Table 4 CIVIL WAR TACTICAL PERFORMANCE
LEE'S TACTICAL RECORD AND PERFORMANCE
| Battle |
Attacker |
Winner |
union |
loss |
confederate |
loss |
| Seven Days |
C |
C |
105,000 |
15,800 |
86,800 |
19,100 |
| 2ND Bull Run |
U |
C |
75,696 |
16,000 |
48,500 |
9,200 |
| Antietam |
U |
C |
75,316 |
12,400 |
51,000 |
13,500 |
| Fredricksburg |
U |
C |
106,000 |
21,500 |
72,500 |
5,400 |
| Chancellorsville |
C |
C |
119,000 |
17,200 |
60,000 |
21,000 |
| Gettysburg |
C |
U |
82,289 |
23,000 |
75,000 |
28,000 |
| Mine Run |
U |
C |
10,000 |
1,272 |
5,000 |
570 |
| Wilderness |
U |
C |
101,895 |
17,660 |
61,025 |
7,750 |
| Spotsylvania |
U |
C |
65,785 |
14,267 |
53,275 |
10,000* |
| Cold Harbor |
U |
C |
108,000 |
13,000 |
59,000 |
3,000* |
| Petersburg |
U |
C |
63,797 |
11,386 |
41,990 |
2,900# |
| Petersburg(Mine) |
U |
C |
20,708 |
3,798 |
11,466 |
1,500 |
| Petersburg(Final) |
U |
U |
63,299 |
4,140 |
18579 |
2,900# |
| TOTAL(13) |
- |
- |
1,002,785 |
171,429 |
644,144 |
124,820 |
LEE'S TACTICAL PERFORMANCE
| Commander |
number |
% enemy men |
% casualties |
% enemy cas. |
Efficiency Index |
enemy Eff. Index |
| Lee win attack |
2 |
66 |
27.3 |
121 |
225 |
179 |
| Lee lose attack |
1 |
85 |
37.3 |
122 |
307 |
317 |
| Lee win defense |
9 |
61 |
13.8 |
51 |
271 |
85 |
| Lee lose defense |
1 |
55 |
15.6 |
70 |
223 |
46 |
| All Lee |
13 |
64 |
19.4 |
73 |
266 |
125 |
Source: Livermore's Numbers and Losses
* = Source:Encylopedia of Military History
# = Confederate losses estimated from efficiency indices for Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor and Petersburg Mine Assault
M. Collie May 1993
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