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Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), chapter 1.62 (search)
Americans as fighters. [from the Richmond times, January 17, 1892.] Statistics show them to be the most stubborn in the world. General Boynton has recently published a paper about the battle of Chickamauga, which he claims as a Federal victory, because that battle was fought for the occupancy of Chattanooga, and our army did not occupy Chattanooga. In this able paper he quotes some interesting statistics published by General Wheeler, which show the great mortality of the battles of the war between the States, and the comparative light losses of the battles of Europe during the past two hundred years. While our losses in battle were thirty, forty, and sometimes over fifty per cent., the losses in killed and wounded in the great battles of Europe were from two to ten per cent., and in one case fourteen per cent. At Waterloo, Wellington commanded the allied armies—viz.: 43,000 Bavarians; Blucher's corps, 30,000; Bulow's corps, over 30,000; British troops, 24,000; tota
Southern Historical Society Papers, Volume 19. (ed. Reverend J. William Jones), Index (search)
his gallantry at the battle of Gaines's Mill, 417. Andersonville, Prison, 49. Lines on by Rev J. Peterkin, D. D., 188. Appomattox, C. H., Surrender at, 268. Association of the Army of Northern Virginia, action of on the death of Generals A. L, Long and of W. H. F. Lee. 271. Atkins, Captain W. T., 207. Bailard, Major Thomas E., 266. Battle of Bethel, The, 212, 224. Bee, General Barnard E. 90. Benjamin, J P., Accomplishments of, 384. Bonaparte, Napoleon, 310. Boynton, General H. V., 386. Brackett, General Albert G., 281. Brockenbrough, Dr., John, 327. Brooke, Captain John M , 3 Brotherhood of the Southern Cross, Order of, 288. Buchanan, Admiral F., 6, 75. Burke, Rev Mr., 53. Butler, General B. F., 62. Canada, Plan in, to rescue Confederate prisoners on Johnson's Island, 288. Chancellorsville, Battle of, 323. Chapultepec, General W. S. Walker at, 296. Chew's Battery, 65. Colby, General L. W., 265. Cole, Major R. G., 266. Coleman, Colo