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Losses:

Union, 200 killed, 637 wounded;

Confed., 600 killed and wounded.


May 6, 1864: James River, near city Point, Va.

Union, gunboat Commodore Jones.

Confed., Torpedo operators on shore.


Losses:

Union, 23 killed, 48 wounded and gunboat destroyed.


May 6-7, 1864: Richmond and Petersburg Railroad, near Chester Station, Va.

Union, Portion of Tenth and Eighteenth Corps;

Confed., Hagood's Brigade.


Losses:

Union, 48 killed, 256 wounded;

Confed., 50 killed, 200 wounded.


May 7, 1864: Bayou La Mourie, La.

Union, Portion of Sixteenth Corps;

Confed., Gen. Taylor's command.


Losses:

Union, 10 killed, 31 wounded.


May 8, 1864: Todd's Tavern, Va.

Union, Sheridan's Cav.;

Confed., Stuart's Cav.


Losses:

Union, 40 killed, 150 wounded;

Confed., 30 killed, 150 wounded.


May 8-18, 1864: Spotsylvania, Fredericksburg Road, Laurel Hill, and Ny River, Va.

Union, Army of the Potomac, Maj.-Gen. Meade;

Confed., Army of Northern Virginia, Gen. R. E. Lee.


Losses:

Union, 2725 killed, 13,416 wounded, 2258 missing;

Confed., 1000 killed, 5000 wounded, 3000 missing;

Union, Maj.-Gen. Sedgwick and Brig.-Gens. Rice and Stevenson killed;

Confed. Gens. Daniel and Perrin killed; Maj.-Gen. Ed. Johnson and Brig.-Gen. Steuart captured.


May 9, 1864: Varnell's Station, Ga.

Union, First Div. McCook's Cav.;

Confed., Wheeler's Cav.


Losses:

Union, 4 killed, 25 wounded, 100 captured.


May 9-10, 1864: swift Creek or Arrowfield Church, Va.

Union, Tenth and Eighteenth Corps, Army of the James;

Confed., Gen. Beauregard's command.


Losses:

Union, 90 killed, 400 wounded;

Confed., 500 killed, wounded, and missing.


May 9-10, 1864: Cloyd's Mountain and New River bridge, Va.

Union, 12th, 23d, 34th, and 36th Ohio, 9th, 11th, 14th, and 15th W. Va., 3d and 4th Pa. Reserves;

Confed., Gen. A. G. Jenkins' command.


Losses:

Union, 108 killed, 508 wounded;

Confed., 600 killed and wounded, 300 missing.


May 9-25, 1864: Sheridan's Cavalry raid in Virginia, including engagements at Beaver dam Station, South Anna bridge, Ashland, and Yellow Tavern.

Union, Sheridan's Cav.;

Confed., Stuart's Cav.


Losses:

Union, 50 killed, 174 wounded, 200 missing;

Confed., killed and wounded not recorded, 100 captured;

Confed., Maj.-Gen. J. E. B. Stuart and Brig.-Gen. Jas. B. Gordon killed.


May 12-16, 1864: Fort Darling, Drewry's Bluff, Va.

Union, Army of the James, Gen. B. F. Butler, commanding; Tenth Corps; Eighteenth Corps;

Confed., Gen. Beauregard's command.


Losses:

Union, 390 killed, 2380 wounded, 1390 missing;

Confed., 400 killed, 2000 wounded, 100 missing.


May 12-17, 1864: Kautz's raid on Petersburg and Lynchburg Railroad, Va.

Union, 6 killed, 28 wounded.


May 13-16, 1864: Resaca, Ga.

Union, Fourth, Fourteenth, Twentieth, and Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland, Maj.-Gen. Thomas; Fifteenth and Sixteenth Corps, Army of the Tennessee, Maj.-Gen. McPherson, and Twenty-third Corps, Army of the Ohio, Maj.-Gen. Schofield;

Confed., Army of Tennessee, Gen. J. E. Johnston, commanding; Army of Mississippi, Lieut.-Gen. Leonidas Polk:


Losses:

Union, 600 killed, 2147 wounded;

Confed., 300 killed, 1500 wounded, 1000 missing.


May 15, 1864: New Market, Va.

Union, Maj.-Gen. Sigel's command;

Confed., Gen. J. C. Breckinridge's command.


Losses:

Union, 93 killed, 482 wounded, 256 missing;

Confed., 42 killed, 522 wounded.


May 18, 1864: Rome and Kingston, Ga.

Union, Second Division of Fourteenth Corps and Cavalry, Army of the Cumberland.

Confed., Gen. Johnston's command.


Losses:

Union, 16 killed, 59 wounded.


May 18, 1864: Bayou de Glaize or Calhoun Station, La.

Union, Portions of Sixteenth, Seventeenth Corps, and Cavalry of Nineteenth Corps;

Confed., Gen. Taylor's command.


Losses:

Union, 60 killed, 300 wounded;

Confed., 500 killed and wounded.


May 19-22, 1864: Cassville, Ga.

Union, Twentieth Corps, Maj.-Gen. Hooker;

Confed., Gen. Johnston's command.


Losses:

Union, 10 killed, 46 wounded.


May 20, 1864: Bermuda hundred, Va.

Union, Tenth and Eighteenth Corps, Army of the James;

Confed., Gen. Beauregard's command.


Losses:

Union, 702 killed and wounded.

Confed., (estimate) 700 killed, wounded, and missing.


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