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October 9

General Rosser's cavalry defeated in Valley. Loss, 400 killed, wounded and missing, and 5 pieces of artillery.

In many of the foregoing cases no official reports have been received. [25] The information is, therefore, furnished from the best sources at present accessible. The number of battle flags captured has been large, but at present cannot be stated with any accuracy.

From the accounts which seem most entitled to credit the following estimates of results are given:

Confederate successes37 
Federal successes13 
Indecisive engagements5 
 55
Loss of enemy in killed and wounded226,630 
Loss of enemy in prisoners38,613 
 265,243
Loss of Confederates in killed and wounded52,946 
Loss of Confederates in prisoners14,500 
 67,446

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