. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . Potomac was accordingly withdrawn, and it wasnot until two years later that it again found itself under its last commanderat substantially the same point 011 the bank of the James. It was as evidentin 1862 as in 1865 that there was the true defense of Washington, and that itwas on the banks of the James that the fate of the Union was to be decided. ^•Tables (to follow) of the Opposing Forcesof the Seven Days, made from the fullest re-vised data of the War Records office, will show
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . Potomac was accordingly withdrawn, and it wasnot until two years later that it again found itself under its last commanderat substantially the same point 011 the bank of the James. It was as evidentin 1862 as in 1865 that there was the true defense of Washington, and that itwas on the banks of the James that the fate of the Union was to be decided. ^•Tables (to follow) of the Opposing Forcesof the Seven Days, made from the fullest re-vised data of the War Records office, will showthat the Army of the Potomac consisted of 150regiments of infantry; 2 regiments and 1 battalionof engineers; 1 regiment of heavy or siege artil-lery; 5S batteries; and 10 regiments of cavalry. The Confederate forces consisted of 173 regimentsand 12 battalions of infantry; 71 batteries; and12 regiments of cavalry. General McClellan cor-rectly estimates the Union loss, but the Confed-erate loss, according to the revised returns, was:killed, 3286; wounded, 15,909; missing, , 20,135.—Editors. ; / ,y. CONFEDERATE BATTERY AT MATHIAS POINT, OR BUDDS FERRT, ON THE POTOMAC [SEE ARTICLE, P. 143,AND MAP, P. 164]. FROM A SKETCH MADE ES FEBRUARY, 1862.
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