Loss In Engagements In The Civil War Where The Total Was Five Hundred Or More On The Side Of The Union Troops

Although the losses here given are generally based on official medical returns, the figures must not be taken as perfectly reliable, for in many instances the returns were based on estimates, and the totals of losses were, by later and more reliable returns, sometimes considerably reduced. Confederate losses are generally based on estimates.

1861
Date Name Union Killed Union Wounded Union Missing Union Total Confederate loss Total
July 21 Bull Run, Va. 481 1,011 1,460 2,952 1,752
Aug 10 Wilson's Creek, Mo. 223 721 291 1,235 1,095
Sept 12-20 Lexington, Mo. 42 108 1,624 1,774 100
Oct 21 Ball's Bluff, Va. 223 226 445 894 302
Nov  7 Belmont, Mo.  90 173 235 498 966

1862
Date Name Union Killed Union Wounded Union Missing Union Total Confederate loss Total
Feb 14 to16 Fort Donelson, Tenn.  446 1,735 150 2,331 15,067
Mar 6 to 8 Pea Ridge, Ark. 203 972 174 1,349 5,200
Mar 14 Newbern, N. C. 91 380 --- 471 583
Mar 23 Winchester, Va. 103 440 24 567 691
Apr 6 and 7 Shiloh, Tenn. 1,735 7,882 3,956 13,573 10,699
May 5 Williamsburg, Va. 456 1,400 372 2,228 1,000
May 23 Front Royal, Va. 32 122 750 904 ---
May 25 Winchester, Va. 38 155 711 904 ---
May 31 to June 1 Seven Pines and Fair Oaks, Va. 890 3,627 1,222 5,739 7,997
June 8 Cross Keys, Va. 125 500 --- 625 287
June 9 Fort Republic, Va. 67 361 574 1,002 657
June 16 Secessionville, James Island, S. C. 85 472 64 685 204
June 25 Oak Grove, Va. 51 401 64 516 541
June 26 to July 1 Seven days' retreat; includes Mechanicsville, Gaines' Mills, Chickahominy, Peach Orchard, Savage Station, Charles City Cross Roads, and Malvern Hill 1,582 7,709 5,958 15,249 17,583
July 13 Murfreesboro', Tenn. 33 62 800 895 150
Aug 8 Cedar Mountain, Va. 450 660 290 1,400 1,307
July 20 to Sept 20 Guerilla campaign in Missouri; includes with Porter's and Poindexter's Guerillas 77 156 347 580 2,866
Aug 28 and 29 Groveton and Gainesville, Va. --- --- --- 7,000 7,000
Aug 30 Bull Run, Va. (2d) 800 4,000 3,000 7,800 3,700
Aug 30 Richmond, Ky. 200 700 4,000 4,900 750
Sept 1 Chantilly, Va. --- --- --- 1,300  800
Sept 12 to 15 Harper's Ferry, Va. 80 120 11,583 11,783 500
Sept 14 Turner's and Crampton's Gaps, South Mountain, Md. 443 1,806 76 2,325 4,343
Sept 14-16 Mumfordsville, Ky. 50 --- 3,566 3,616 714
Sept 17 Antietam, Md. 2,010 9,416 1,043 12,469 25,899
Sept 19 to 20 I-u-ka, Miss. 144 598 40 782 1,516
Oct 3 and 4 Corinth, Miss. 315 1,812 232 2,359 14,221
Oct 5 Big Hatchie River, Miss. --- --- --- 500 400
Oct 8 Perryville, Ky. 916 2,943 489 4,348 7,000
Dec 7 Prairie Grove, Ark. 167 798 183 1,148 1,500
Dec 7 Hartsville, Tenn. 55 --- 1,800 1,855 149
Dec 12 to 18 Foster's expedition to Goldsboro', N. C. 90 478 9 577 739
Dec 13 Fredericksburg, Va. 1,180 9,028 2,145 12,353 4,576
Dec 20 Holly Springs, Miss. --- --- 1,000 1,000 ---
Dec 27 Elizabethtown, Ky. --- --- 500 500 ---
Dec 28 and 29 Chickasaw Bayou, Vicksburg, Miss. 191 982 756 1,929 207
Dec 31, 1862, to Jan 2, 1863 Stone's River, Tenn. 1,533 7,245 2,800 11,578 25,560

1863
Date Name Union Killed Union Wounded Union Missing Union
Total		 Confederate loss Total
Jan 1  Galveston, Texas --- --- 600 600 50
Jan 11 Fort Hindman, Arkansas Post, Ark. 129 831 17 977 5,500
Mar 4 and 5 Thompson's Station, Tenn. 100 300 1,306 1,706 600
Apr 27 to May 3 Streight's raid from Tuscumbia, Ala. to Rome, Ga. 12 69 1,466 1,547 ---
May 1 Port Gibson, Miss. 130 718 5 853 1,650
May 1 to 4 Chancellorsville, Va. 1,512 9,518 5,000 16,030 12,281
May 16 Champion Mills, Miss. 426 1,842 189 2,457 4,300
May 18 to July 4 Siege of Vicksburg Miss. 545 3,688 303 4,536 31,277
May 27 to July 9 Siege of Port Hudson, La. 500 2,500 --- 3,000 7,208
June 6 to 8 Milliken's Bend, La. 154 223 115 492 725
June 9 Beverly Ford and Brandy Station, Va. --- --- --- 500 700
June 13 to 15 Winchester, Va. --- --- 3,000 3,000 850
June 23 to 30 Rosecrans' campaign from Murfreesboro' to Tullahoma, Tenn. 85 462 13 560 1,634
July 1 to 3 Gettysburg, Pa. 2,834 13,709 6,643 23,186 31,621
July 9 to 16 Jackson, Miss. 100 800 100 1,000 1,339
July 18 Second assault on Fort Wagner, S. C. --- --- --- 1,500 174
Sept 19 to 20 Chickamauga, Ga. 1,644 9,262 4,945 15,851 17,804
Nov 3 Grand Coteau, La. 26 124 576 726 445
Nov 6 Rogersville, Tenn. 5 12 650 667 30
Nov 23 to 25 Chattanooga, Tenn.; includes Orchard Knob, Lookout Mountain, and Missionary Ridge 757 4,529 330 5,616 8,684
Nov 26 to 28 Operations at Mine Run, Va. 100 400 --- 500 500
Dec 14 Bean's Station, Tenn. --- --- --- 700 900

1864
Date Name Union
Killed		 Union
Wounded		 Union
Missing		 Union
Total		 Confederate
Loss Total
Feb 20 Olustee, Fla. 193 1,175 460 1,828 500
Apr 8 Sabine Cross Roads, La 200 900 1,800 2,900 1,500
Apr 9 Pleasant Hills, La 100 700 300 1,100 2,000
Apr 12 Fort Pillow, Tenn. 350 60 164 574 80
Apr 17 to 20 Plymouth, N. C.  20 80 1,500 1,600 500
Apr 30 Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, Ark. 200 955 --- 1,155 1,100
May 5 to 7 Wilderness, Va. 5,597 21,463 10,677 37,737 11,400
May 5 to 9 Rocky Face Ridge, Ga.; includes Tunnell Hill, Mill Creek Gap, Buzzard Roost, Snake Creek Gap, and near Dalton 200 637 --- 837 600
May 8 to 18  Spottsylvania Court House, Va.; includes engagements on the Fredericksburg Road, Laurel Hill, and Nye River 4,177 19,687 2,577 26,461 9,000
May 9 to 10 Swift Creek, Va. 90 400 --- 490 500
May 9 to 10 Cloyd's Mountain and New River Bridge, Va. 126 585 34 745 900
May 12 to 16 Fort Darling, Drury's Bluff, Va. 422 2,380 210 3,012 2,500
May 13 to 16  Resaca, Ga. 600 2,147 --- 2,747 2,800
May 15  New Market, Va. 120 560 240 920 405
May 16 to 30 Bermuda Hundred, Va. 200 1,000 --- 1,200 3,000
May 23 to 27 North Anna River, Va. 223 1,460 290 1,973 2,000
May 25 to June 4 Dallas, Ga. --- --- --- 2,400 3,000
June 1 to 12 Cold Harbor, Va. 1,905 10,570 2,456 14,931 1,700
June 5 Piedmont, Va. 130 650 --- 780 2,970
June 9 to 30 Kenesaw Mountain, Ga.; includes Pine Mountain, Pine Knob, Golgotha, Culp's House, general assault, June 27th; McAfee's Cross Roads, Lattemore's Mills, and Powder Springs 1,370 6,500 800 8,670 4,600
June 10 Brice's Cross Roads, near Guntown, Miss. 223 394 1,623 2,240 606
June 10 Kellar's Bridge, Licking River, Ky. 13 54 700 767 ---
June 11and 12 Trevellian Station, Central Railroad, Va. 85 490 160 735 370
June 15 to 19 Petersburg, Va.; includes Baylor's Farm, Walthal, and Weir Bottom Church 1,298 7,474 1,814 10,586 ---
June 17 and 18 Lynchburg, Va. 100 500 400 700 200
June 20 to 30 Trenches in front of Petersburg, Va. 112 506 800 1,418 ---
June 22 to 30 Wilson's raid on the Weldon Railroad, Va. 76 265 700 1,041 300
June 22 and 23 Weldon Railroad, Va. 604 2,494 2,217 5,315 500
June 27 Kenesaw Mountain, general assault, refer to June 9 to 30 entry --- --- --- 3,000 600
July 1 to 31 Front of Petersburg, Va.; loses at the Crater and Deep Bottom not included 419 2,076 1,200 3,695 ---
July 6 to 10 Chattahoochee River, Ga. 80 450 200 730 600
July 9 Monocacy, Md. 90 579 1,290 1,959 400
July 13 to 15 Tupelo, Miss.; includes Harrisburg and Old Town Creek 85 563 --- 648 700
July 20 Peach Tree Creek, Ga. 300 1,410 --- 1,710 4,796
July 22 Atlanta, Ga.; Hood's first sortie 500 2,141 1,000 3,641 8,499
July 24 Winchester, Va. --- --- --- 1,200 600
July 26 to 31 Stoneman's raid to Macon, Ga. --- 100 900 1,000 ---
July 26 to 31 McCook's raid to Lovejoy Station, Ga. --- 100 500 600 ---
July 28  Ezra Chapel, Atlanta, Ga.; second sortie 100 600 --- 700  4,642
July 30 Mine explosion at Petersburg, Va. 419 1,679 1,910 4,008 1,200
Aug 1 to 31 Trenches before Petersburg, Va. 87 484 --- 571 ---
Aug 14 to 18 Strawberry Plains, Deep Bottom Run, Va. 400 1,755 1,400 3,555 1,100
Aug 18, 19, and 21 Six Mile House, Weldon Railroad, Va. 212 1,155 3,176 4,543 4,000
Aug 21 Summit Point, Va. --- --- --- 600 400
Aug 25 Ream's Station, Va. 127 546 1,769 2,442 1,500
Aug 31 to Sept 1 Jonesboro, Ga. --- 1,149 --- 1,149 2,000
May 5 to Sept 5 Campaign in Northern Georgia, from Chattanooga, Tenn, to Atlanta, Ga. 5,284 26,129 5,786 37,199 ---
Sept 1 to Oct 30 Trenches before Petersburg, Va. 170 822 812 1,804 1,000
Sept 19  Opequan, Winchester, Va. 653 3,719 618 4,990 5,500
Sept 23 Athens, Ala. --- --- 950 950 30
Sept 24 to Oct 28 Price's invasion of Missouri; includes a number of engagements 170 336 --- 506 ---
Sept 28 to 30 New Market Heights, Va. 400 2,029 --- 2,429  2,000
Sept 30 to Oct 1 Preble's Farm, Poplar Springs Church, Va. 141 788 1,756 2,685 900
Oct 5 Allatoona, Ga. 142 352 212 706 1,142
Oct 19 Cedar Creek, Va. 588 3,516 1,891 5,995 4,200
Oct 27 Hatcher's Run, South Side Railroad, Va. 156 1,047 699 1,902 1,000
Oct 27 and 28 Fair Oaks, near Richmond, Va. 120 783 400 1,303 451
Nov 28 Fort Kelly, New Creek, West Va. --- --- 700 700 5
Nov 30 Franklin, Tenn. 189 1,033 1,104 2,336 6,252
Nov 30 Honey Hill, Broad River, S.  C. 66 645 --- 711 ---
Dec 6 to 9 Deveaux's Neck, S.  C. 39 390 200 629 400
Dec 15 and 16 Nashville, Tenn. 400 1,740 --- 2,140 15,000

1865
Date Name Union
Killed		 Union
Wounded		 Union
Missing		 Union
Total		 Confederate
Loss Total
Jan 11 Beverly, West Va. 5 20 583 608 ---
Jan 13 to 15  Fort Fisher, N. C. 184 749 22 955 2,483
Feb 5 to 7 Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run, Va. 232 1,062 186 1,480 1,200
Mar 8 to 10 Wilcox's Bridge, Wise's Fork, N. C. 80 421 600 1,101 1,500
Mar 16 Averysboro, N. C. 77 477 --- 554 865
Mar 19 to 31 Bentonville, N. C. 190 1,168 287 1,646 2,825
Mar 25 Fort Steadman, in front of Petersburg, Va. 68 337 506 911 2,681
Mar 25 Petersburg, Va. 103 864 209 1,176 834
Mar 26 to Apr 8 Spanish Fort, Ala. 100 695 --- 795 552
Mar 22 to Apr 24 Wilson's raid from Chickasaw, Ala. to Macon, Ga: includes a number of engagements 99 595 28 725  8,020
Mar 31 Boydton and White Oak Roads, Va. 177 1,134 556 1,867 1,235
Apr 1 Five Forks, Va. 124 706 54 884  8,500
Apr 2 Fall of Petersburg, Va. 296 2,565 500 3,361 3,000
Apr 6 Sailor's Creek, Va. 166 1,014 1,180 7,000
Apr 6 High Bridge, Appomatox River, Va. 10 31 1,000 1,041 ---
Apr 7  Farmville, Va. --- --- --- 655 ---
Apr 9 Fort Blakely, Ala. 113 516 --- 629 2,900
Apr 9 Surrender of Lee --- --- --- --- 26,000
Apr 26 Johnston surrendered --- --- --- --- 29,924
May 4 Taylor surrendered --- --- --- --- 10,000
May 10 Sam Jones surrendered --- --- --- --- 8,000
May 11 Jeff Thompson surrendered --- --- --- ---  7,454

Source: "Statistical Record Of The Armies Of The United States" By Frederick Phisterer

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