. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . e generous and chivalricassistance of Heintzelman and Sumner, successfully repulsed the foe inevery quarter, and was ready to renew the contest at an opportune killed and wounded were numbered by thousands; the loss of the Con-federates may be imagined. | While taking Meaghers brigade to the front, I crossed a portion of theground over which a large column had advanced to attack us, and had a fairopportunity of judging of the effect
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers, based upon "The Century war series." . e generous and chivalricassistance of Heintzelman and Sumner, successfully repulsed the foe inevery quarter, and was ready to renew the contest at an opportune killed and wounded were numbered by thousands; the loss of the Con-federates may be imagined. | While taking Meaghers brigade to the front, I crossed a portion of theground over which a large column had advanced to attack us, and had a fairopportunity of judging of the effect of our fire upon the ranks of the enemy. 4It is impossible to estimate the casualties ofeach of these battles, so quickly did oue followanother. Our total loss in these battles is recordedas 15,849, while that of the Confederates sums upto 20,135. The loss iu the Fifth Corps was 7601. This does not include the losses of Slocums di-vision and Cookes cavalry engaged with us atGainess Mill, nor of Couchs division and the bri-gades of Caldwell, Meagher, and Sickles servingwith it at Malvern. [See pp. 314-318.] —F. J. P. THE BATTLE OF MALVERN It was something fearful and sad to contemplate; few steps could be takenwithout trampling upon the body of a dead or wounded soldier, or without-hearing a piteous cry, begging our party to be careful. In some places thebodies were in continuous lines and in heaps. In Mexico I had seen fields ofbattle on which our armies had been victorious, and had listened to pitifulappeals; but the pleaders were not of my countrymen then, and did not, asnow, cause me to deplore the effects of a fratricidal war. Sadder still were the trying scenes I met in and around the Malvern house,which at an early hour that day had been given up to the wounded, ami wassoon filled with our unfortunate men, suffering from all kinds of night, after issuing orders for the withdrawal of our troops, I passedthrough the building and the adjoining hospitals w
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