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To: BroJoeK

Details regarding #6:
The Battle At Big Bethel Church, Virginia - June 10, 1861

Pierce’s command, 7 regiments in all, were in nearly complete disorganization when they hit Magruder’s entrenched line.

During the confusion of the attack the 7th New York began firing in the Union rear and the Yankees withdrew to reorganize but never attacked again.

The Union lost 76 men.
The Confederates lost 8.


98 posted on 03/10/2013 10:39:48 AM PDT by Repeal The 17th (We have met the enemy and he is us.)
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To: Repeal The 17th
Repeal The 17th: "The Union lost 76 men.
The Confederates lost 8."

Those are total casualty numbers.
Killed in action on June 10, 1861 were 18 Federals and one Confederate -- Private Henry L. Wyatt of the 1st North Carolina Volunteers.

This first Confederate battle-death came two months after the Confederate assault on Fort Sumter, and one month after the Confederacy's formal declaration of war on the United States, May 6, 1861.

152 posted on 03/10/2013 12:21:53 PM PDT by BroJoeK (a little historical perspective....)
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