The Civil War Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga

Name: The Civil War Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga
Author: Rogers, Jesse Littleton

Rogers, Jesse Littleton

Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863; Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863

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             HEAVIEST REGIMENTAL LOSSES—HERE AND ELSEWHERE


At the battle of Chickamauga, the 22nd Michigan Infantry lost 58.

At Lookout Mountain, the 149th N. Y. Infantry lost 10.

At Missionary Ridge, the 15th Indiana Infantry lost 24.

At the battle of Gettysburg (Pa.), the 24th Michigan Infantry (Union)
lost 69 men, while the 26th North Carolina (Confederate) lost 86.

At Vicksburg (Mississippi), the 4th West Virginia, and the 22nd Iowa
(both Union), lost 27 men each.

During the Civil War, there were 10 regiments which in various battles
lost 75 men or more. They are as follows:

  Regiment and Battle                                    Number Killed
  6th Alabama Infantry at Fair Oaks, Va.                       91
  1st Maine Heavy Artillery at Petersburg, Va.                 90
  26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg, Pa.              86
  1st South Carolina Rifles at Gains Mill, Va.                 86
  1st Maine Heavy Artillery at Spotsylvania, Va.               81
  8th New York Infantry at Cold Harbor, Va.                    80
  5th New York Infantry at Manassas, Va.                       79
  70th New York Infantry at Williamsburg, Va.                  79
  1st Missouri Infantry (Union) at Wilson’s Creek, Va.         76
  23rd U. S. Colored at Petersburg Mine, Va.                   75

New York led all other states in the number of troops which they
furnished the Union army. The 10 leaders are as follows:

  New York                 448,850
  Pennsylvania             337,936
  Ohio                     313,180
  Illinois                 259,092
  Indiana                  196,363
  Massachusetts            146,730
  Missouri[1]              109,111
  Wisconsin                 91,327
  Michigan                  87,364
  New Jersey                76,814
  Iowa                      76,242
  Kentucky[1]               75,670


[1]Divided states.


The leading Union and Confederate officers who were in the battles of
Chickamauga, or Chattanooga, or both, are as follows:


                                 UNION

  Gen. Ulysses S. Grant
  Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans
  Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman
  Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas
  Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker
  Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger
  Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden
  Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook


                              CONFEDERATE

  Gen. Braxton Bragg
  Lt. Gen. James Longstreet
  Maj.-Gen. Simon B. Buckner
  Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk
  Brig. Gen. John B. Hood
  Brig. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest
  Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler
  Lt. Gen. Daniel H. Hill

In order that you may know where these high-ranking officers were from,
the following offers an accurate account:


                                 UNION

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The Civil War Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga

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