LOSSES.
The official reports of losses are given in the following tabular statement:
| GRANT’S ARMY. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIVISIONS. | KILLED. | WOUNDED. | MISSING. | TOTAL. |
| 1—General McClernand, | 251 | 1,351 | 236 | 1,848 |
| 2—General W. H. L. Wallace, | 228 | 1,033 | 1,163 | 2,424 |
| 3—General Lew. Wallace, | 43 | 257 | 5 | 305 |
| 4—General Hurlbut, | 313 | 1,449 | 223 | 1,985 |
| 5—General Sherman, | 318 | 1,275 | 441 | 2,034 |
| 6—General Prentiss, | 196 | 562 | 1,802 | 2,760 |
| Total, | 1,349 | 5,927 | 3,870 | 11,356 |
| BUELL’S ARMY. | ||||
| 2—General McCook, | 95 | 793 | 8 | 896 |
| 4—General Nelson, | 90 | 591 | 58 | 739 |
| 5—General Crittenden, | 80 | 410 | 27 | 517 |
| Total, | 265 | 1,794 | 93 | 2,152 |
| Grand Total, | 1,614 | 7,721 | 3,963 | 13,508 |
The official report of General Beauregard states the rebel loss to be 1,728 killed, 8,012 wounded, and 959 missing; which is far below the estimated losses of the enemy given by the Federal officers, who buried the dead on the field.
Bravely was that battle contested on both sides. We have described the way in which the Federal Generals fought and won a victory. But the South was gallantly represented—so gallantly, that a victory over such men was worth a double conquest over a meaner foe.
Beauregard seemed omnipresent along his lines throughout that memorable day, striving by expostulation, entreaties, command, exposure of his own person, to stem the tide of defeat; but it was in vain. The steady flank advances of the Federal wings—the solidity of their centre, rendered it necessary to “retreat,” if he would not be cut off entirely. His baffled and somewhat dispirited brigades fell back slowly upon the Corinth road, which, in all the fortunes of the two days’ fight, had been carefully guarded from any approach of the Unionists. The retreat was neither a panic nor a rout. Some regiments threw away their arms, blankets, etc., from exhaustion; great numbers of killed and wounded crowded the army wagons, and much camp equipage was necessarily left behind.
The pursuit was kept up with but little energy. The nature of the woods rendered cavalry movements extremely difficult, and though three thousand splendidly mounted fellows had waited two days for an order to ride into the fray, it came too late for much service. The infantry pushed onward only a mile or two, for being unacquainted with the topography of the country, General Buell considered it dangerous to pursue his advantages any farther.
In giving a record of this contest, one thing is assured—the Union victory was won by the heroic fortitude of men, many of whom never before had been under fire; and the field is written all over with the records of soldiers whose unfaltering heroism gave the name of Pittsburg Landing to the hardest fought and noblest won battle of the American continent.