Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Gettysburg” in chapter 4 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:
...when the gallant private donned an officer's uniform, he found his chances not at all improved, to say the least.
This additional exposure is well illustrated by a comparison of the casualties at Gettysburg with those of the Wilderness.
In the first named battle the percentage of loss among the officers was one-half greater than in the latter.
At Gettysburg, the fighting was done in open fields, whe...
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| † | Gettysburg (Pennsylvania, United States) | 7,452 | 942 | 1,368 | 140 | 0 user votes | |
| Gettysburg (South Carolina, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
| Gettysburg (South Dakota, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
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