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The Daily Dispatch: August 12, 1861., [Electronic resource], Gen. McClellan and the Press. (search)
Federal forces at Manassas and their loss. The Baltimore South says: There has been much dispute as to the number of the Federal forces engaged in the battle of Manassas and their loss. By reference to the account published by George Wilkes, of New York, and the official enumeration of regiments, and the disposition made of them before the battle, we gather that the right and central attacking columns consisted of 30 regiments and 14 batteries, while the left wing, under Colonel Richardson, which was also engaged, consisted of 4 regiments and 1 battery, making a total of 34 regiments and 15 batteries actually in the fight, equivalent to from 35,000 to 40,000 men Besides this force actively engaged, nearly the whole of which was concentrated against the left and the left centre of the Confederates, the Federalists had in reserve, under Colonel Miles, 9 regiments and 2 batteries, and under General Runyon, 7 regiments, making a total of 16 regiments, or about 15,000 men in