. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War . can be ascertained,8,000 officers and men were killed or wounded. Longstreet 1,850 A. P. Hill 2,450 Jackson 3,700 Jacksons losses were distributed as follows :— Jacksons own Division 600 Ewell = . 650 Whitino; ........ 1,020 D. H. LliU 1,430 The regimental losses, in several instances, wereexceptionally severe. Of the 4th Texas, of Hoods brigade,the first to pierce the Federal line, there fell 20 officers and230 men. The 20th North Carolina, of D. H. Hills divi-sion, which charged the batteries on McGehees Hill, lost 70killed and 200 wounded ; o
. Stonewall Jackson and the American Civil War . can be ascertained,8,000 officers and men were killed or wounded. Longstreet 1,850 A. P. Hill 2,450 Jackson 3,700 Jacksons losses were distributed as follows :— Jacksons own Division 600 Ewell = . 650 Whitino; ........ 1,020 D. H. LliU 1,430 The regimental losses, in several instances, wereexceptionally severe. Of the 4th Texas, of Hoods brigade,the first to pierce the Federal line, there fell 20 officers and230 men. The 20th North Carolina, of D. H. Hills divi-sion, which charged the batteries on McGehees Hill, lost 70killed and 200 wounded ; of the same division the 3rd Ala-bama lost 200, and the 12th North Carolina 212 ; while twoof Lawtons regiments, the 31st and the 38th Georgia, hadeach a casualty list of 170. Almost every smgle regimentnorth of the Chickahominy took part m the action. Thecavalry did nothing, but at least 48,000 infantry wereengaged, and seventeen batteries are mentioned in thereports as having participated in the battle. O. R., vol. xi., part i., pp. llaUctr tfr Bo2(tallt^^ 43 CHAPTEE XIY THE SEVEN DAYS. FRAYSEEs FARM AND MALVERN HILL The battle of Games Mill, although the assailants sufferedheavier losses than they inflicted, was a long step towardsJune 28, accomplishing the deliverance of Eichmond. One1862. of McClellans five army corps had been disposedof, a heavy blow had been struck at the moral of hiswhole army, and his communications with the WhiteHouse and the Pamunkey were at the mercy of hisenemies. Still the Confederate outlook was not altogetherclear. It is one thing to win a victory, but anotherto make such use of it as to annihilate the defeat was but a beginning of operations; andalthough Lee was convinced that McClellan would retreat,he was by no means so certain that his escape could beprevented. Yet this was essential. If the Federal armywere suffered to fall back without incurring further loss, itwould be rapidly reinforced from Washington, and resuming
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