Well, I’m not a statistician by any means and I even struggled with the stats for my dissertation. But for some reason, I have quite a few blog posts on statistics. So, why not one more:
The following tables are the number of Union and Confederate soldiers who were killed, wounded or captured during the Gettysburg Campaign. These figures are adapted from Fox’s Regimental Losses on the Civil War Home website.
The following shows the total Killed and Wounded for both Union and Confederates:
UNION
July 1 Killed — 950
July 1 Wounded — 4,550
July 1 Total – 5500
July 2 Killed — 1500
July 2 Wounded — 7,250
July 2 Total – 8,750
July 3 Killed — 705
July 3 Wounded — 2,745
July 3 Total – 3,450
Total Killed — 3,155
Total Wounded —14,529
Total Killed and Wounded– 17,684
CONFEDERATE
July 1 Killed — 900
July 1 Wounded — 4,350
July 1 Total – 5,250
July 2 Killed — 1,175
July 2 Wounded — 5,325
July 2 Total – 6500
July 3 Killed — 1,425
July 3 Wounded — 5,575
July 3 Total – 7000
Total Killed — 3,500
Total Wounded —15,250
Total Killed and Wounded– 18,750
By Location on the Battlefield:
Wheat-Field: Union Losses 4,133Confederate Losses 2,822
Emmittsburg Road: Union Losses 2,645Confederate Losses 1,978
Peach Orchard: Union Losses 1,285Confederate Losses 1,047
Round Top: Union Losses 575Confederate Losses 826
Total: Union Losses 8,638Confederate Losses 6,673
So, lets start asking some questions:
- What percentage were killed on the first day of the Battle?
- What percentage of the Union losses occurred in the Peach Orchard?
- Why were Union causalities lower on July 3rd?
- What percentage of Confederates were wounded on July 2nd?
And the questions could go on and on…
Until next…enjoy the statistics !
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