Detailed Strength and Casualty Numbers
for the Army of the Potomac in the Battle of Gettysburg
These numbers are rounded approximations rather than a precise count. Most of the information comes from the Official Records, but it is often in disagreement between regimental and brigade records or with information from unitmonuments or postwar writing by veterans.
“Strength” is the number of men “present for duty equipped,” those actually ready for combat on the battlefield. This does not count units that were not on the Gettysburg battlefield on July 1-3, such as Huey’s Cavalry Brigade and the two Vermont regiments guarding trains in the army’s rear. They also do not count men who were on sick call or in the hospital, or were detailed to supply or other duties which took them out of the battle lines.
“Killed” counts men who were killed or who died soon after a mortal wound. “Wounded” counts anyone who was injured, from lightly hit men who did not leave the ranks to men who died of their wounds days or months after the battle. “Missing” also covered a wide category, basically anyone who did not answer roll call but whose fate was not known. These might be men who were captured, or ran away, whose body could not be identified, or who crawled into the woods to die and whose body was never found. If the fate of these men became known at a later date the numbers of killed and wounded might be adjusted in regimental histories and veteran’s memoirs, but were almost never corrected in the official reports – one cause of the lack of precision in tracking Civil War battlefield casualties.
See the Confederate Strength and Casualty Numbers
|
strength |
killed |
wounded |
missing |
Total losses |
% loss |
|||
| Army of the Potomac |
91,699 |
3,146 |
14,510 |
5,166 |
22,822 |
24% |
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| Staff & escort |
50 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
|||
| 1st Corps (Reynolds) |
12,160 |
661 |
3,222 |
2,161 |
6,044 |
50% |
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| Staff & escort |
70 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|||
| 1st Division (Wadsworth) |
3,855 |
295 |
1,230 |
625 |
2,150 |
56% |
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| Staff |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Meredith) |
1,830 |
170 |
720 |
260 |
1,150 |
63% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Cutler) |
2,015 |
125 |
510 |
365 |
1,000 |
50% |
||
| 2nd Division (Robinson) |
3,000 |
90 |
606 |
985 |
1,681 |
56% |
||
| Staff |
10 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Paul) |
1,540 |
50 |
345 |
635 |
1,030 |
67% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Baxter) |
1,450 |
40 |
260 |
350 |
650 |
45% |
||
| 3rd Division (Doubleday) |
4,635 |
265 |
1,301 |
540 |
2,106 |
45% |
||
| Staff |
10 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Rowley) |
1,360 |
110 |
560 |
230 |
900 |
66% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Stone) |
1,315 |
110 |
465 |
280 |
855 |
65% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (Stannard) |
1,950 |
45 |
275 |
30 |
350 |
18% |
||
| Artillery (Wainwright) |
600 |
10 |
85 |
10 |
105 |
17% |
||
| 2nd Corps (Hancock) |
11,216 |
791 |
3,192 |
375 |
4,358 |
39% |
||
| Staff & escort |
170 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
7 |
|||
| 1st Division (Caldwell) |
3,212 |
190 |
883 |
200 |
1,273 |
40% |
||
| Staff |
7 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Cross) |
850 |
60 |
260 |
10 |
330 |
38% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Kelly) |
530 |
30 |
110 |
60 |
200 |
37% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (Zook) |
975 |
50 |
225 |
80 |
355 |
36% |
||
| 4th Brigade (Brooke) |
850 |
50 |
285 |
50 |
385 |
45% |
||
| 2nd Division (Gibbon) |
3,586 |
335 |
1,195 |
105 |
1,638 |
46% |
||
| Staff |
6 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Harrow) |
1,410 |
150 |
580 |
50 |
780 |
55% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Webb) |
1,250 |
115 |
335 |
40 |
490 |
39% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (Hall) |
920 |
70 |
280 |
15 |
365 |
40% |
||
| 3rd Division (Hays) |
3,648 |
240 |
985 |
65 |
1,290 |
35% |
||
| Staff |
8 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Caroll) |
940 |
40 |
165 |
10 |
215 |
23% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Smyth) |
1,190 |
60 |
280 |
25 |
365 |
31% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (Willard) |
1,510 |
140 |
540 |
30 |
710 |
47% |
||
| Artillery (Hazard) |
600 |
25 |
120 |
5 |
150 |
35% |
||
| 3rd Corps (Sickles) |
10,691 |
597 |
3,039 |
590 |
4,226 |
40% |
||
| Staff & escort |
60 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
|||
| 1st Division (Birney) |
5,096 |
275 |
1,393 |
355 |
2,023 |
40% |
||
| Staff |
7 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Graham) |
1,516 |
70 |
510 |
165 |
745 |
49% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Ward) |
2,190 |
130 |
485 |
170 |
785 |
36% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (DeTrobriand) |
1,390 |
75 |
395 |
20 |
490 |
35% |
||
| 2nd Division (Humphreys) |
4,935 |
312 |
1,564 |
220 |
2,096 |
42% |
||
| Staff |
15 |
2 |
9 |
0 |
11 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Carr) |
1,715 |
120 |
605 |
65 |
790 |
46% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Brewster) |
1,840 |
130 |
575 |
75 |
780 |
42% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (Burling) |
1,365 |
60 |
375 |
80 |
515 |
38% |
||
| Artillery (Randolph) |
600 |
10 |
80 |
15 |
105 |
18% |
||
| 5th Corps (Sykes) |
10,904 |
365 |
1,610 |
218 |
2,193 |
20% |
||
| Staff & escort |
184 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Division (Barnes) |
3,415 |
167 |
597 |
141 |
905 |
27% |
||
| Staff |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Tilton) |
655 |
12 |
102 |
11 |
125 |
49% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Sweitzer) |
1,420 |
65 |
240 |
120 |
425 |
36% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (Vincent) |
1,335 |
90 |
255 |
10 |
355 |
35% |
||
| 2nd Division (Ayres) |
4,025 |
165 |
800 |
70 |
1,035 |
25% |
||
| Staff |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Day) |
1,575 |
45 |
320 |
20 |
385 |
24% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Burbank) |
960 |
80 |
340 |
30 |
450 |
47% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (Weed) |
1,485 |
40 |
140 |
20 |
200 |
13% |
||
| 3rd Division (Crawford) |
2,850 |
25 |
180 |
5 |
210 |
7% |
||
| Staff |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (McCandless) |
1,245 |
20 |
130 |
5 |
155 |
12% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Fisher) |
1,600 |
5 |
50 |
0 |
55 |
3% |
||
| Artillery (Martin) |
430 |
8 |
33 |
2 |
43 |
10% |
||
| 6th Corps (Sedgwick) |
13,601 |
27 |
185 |
30 |
242 |
2% |
||
| Staff & escort |
100 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Division (Wright) |
4,213 |
1 |
17 |
0 |
18 |
0% |
||
| Staff & Provost |
86 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Torbert) |
1,320 |
0 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
0% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Bartlett) |
1,324 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
5 |
0% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (Russell) |
1,483 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0% |
||
| 2nd Division (Howe) |
3,608 |
2 |
12 |
2 |
16 |
0% |
||
| Staff |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Grant) |
1,830 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Neill) |
1,775 |
2 |
11 |
2 |
15 |
1% |
||
| 3rd Division (Newton) |
4,740 |
20 |
148 |
28 |
196 |
7% |
||
| Staff |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Shaler) |
1,770 |
15 |
56 |
3 |
74 |
4% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Eustis) |
1,595 |
3 |
41 |
25 |
69 |
4% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (Wheaton) |
1,370 |
2 |
51 |
0 |
53 |
4% |
||
| Artillery (Tompkins) |
940 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
12 |
1% |
||
| 11th Corps (Howard) |
9,189 |
372 |
1,932 |
1,517 |
3,821 |
42% |
||
| Staff & escort |
137 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
|||
| 1st Division (Barlow) |
2,476 |
125 |
676 |
510 |
1,311 |
53% |
||
| Staff |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Von Gilsa) |
1,136 |
55 |
310 |
165 |
530 |
47% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Ames) |
1,340 |
70 |
365 |
345 |
780 |
58% |
||
| 2nd Division (Von Steinwehr) |
2,860 |
105 |
511 |
335 |
951 |
33% |
||
| Staff |
5 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Coster) |
1,215 |
55 |
230 |
315 |
600 |
49% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Smith) |
1,640 |
50 |
280 |
20 |
350 |
21% |
||
| 3rd Division (Schurz) |
3,111 |
135 |
691 |
660 |
1486 |
48% |
||
| Staff |
6 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Schimmelfennig) |
1,685 |
60 |
300 |
455 |
815 |
48% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Krzyzanowski) |
1,420 |
75 |
390 |
205 |
670 |
47% |
||
| Artillery (Osborn) |
605 |
7 |
53 |
9 |
69 |
17% |
||
| 12th Corps (Slocum) |
9,755 |
205 |
810 |
67 |
1,082 |
11% |
||
| Staff & escort |
177 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Division (Williams) |
5,260 |
97 |
405 |
31 |
533 |
10% |
||
| Staff |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (McDougall) |
1,835 |
12 |
60 |
8 |
80 |
4% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Lockwood) |
1,820 |
35 |
120 |
18 |
173 |
10% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (Colgrove) |
1,600 |
50 |
225 |
5 |
280 |
18% |
||
| 2nd Division (Geary) |
3,930 |
108 |
396 |
36 |
540 |
11% |
||
| Staff |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Candy) |
1,800 |
18 |
120 |
2 |
140 |
8% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Kane) |
700 |
23 |
66 |
9 |
98 |
14% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (Greene) |
1,425 |
67 |
210 |
25 |
302 |
21% |
||
| Artillery (Muhlenberg) |
390 |
0 |
9 |
0 |
9 |
2% |
||
| Cavalry Corps (Pleasonton) |
11,769 |
85 |
329 |
196 |
610 |
5% |
||
| Staff & escort |
498 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Division (Buford) |
4,074 |
22 |
88 |
66 |
176 |
4% |
||
| Staff |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Gamble) |
1,600 |
13 |
58 |
28 |
99 |
6% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Devin) |
1,150 |
2 |
3 |
23 |
28 |
2% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (Merrit) |
1,320 |
7 |
27 |
15 |
49 |
4% |
||
| 2nd Division (D.Gregg) |
2,575 |
6 |
38 |
12 |
56 |
2% |
||
| Staff |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (McIntosh) |
1,310 |
0 |
26 |
9 |
35 |
3% |
||
| 3rd Brigade (I. Gregg) |
1,265 |
6 |
12 |
3 |
21 |
2% |
||
| 3rd Division (Kilpatrick) |
3,862 |
53 |
184 |
118 |
355 |
9% |
||
| Staff |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Brigade (Farnsworth) |
1,925 |
21 |
34 |
43 |
98 |
5% |
||
| 2nd Brigade (Custer) |
1,934 |
32 |
150 |
75 |
257 |
13% |
||
| 1st Horse Artillery (Robertson) |
490 |
2 |
6 |
0 |
8 |
2% |
||
| 2nd Horse Artillery (Tidball) |
270 |
2 |
13 |
0 |
15 |
6% |
||
| Artillery Reserve (Tyler) |
2,364 |
43 |
187 |
12 |
242 |
10% |
||
| Staff & train guard |
364 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|||
| 1st Regular Brigade (Ransom) |
445 |
13 |
53 |
2 |
68 |
15% |
||
| 1st Volunteer Brigade (McGilvery) |
385 |
17 |
71 |
5 |
93 |
24% |
||
| 2nd Volunteer Brigade (Taft) |
240 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
3% |
||
| 3rd Volunteer Brigade (Huntington) |
430 |
10 |
24 |
3 |
37 |
9% |
||
| 4th Volunteer Brigade (Fitzhugh) |
500 |
2 |
34 |
0 |
36 |
7% |
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