[wideawake]

Most people assume that "each side lost 10,000 men" means that each side had 10,000 men killed.

Each side actually lost 10,000 combat effectives to capture, wounding and death.

About 8,000 men were killed in total over the whole three days including both Federal and rebel mortalities.

Total casualties (killed, wounded and captured) for the three days were 46,000 in total or 23,000 apiece - almost exactly matched.

However, for Meade that meant 25% of his army and for Lee that meant 33% of his army.

[ko_kyi]

“However, for Meade that meant 25% of his army and for Lee that meant 33% of his army. “

I don’t think that the magnitude of the loss was apparent until months later, at the time it was considered by the Confederacy “Tough day for us, we’ll get them next time.” Was it Shelby Foote who said that like the Japanese after Midway there was no more victory, just different degrees of losing?

[johnny7]