Lieutenant Col. William F. Fox’s landmark 1889 treatise exploring Union battle deaths during the Civil War includes a table listing the “maximum of regimental loss in killed and died of wounds in particular engagements.” Nine infantry regiments hold the grim distinction of losing more than 100 men.
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