Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Balaklava” in chapter 3, page 37 of William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington:
... will be better understood when compared with some extraordinary loss in foreign wars; some well known instance which may serve as a standard of measurement.
Take the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava .
Its extraordinary loss has been made a familiar feature of heroic verse and story in every land, until the whole world has heard of the gallant Six Hundred and their ride into the Valley of Death....
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| † | Balaklava (Ukraine) | 141 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
| Balaklava (South Australia, Australia) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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