. Slavery and four years of war : a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865 . rts show the Armyof the Potomac, from May i to 12, 1864, took 7078 pris-oners, and from May 12 to July 31, 1864, 6506 ; total,13,584. War Records, vol. Part I., p. i88 (iig-198). ^ It is interesting to note that the ratio of killed to wounded, shown by thistable, is almost exactly i to 5, that is, per cent, of the whole number werekilled; that of the killed, i out of every was
. Slavery and four years of war : a political history of slavery in the United States, together with a narrative of the campaigns and battles of the Civil War in which the author took part, 1861-1865 . rts show the Armyof the Potomac, from May i to 12, 1864, took 7078 pris-oners, and from May 12 to July 31, 1864, 6506 ; total,13,584. War Records, vol. Part I., p. i88 (iig-198). ^ It is interesting to note that the ratio of killed to wounded, shown by thistable, is almost exactly i to 5, that is, per cent, of the whole number werekilled; that of the killed, i out of every was an officer ; of the wounded, iout of 20 was an officer ; of the whole number killed and wounded, i officer waskilled out of every 88, i officer was wounded out of every , and i enlisted manwas killed out of every , and one officer was killed or wounded out of every 19. Wilderness 93 The Union reports show the captured and missing [Union],May 4th to June 24th, to be 8966, The killed and wounded in the Sixth Army Corps, May 5to June 15, 1864, were 10,614; in the Third Division thereof,1993, and in the Second Brigade of this division, 1246. ^ War Records, vol. xxxvi., Part I., pp. 188, CHAPTER VII CAMPAIGN SOUTH OF JAMES RIVER AND PETERSBURG—HUNT-ERS RAID—BATTLE OF MONOCACY—EARLYS ADVANCEON WASHINGTON (1864)—SHERIDANS MOVEMENTS INSHENANDOAH VALLEY, AND OTHER EVENTS IN pursuance of the general plan, as we have seen, GeneralB. F. Butler had organized at Fortress Monroe the Armyof the James, composed of the Tenth and EighteenthCorps, commanded, respectively, by Generals Quincy A. Gil-more and W. F. Smith. It moved by transports up the JamesRiver on May 4, 1864, and effected a landing without seriousresistance at Bermuda Hundred the night of the 5th. At thesame time General Kautz, with 3000 cavalry, made a raid fromSuffolk and destroyed a portion of the Petersburg and WeldonRailroad. These movements caused a hasty concentrationagainst Butler of all the available t
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