| Killed. | Wounded. | Missing. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union | 1,614 | 7,721 | 3,963 | 13,298 |
| Rebel | 1,728 | 8,012 | 959 | 10,699 |
The excess of Rebel wounded was owing to the superiority of the muskets used by the Federal soldiers; and the excess of Union missing, to the capture of Prentiss' division.
[CHAPTER XX.]
How use doth breed a habit in a man.
Two Gentlemen of Verona.
——But let me tell the world,
If he outlive the envy of this day,
England did never owe so sweet a hope
So much misconstrued.
Henry IV.
It was long after the battle of Shiloh before all the dead were buried. Many were interred in trenches, scores together. A friend, who was engaged in this revolting labor, told me that, after three or four days, he found himself counting off the bodies as indifferently as he would have measured cord-wood.