. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . d be carried out, the light nothaving ended until 10 p. M. Hampton reports a loss in his own division of59 killed, 258 wounded, and 295 missing; aggre-gating 612. Fitzhugh Lees losses are not given. General Sheridan reported this days fight as by far the most brilliant one of the present enemys loss was very heavy. My loss in killed andwounded will be about 575. Of this number 490 werewounded. I brought off in my ambulances 377 — all thatcould be transported. The rema
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . d be carried out, the light nothaving ended until 10 p. M. Hampton reports a loss in his own division of59 killed, 258 wounded, and 295 missing; aggre-gating 612. Fitzhugh Lees losses are not given. General Sheridan reported this days fight as by far the most brilliant one of the present enemys loss was very heavy. My loss in killed andwounded will be about 575. Of this number 490 werewounded. I brought off in my ambulances 377 — all thatcould be transported. The remainder were, with a num-ber of the rebel wounded that fell into my hands, leftbehind. Surgeons and attendants were detailed and re-mained in charge of them. I captured and have now withme 370 prisoners of war, including 20 commissionedofficers. My loss in captured will not exceed 150. From prisoners Sheridan learned that Hunter,instead of coming toward Charlottesville, was nearLexington, moving upon Lynchburg; that Ewellscorps was on its way to Lynchburg; and that SHERIDANS TREflLIAN RAID. 235 SCALE OF MILES. •JVCLUS MAP OF THE BATTLE OF TREVILIAN STATION. FOR SHERIDANS ROUTE DURING THE RAID, SEE MAP, P. 190. Breckinridge was at Gordonsville. %, He concluded,therefore, to return. During the night of the 12ththe command moved back, recrossed the NorthAnna at Carpenters Ford, unsaddled the horsesand turned them out to graze; the poor animalshad been without food for two days. The enemycame in sight but once during the entire march toWest Point on the York Kiver, from which placethe wounded were sent by transport to could exceed the tender care bestowedupon the wounded, and the humane treatment ofthe prisoners by the commanding general and hisstaff. Every kind of conveyance was utilized totransport the disabled: ordinary army wagons,ancient family carriages, buggies, and gigs, in allstages of decrepitude, were appropriated for am-bulance purposes. General She
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