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William F. Fox, Lt. Col. U. S. V., Regimental Losses in the American Civil War, 1861-1865: A Treatise on the extent and nature of the mortuary losses in the Union regiments, with full and exhaustive statistics compiled from the official records on file in the state military bureaus and at Washington 395 395 Browse Search
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Regimental Histories 370 370 Browse Search
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing) 156 156 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 8 46 46 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 6, 10th edition. 36 36 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2 34 34 Browse Search
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 7, 4th edition. 29 29 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Mass. officers and men who died. 26 26 Browse Search
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 1, Condensed history of regiments. 25 25 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 3. 23 23 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: August 25, 1862., [Electronic resource], Yankees in Gloucester. (search)
a friend in this city to the following effect. Gen. McClellan called to see her just before he James River, and opened the conversation thus. "McC.--I wish you, madam, to answer a question I shall ask you candidly. Have you any objection?" "Lady.--I must hear the question first." "McC.--When does the sickly season commence in this part of the country?" "Lady.--I have lived here upwards of thirty years. I have always found the sickly season commence towards the last of August, and continue at ? throughout the month of September. We generally leave home about the first mentioned period, unless unavoidably detained. "McC.--Then If I stay here until the first of October, I shall lose every man I have left. I have already last, from battle and disease, since I first set foot on the peninsula, 100,000 men! I have 40,000 left, and they are so worn down by sickness that if I were attacked I should be compelled to surrender. Why I have not been attacked, I cannot