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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Battle of Gettysburg, a Union victory, though Confederate newspapers will not report it as such.

Pennsylvania 1863 Engagements

DateEngagementMilitary UnitsLossesVictor
June 29Oyster Point (Camp Hill), PAUnion Dept of Susquehanna (Couche ~200?), Confederate ANV 2 companies (Ewell, ~200?)Union none, Confederates 2USA (Confederate attack failed)
June 30Hanover, PAUnion Army of Potomac Cavalry Brigade (Kilpactric ~5,000?), Confederate Army of N VA (Stuart ~6,000?)Union 216-total (32?-killed), Confederates 117-total (18? killed) inconclusive (Union held their ground, Stuart bypassed)
June 30Sporting Hill, PAUnion PA & NY Militia (Couch ~2,000?), Confederate Army of N VA Cavalry (Jenkins ~2,000?)Union 11-total (none-killed), Confederates 45-total (16 killed) inconclusive (Union held their ground)
July 2Hunterstown, PAUnion Cavalry (Custer ~2,000?), Confederate Army of N VA Cavalry (Hampton ~1,000?)Union unknown, Confederates unknowninconclusive
July 1-3Gettysburg, PAUnion Army of the Potomac (Mead ~100,000?), Confederate Army of N VA (Lee ~75,000?)Union 23,049*total (including 3,155 killed), Confederates ~25,000 total (including 4,708-killed)USA

Summary of Civil War Engagements as of July 3, 1863:
Engagements in Confederate states:

StateUnion VictoriesConfederate VictoriesInconclusiveTotal Engagements
South Carolina2215
Virginia11331458
North Carolina81110
Florida2002
Louisiana101112
Tennessee117119
Arkansas81211
Georgia1102
Mississippi85013
Texas0101
Alabama1001
Total Engagements in CSA625321136

Engagements in Union states/territories:

StateUnion VictoriesConfederate VictoriesInconclusiveTotal Engagements
Maryland3014
West Virginia93214
Missouri1413128
New Mexico58013
Kentucky56213
Oklahoma1304
Pennsylvania235
Total Engagements in Union4033982
Total Engagements to date1028630218

Total casualties were over 48,000 including nearly 8,000 killed in action, bringing the war's totals to about 420,000 casualties, including nearly 51,000 killed in action.

For a modern day equivalent, multiply those numbers times ten.

6 posted on 07/04/2023 8:51:24 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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To: BroJoeK

In the US Civil War, the numbers who died from diseases and non-battle accidents, on both sides, was over two-to-one for those who died in battle.


7 posted on 07/04/2023 8:58:31 AM PDT by BroJoeK (future DDG 134 -- we remember)
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