[13] Memoirs, p. 572. The Antietam and Fredericksburg, p. 87.
[14] It was not until two o’clock that even Meade’s Pennsylvanians were reformed.
| Hooker Mansfield Sedwick Smith | 11,000 8,500 6,000 5,000 ——— 30,500 | |
| [16] | Lawton Jones Hood Stuart G. T. Anderson Walker McLaws D. H. Hill (3 brigades) | 3,600 1,800 2,000 1,500 1,000 3,500 4,500 1,500 ——— 19,400 |
[17] The Federals engaged against Jackson lost in five and a half hours 7,000 officers and men. During the seven hours they were engaged at Gravelotte the Prussian Guard and the Saxon Army Corps lost 10,349; but 50,000 infantry were in action. The percentage of loss (20) was about the same in both cases. The Confederate losses up to 10.30 a.m. were as follows:
|
Jones Lawton Hood McLaws Walker Anderson D.H. Hill (estimate) | 700 1,334 1,002 1,119 1,012 87 500 ——— 5,754 | (29 p.c.) |
[18] Hill received his orders at 6.30 a.m. and marched an hour later, reaching the battle-field about 3.30 p.m.
[19] From Manassas to Appomattox, pp 256, 257.
[20] Battles and Leaders, vol. ii, pp. 679, 680.
[21] General Palfrey. The Antietam and Fredericksburg.