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Numbers 3. General summary of casualties in the Union Forces operating against Richmond, Va., under Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, January 1 to April 9, 1865.

[Compiled from nominal lists of casualties, returns, &c.]

JANUARY.

Killed. Wounded.

Command. Officers. Men. Officers. Men.

ARMY OF THE

POTOMAC.

Major General

GEORGE G. MEADE.

Artillery (Hunt).

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1

--------

-------

Second Army Corps

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--------

--------

1

(Humphreys).

Fifth Army Corps 1

--------

--------

-------

(Warren).

Sixth Army Corps

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1 2 6

(Wright).

Ninth Army Corps

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5 1 25

(Parke).

Cavalry (Gregg).

--------

1

--------

5

Total Army of the 1 8 3 37

Potomac.

ARMY OF THE

JAMES.*

Major General

EDWARD O. C. ORD.

Twenty-fourth Army

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2

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8

Corps (Gibbon).

Twenty-fifth Army

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1 1 9

Corps (Weitzel).

Cavalry (Kautz).

--------

--------

--------

-------

Defenses of

Bermuda Hundred

--------

1

--------

4

(Ferrero).

Total Army of the

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4 1 21

James.

Grand total for 1 12 4 58

January, 1865.

CONTINUATION:

Captured or missing.

Command. Officers. Men. Aggregate.

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

Major General GEORGE G.

MEADE.

Artillery (Hunt).

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---------

1

Second Army Corps

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1

(Humphreys).

Fifth Army Corps

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---------

1

(Warren).

Sixth Army Corps

---------

54 63

(Wright).

Ninth Army Corps (Parke).

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---------

31

Cavalry (Gregg).

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---------

6

Total Army of the

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54 103

Potomac.

ARMY OF THE JAMES.*

Major General EDWARD O.

C. ORD.

Twenty-fourth Army Corps

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20 30

(Gibbon).

Twenty-fifth Army Corps

---------

5 16

(Weitzel).

Cavalry (Kautz).

---------

6 6

Defenses of Bermuda

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---------

5

Hundred (Ferrero).

Total Army of the James.

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31 57

Grand total for January,

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85 160

1865.

FEBRUARY.

ARMY OF THE

POTOMAC.

Major General

GEORGE G. MEADE.

Provost Guard

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2

--------

2

(Macy).

Second Army Corps 3 23 9 96

(Humphrey's).

Fifth Army Corps 13 121 56 942

(Warren).

Sixth Army Corps

--------

1

--------

25

(Wright).

Ninth Army Corps 1 12 1 42

(Parke).

Cavalry (Gregg). 2 14 11 87

Total Army of the 19 173 77 1,194

Potomac+.

ARMY OF THE

JAMES.*

Major General

EDWARD O. C. ORD.

Twenty-fourth Army

--------

3

--------

11

Corps (Gibbon).

Twenty-fifth Army 1 2

--------

9

Corps (Weitzel).

Defenses of

Bermuda Hundred

--------

1

--------

5

(Ferrero).

Cavalry (Kautz).

--------

--------

--------

-------

Total Army of the 1 6

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25

James.

Grand total for 20 179 77 1,219

February, 1865.

CONTINUATION:

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

Major General GEORGE G.

MEADE.

Provost Guard (Macy).

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4

Second Army Corps

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27 158

(Humphrey's).

Fifth Army Corps (Warren). 7 323 1,462

Sixth Army Corps (Wright).

--------

8 34

Ninth Army Corps (Parke).

--------

---------

56

Cavalry (Gregg).

--------

15 129

Total Army of the Potomac+. 7 373 1,843

ARMY OF THE JAMES.*

Major General EDWARD O.

C. ORD.

Twenty-fourth Army Corps

--------

7 21

(Gibbon).

Twenty-fifth Army Corps

--------

3 15

(Weitzel).

Defenses of Bermuda Hundred

--------

---------

6

(Ferrero).

Cavalry (Kautz).

--------

5 5

Total Army of the James.

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15 47

Grand total for February, 7 388 1,890

1865.

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*Records defective, and losses probably not fully reported.

+For the losses, in detail, at Hatcher's Run, see p. 63.

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