Table 7 CIVIL WAR TACTICAL PERFORMANCE

Longstreet'S TACTICAL RECORD AND PERFORMANCE

Battle Attacker Winner union loss confederate loss
Fair Oaks C U 14,000 3,223 15,000 4,851
Gaines Mill C C 34,124 6,837 57,018 8,751
White Oak Swamp C U 14,107 2,853 14,716 3,615
2nd Bull Run C C 34,700 6,000 45,000 4,000
Antietam U C 30,000 3,000 15,000 4,500
Fredricksburg U C 70,000 17,000 35,000 2,000
Gettysburg II C U 12,000 5,000 12,000 5,000
Gettysburg III C U 7,000 2,000 12,000 9,000
Chickamauga C C 29,000 8,000 30,000 9,000
Wauhatchee# C U 4,000 437 2,100 460
Knoxville# C U 440 100 4,000 813
Wilderness U C 25,000 6,000 16,000 2,700
TOTAL(12) - - 274,371 60,450 257,834 54,690

Longstreet'S TACTICAL PERFORMANCE

Commander number % enemy men % casualties % enemy cas. Efficiency Index enemy Eff. Index
Longstreet win attack 3 135 16.0 104 158 222
Longstreet lose attack 6 116 40.0 174 228 461
Longstreet win defense 3 53 14.0 35 394 74
Longstreet lose defense 0 - - - - - - - - - -
All Longstreet 12 94 21.2 91 234 199

Source: Livermore's Numbers and Losses

# = Source: Boatner's The Civil War Dictionary

M. Collie May 1993

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