Chancellorsville: casualties

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Some preliminary analysis

The company descriptive books are likely to add more casualties, but here are some preliminary statistics.

Company	present for duty		killed	wounded	missing	total	listed below
	27 Apr	7 May	in action (from 7 May report)
field staff	8	7	0	1	0	1 (13%)	1
A	44	38	0	2	4	6 (14%)	6
B	22	21	2	0	1	3 (14%)	3
C	44	31	1	8	7	16 (36%)	18
D	34	27	2	3	1	6 (18%)	7
E	43	35	2	4	4	10 (23%)	12
F	30	27	1	0	2	3 (10%)	4
G	29	25	1	9	0	10 (34%)	10
H	31	24	0	4	1	5 (16%)	5
I	18	14	1	4	0	5 (28%)	5
K	26	17	0	5	4	9 (35%)	4
total	329	266	10	40	24	74 (22%)	73

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Names of casualties

[main sources: Bates, 7 May 63 consolidated morning report, co.E descriptive list]

co.	Name	Bates	morning report 7 May	date	remarks
hq	Edgar Gregory	wounded	wounded	3rd
A	Johnson Agnew	[nothing]	missing	?	gained from mia 23 May 63. captured, perhaps 5 May 63, and paroled
A	William Kintzler	[nothing]	missing	?	gained from mia 23 May 63 and 9 Oct 63!?. captured, perhaps 5 May 63, and paroled
A	Rudolph Maidre	killed	missing	3rd
A	Joseph Mills	[nothing]	wounded	?	died 17 June 63 of wounds received in action (Bates)
A	William Stettler	wounded	wounded	3rd
A	Samuel Wilson	killed	missing	3rd
B	Sebastian Badini	killed	killed	3rd
B	Jacob Lynn	killed	killed	3rd
B	Thomas Patterson	killed	missing	3rd
C	John Anorson	captured		5th	absent on leave 28 May 63; died Andersonville 8 Aug 64
C	John Banning	killed	missing	3rd
C	William Beale	[nothing]	wounded	?	later missing reported absent wounded; regained 29/30 May 63
C	John Bisbing	killed	killed	3rd
C	Andrew Brown	[nothing]	mia	3rd	later in corps hosp. as paroled prisoner
C	William Carpenter	wounded	missing	3rd
C	Henry Chitlick	wounded	missing	3rd
C	Charles Coats	[nothing]	wounded	?
C	Joseph Gilbert	[nothing]	wounded	?	see 'Further from General Hooker's army'
C	William Hoover	wounded	missing	3rd	later in corps hosp. as paroled prisoner
C	Alexander Kealy	[nothing]	wounded	?
C	Albert Morgan	[nothing]	missing	3rd	regained 29/30 May 63
C	John or Thomas O'Neill	[nothing]	wounded	?
C	George Ott	[nothing]	missing	3rd	later in corps hosp. as paroled prisoner
C	Theodore Parsons	wounded	wounded	3rd	died 26 June of those wounds
C	Samuel or William Simpson	Sam'l wounded	missing	3rd	Corp Simpson (?). reported at Camp Parole, 21 May
C	Joseph E Smith	wounded	missing	3rd
C	John Worl	[nothing]	missing	3rd	regained 29/30 May 63
D	John Collins	wounded	[nothing]	3rd
D	William Hagerman	wounded	[nothing]	3rd
D	Joseph Johnson	killed	killed	3rd
D	Joseph Kessler	killed	killed	3rd
D	Charles Neide	wounded	[nothing]	3rd
D	Robert Stewart	wounded	missing	5th
D	Steele	[nothing]	missing	?	Samuel Steel (D) died at Fredericksburg in 1862, according to Bates
E	Alexander Baird	wounded	[nothing]	3rd
E	Martin Blake	[nothing]	missing	?	regained 29 Oct 63, absent with leave
E	Willliam Bryson	killed	killed	3rd	while charging enemy
E	John Garrity	wounded	[nothing]	3rd	in hand and arm
E	William Gilmore	[nothing]	[nothing]		regained from mia on 28 May 63
E	William Jeffries	[nothing]	missing	?
E	William McCartny	wounded	wounded	3rd
E	Francis McMakin	killed	killed	3rd	while charging enemy
E	Robert Miller	killed	missing	3rd	died on 3rd of wounds received charging enemy
E	Philip H Peltz[nothing]	wounded		3rd
E	John J Russell	wounded	[nothing]	3rd
E	John Whelan	[nothing]	[nothing]	?	wounded (descriptive roll only)
E	Thomas Whelan	wounded	[nothing]	3rd
F	Joseph Gebler	killed	killed	3rd
F	William Gilliland	wounded	[nothing]	2nd
F	James Smith	[nothing]	missing	?
F	George Stroup	[nothing]	missing	?	reported regained from mia on 23 Oct 63
G	Reuben Auman	[nothing]	wounded	?
G	Israel Barnes	killed	killed	3rd
G	William Cox	[nothing]	wounded	?
G	John Evans	wounded	wounded	3rd
G	Frederick Henry	wounded	wounded	3rd
G	Frederick Lehman	[nothing]	wounded	?	according to pension file (Bates has wounded Gettysburg)
G	George Pilkington	wounded	wounded	3rd	transferred to VRC 3 Jun 63
G	Alexander Scott	[nothing]	wounded	?
G	Amos Truman	wounded	wounded	3rd
G	Samuel Williamson	wounded	wounded	3rd
H	George Black	wounded	[nothing]	3rd	died 6 May of those wounds
H	Thomas Crozier	wounded	[nothing]	3rd	fractured radius and ulna, left forearm; lost use of hand
H	Patrick Donnelly			[not listed]	dropped as paroled prisoner on 18 May
H	John Sommers	[nothing]	missing	?
H	Andrew Steinmetz			[not listed]	dropped as paroled prisoner on 18 May
I	John Cooker	wounded	killed	3rd	died 25 May of those wounds (Bates); regained from mia 16 May (cons. morn. report)
I	Alexander Mallack	[nothing]	wounded?	?
I	George Leaf	[nothing]	wounded?	?
I	Henry Erdman	[nothing]	wounded?	?
I	Pri Calahan	[nothing]	wounded?	?	John Callahan (I) was transferred to co.E in 1862, according to Bates
K	Eugene Chambers	killed	missing	3rd
K	Michael Connelly	killed	missing	3rd	still listed as mia 24 Jun 64
K	William Cooper	[see remarks]	missing	3rd	severely wounded; Bates has 2 May 64; ret'd to reg't in very poor health 23 Apr 64
K	Lewis Lammey	wounded	missing	3rd	died 26 June of those wounds

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Number of casualties in the 1st brigade, 3rd division, 5th corps

[p.174]
[CASUALTIES AT] THE BATTLE OF CHANCELLORSVILLE, MAY 1-3.
(Including skirmishes along the lines, May 4-6.)

[p.181]
THIRD DIVISION. Brig. Gen. ANDREW A. HUMPHREYS.
First Brigade. Brig. Gen. ERASTUS B. TYLER.

Command.	Killed.		Wounded.		Captured or missing.		Aggregate.
	Off.	Enl.	Off.	Enl.	Off.	Enl.
91st Pennsylvania	---	8	4	39	---	25	76
126th Pennsylvania	---	5	2	55	2	13	77
129th Pennsylvania	---	4	1	31	---	6	42
134th Pennsylvania	1	3	1	33	---	7	45
Total First Brigade	1	20	8	158	2	51	240

[source: Official records series 1 volume 25 part 1 pages 174-181, part]

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Officers killed

[p.187]
OFFICERS MORTALLY WOUNDED
[p.188] PENNSYLVANIA.
Capt. Theodore H. Parsons, 91st Infantry.

[source: Official records series 1 volume 25 part 1 pages 187-188, part]