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161 Series I Volume XLII-I Serial 87 - Richmond-Fort Fisher Part I

Page 161 Chapter LIV. THE RICHMOND CAMPAIGN.

General summary of Casualties in the Union Forces operating against Richmond, Va., under Lieutenant General U. S. Grant, during the months of October, November, and December, 1864.

[Losses at Poplar Spring Church, October 1 and 2, not included. See General Summary for September p. 144.]

OCTOBER.

Killed. Wounded. Captain or miss.

Officers. Men. Officers. Men. Officers Men. Aggregate

Command.

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC

Major General

GEORGE G. MEADE.

Artillery (Hunt) - - - 5 - 2 7

Second Army Corps 20 150 45 727 5 678 1,625

(Hancock)

Fifth Army Corps 1 61 11 298 13 198 582

(Warren)

Ninth Army Corps 1 18 14 165 3 58 259

(Parke)

Cavalry (Gregg) 2 38 20 183 2 122 367

Total Army of the 24 267 90 1,378 23 1,058 2,840

Potomac

ARMY OF THE JAMES.

Major General

BENJAMIN F. BUTLER.

Tenth Army Corps 5 139 45 940 5 163 1,297

(Terry)

Eighteenth Army 11 60 31 338 20 665 1,125

Corps (Weitzel)

Siege Artillery - 1 - 4 - - 5

(Abbot)

Cavalry (Kautz and 1 20 12 108 5 155 301

West)

Total Army of the 17 220 88 1,390 30 983 2,728

James

Grand total 41 487 178 2,768 53 2,041 5,568

NOVEMBER.

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.

Major General GEORGE

G. MEADE

Artillery (Hunt) - 1 - 4 - - 5

Second Army Corps 2 31 3 172 1 45 254

(Hancock and Humphreys)

Fifth Army Corps - - - 1 - 2 3

(Warren)

Ninth Army Corps (Parke) - - - 1 1 - 2

Cavalry (Gregg) - 9 - 14 - 4 27

Total Army of the 2 41 3 192 2 51 291

Potomac

ARMY OF THE JAMES.

Major General BENJAMIN

F. BUTLER.

Tenth Army Corps (Ames - 3 - 14 - 1 18

and Terry)

Eighteenth Army Corps - 4 - 18 - 12 34

(Weitzel)

Naval Brigade (Graham) - 1 - - - 5 6

Cavalry (Kautz) - 2 - 9 - - 11

Defenses of Bermuda - 4 2 20 1 36 63

Hundred (Ferrero)

Total Army of the James. - 14 2 61 1 54 132

Grand total. 2 55 5 253 3 105 423

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