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CONFEDERATE (IK\KK.M. OI-TICI.KS KILI.KD IN ACTION.

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There are no miMer out rolls of tlie Confederate regiments. There are partial sets of

muster-rolls and monthly returns at Washington in the Bureau of Confederate, Archives; hut they a i-i' deteetive and inrmnplete. There is no way of determining accurately the mortuary loss of each ('on ft-derate regiment during its entire service.

The total los-« - of a few regiments have been ascertained from other sources. The His tory of Gregg's South Carolina Brigade states the number of deaths in each regiment, and, judging from the casualty lists given for each action, the statistics are substantially correct.

i?'s Brigade.

1st South Carolina

12th South Carolina.

13th South Carolina

14th South Carolina.

1st South Carolina Rifles.

Total.

, — Killed and DifJ of Wounds. —. Officers. En. Men. Total.

21 17 17 16 19

90

260 213

203

3(15

281 230 220 224 324

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5 4 3

-Died of Disease.

1,180 1,279

14 1,115

1,129

But the loss in action of this famous brigade was largely in excess of other commands. The average number of killed in the Confederate regiments was something less than 150.

The desperate character of the fighting entailed a large loss of life upon the general officers. The following list has been compiled from the official reports, but some names may possibly have been omitted.

CONFEDERATE GENERALS KILLED OR MORTALLY WOUNDED IN BATTLE.

ARMY' COMMANDERS. General Albert Sydney Johnston . .Killed at Shiloh.

CORPS COMMANDERS.

Lieutenant-General Thomas A. Jackson* .Killed at Chancellorsville.

Lieutenant-General Leonidas Polk .. Pine Mountain.

Lieutenant-General Ambrose P. Hill Fall of Petersburg.

DIVISION COMMANDERS.

Major-General William D. Pender* .Killed at Gettysburg.

Major General J. E. B. Stewart* Yellow Tavern.

Major-General W. H. Walker. Atlanta.

Major-General Robert E. Rodes Opequon.

Major-General Stephen D. Ramseur* .. Cedar Creek.

Major-General Patrick R. Cleburne... Franklin.

Brigadier-General John Pegram Hatcher's Run.

BRIGADE COMMANDERS.

Brigadier-General Robert S. Garnett. Killed at Cheat Mountain. Brigadier-General Barnard E. Bee .. First Bull Run.

Brigadier-General Francis S. Bartow. First Bull Run.

Brigadier (ieneral Felix K. Zollicoffer. Mill Springs.

Brigadier-General Ben. McCulloch „. Pea Ridge.

Brigadier-General Jame^ Mdntosh ... Pea Ridge.

•Mortally wounded.

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