HEAVIEST REGIMENTAL LOSSES—HERE AND ELSEWHERE

At the battle of Chickamauga, the 22nd Michigan Infantry lost 58.

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

[1]Divided states.

The leading Union and Confederate officers who were in the battles of Chickamauga, or Chattanooga, or both, are as follows: