Show LOSSES IN WAR the english accustomed to nothing but victories prior to the boer war ore displaying too much concern over the losses and reverses their armies have already suffered in south africa their battles would have been called skirmishes in the civil war as note the following list of losses suffered by the two great american armies abeln tho casualties in killed alone stony river union 1730 confederate 1294 union 1754 confederate 1723 chickamauga union 1636 confederate 2313 gettysburg union confederate 2592 antietam Antle tam union 2108 alc tlc total loss in killed wounded and missing on both sides at stone river was at shiloh at chickamauga and at gettysburg during the war there were battles in which one side or the other lost oer in killed and wounded and there were 1852 general engagements battles and skirmishes in which at least one regiment was engaged on alio union side were killed in bettle while died of disease accidents and in military prisons the lck of life on both sides was over hall a million an average of over couo a month on cach side the british in their past victories the most glorious triumphs of their arms hav e lost as high as CO per ceni of those engaged at the battle of waterloo wellington lost over out of a total of british soldiers lm gen bullar had a greatti gre army under him an donly suffered a loss of 1150 not until a more deadly contest is waged can the relative fighting merits of the two sides now struggling supremacy in south africa be judged |