Recapitulation—Killed and died of wounds, Shenandoah Valley:
| First Michigan | 24 |
| Fifth Michigan | 46 |
| Sixth Michigan | 17 |
| Seventh Michigan | 17 |
| —— | |
| Total | 104 |
The following table of killed and wounded in the First cavalry division in the battle of Cedar Creek is taken from the official war records:[42]
| First Brigade— | |
| Officers and men killed | 10 |
| Officers and men wounded | 43 |
| — | |
| Officers and men killed and wounded | 53 |
| Second Brigade— | |
| Officers and men killed | 3 |
| Officers and men wounded | 16 |
| — | |
| Officers and men killed and wounded | 19 |
| Reserve Brigade— | |
| Officers and men killed | 9 |
| Officers and men wounded | 27 |
| — | |
| Officers and men killed and wounded | 36 |
| Total killed and wounded, First Brigade | 53 |
| Total killed and wounded Second and Reserve Brigades | 55 |
It is thus seen that the First brigade lost in killed and wounded within two of as many as both the other brigades—almost fifty per cent of the entire losses of the division.
Custer's division of two brigades lost 2 killed and 24 wounded.
Powell's division of two brigades lost 1 killed, 8 wounded.
In other words, while the entire of the Second and Third divisions—four brigades—lost but 35 killed and wounded, the Michigan brigade alone lost 53 in this battle. Thirty-four per cent of the entire losses killed and wounded in the cavalry corps were in this one brigade.[43]
These figures give point to the statement of General Merritt in a communication to the adjutant general of the First cavalry division, dated November 4, 1864, that the list of killed and wounded in a battle is presumptive evidence of the degree and kind of service performed.[44] General Merritt also gives the Michigan brigade credit for "overwhelming a battery, and its supports," in other words capturing the battery.