.

3 In Hancock's official report, the number engaged is stated at 303; but, Colonel Cross in his official report says that he “took into action 19 Commissioned Officers and 247 bayonets.”

4 Chaplain Haines, in his history of the 15th New Jersey, states that the regiment broke camp the week before, with 16 officers and 429 muskets. He gives the names of the officers. After deducting the slight loss at the Wilderness, there would be 132 left, as present at Spotsylvania.

5 Of this number, 61 were killed or mortally wounded at Gaines' Mill; the remaining 50 were lost at Malvern Hill.

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