OT- War between the States Part 5.

[Gun Smith]

Well, I see the "Great Debate" is still continuing below part 1 of my postings. I will stay out of those discussions as you guys have gone WAY beyond what I know about the war.

Part 5.

Losses in Killed, Wounded, and Missing.

Union Confederate

Fredericksburg, VA. 12/13/1862. 12,353 4,576
Stones River, Tenn. 12/31/1862 to 1/2/1863 11,578 25,560
Fort Hinman, ARK. 1/11/1863 977 5,500
Chancellorsville, VA. 5/1-4/1863 16,030 12,281
Seige of Vicksburg, Miss. 5/18 to 7/4/1863 4,536 31,277
Winchester, VA. 6/13-15/1863 3,000* 850
Gettysburg, PA. 7/1-3/1863 23,186 31,621
* This number is only listed "missing", no dead or wounded is shown?

President Loncoln had four brothers-in-law in the Confederate Army, and three of his sisters-in-law were married to Confederate officers.

Only three Confederates ever held the rank of general in the U.S. Army following the war. Matthew C. Butler, Fitzhugh Lee, and Joe Wheeler.
My wife is distantly related to Fitzhugh Lee.

Andrew Carnegie, Henry A. Dupont, Cornelius Vanderbilt, George Dewey, and "Kit" Carson served for the North. Samuel Clemens and Jesse James served for the South.

Poet Albert Pike wrote stanzas of the popular southeran version of "Dixie", a tune which actually originated in New York City in the 1850's.

During the Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1862 "Stonewall" Jackson marched his force of 16,000 men more than 600 miles in 35 days. Five major battles were fought and four seperate Union armies, totalling 63,0000 were defeated.

[C. Cash]

Very interesting! I thought that Joe Wheeler was the ONLY ex Confederate to rise to the rank of General in the US Army after the War. He was one of three. Thanks for the info.