At Lookout Mountain, the 149th N. Y. Infantry lost 10.
At Missionary Ridge, the 15th Indiana Infantry lost 24.
At the battle of Gettysburg (Pa.), the 24th Michigan Infantry (Union) lost 69 men, while the 26th North Carolina (Confederate) lost 86.
At Vicksburg (Mississippi), the 4th West Virginia, and the 22nd Iowa (both Union), lost 27 men each.
During the Civil War, there were 10 regiments which in various battles lost 75 men or more. They are as follows:
Regiment and Battle Number Killed 6th Alabama Infantry at Fair Oaks, Va. 91 1st Maine Heavy Artillery at Petersburg, Va. 90 26th North Carolina Infantry at Gettysburg, Pa. 86 1st South Carolina Rifles at Gains Mill, Va. 86 1st Maine Heavy Artillery at Spotsylvania, Va. 81 8th New York Infantry at Cold Harbor, Va. 80 5th New York Infantry at Manassas, Va. 79 70th New York Infantry at Williamsburg, Va. 79 1st Missouri Infantry (Union) at Wilson’s Creek, Va. 76 23rd U. S. Colored at Petersburg Mine, Va. 75
New York led all other states in the number of troops which they furnished the Union army. The 10 leaders are as follows:
New York 448,850 Pennsylvania 337,936 Ohio 313,180 Illinois 259,092 Indiana 196,363 Massachusetts 146,730 Missouri[1] 109,111 Wisconsin 91,327 Michigan 87,364 New Jersey 76,814 Iowa 76,242 Kentucky[1] 75,670
The leading Union and Confederate officers who were in the battles of Chickamauga, or Chattanooga, or both, are as follows:
Gen. Ulysses S. Grant Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger Maj. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook
Gen. Braxton Bragg Lt. Gen. James Longstreet Maj.-Gen. Simon B. Buckner Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk Brig. Gen. John B. Hood Brig. Gen. Nathan B. Forrest Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler Lt. Gen. Daniel H. Hill
In order that you may know where these high-ranking officers were from, the following offers an accurate account:
1. Gen. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, April 27, 1822. Died in Mt. McGregor (near Saratoga), N. Y., July 23, 1885. 2. Gen. Rosecrans was born in Kingston, Ohio, Sept. 6, 1818. Died in Redondo, California, March 11, 1898. 3. Gen. Sherman was born in Lancaster, Ohio, Feb. 8, 1820. Died in New York, Feb. 14, 1891. 4. Gen. Thomas was born in Southhampton Co., Va., July 31, 1816. Died in San Francisco, California, March 28, 1870. 5. Gen. Hooker was born in Hadley, Mass., Nov. 13, 1814. Died in Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 6, 1872. 6. Gen. Granger was born in New York, N. Y., in 1821. Died in Santa Fe., New Mexico, Jan. 10, 1876. 7. Gen. Crittenden was born in Russellville, Ky., May 15, 1815. Died in Staten Island, N. Y., Oct. 23, 1893. 8. Gen. McCook was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, April 22, 1831. Died in Dayton, Ohio, June 12, 1903.