According to John Busey’s “These Honored Dead: The Union Casualties at Gettysburg”, the following is a list of the number of soldiers killed during the Battle of Gettysburg.
Army Of the Potomac :
|
New York |
978 |
|
Pennsylvania |
745 |
|
Massachusetts |
200 |
|
Michigan |
200 |
|
US Regulars |
182 |
|
Ohio |
139 |
|
Maine |
119 |
|
Wisconsin |
105 |
|
Indiana |
96 |
|
New Jersey |
80 |
|
New Hampshire |
67 |
|
Vermont |
58 |
|
Minnesota |
50 |
|
Connecticut |
45 |
|
Maryland |
29 |
|
Delaware |
21 |
|
Rhode Island |
14 |
|
West Virginia |
11 |
|
Illinois |
9 |
|
Total |
3,148 |
Army of Northern Virginia:
|
North Carolina |
1452 |
|
Virginia |
1012 |
|
Georgia |
774 |
|
Mississippi |
393 |
|
South Carolina |
295 |
|
Alabama |
254 |
|
Louisiana |
141 |
|
Texas |
111 |
|
Florida |
80 |
|
Maryland |
65 |
|
Tennessee |
55 |
|
Arkansas |
41 |
|
Total |
4,673 |
Total number killed: 7,821
Based on these figures, you can easily have your students working on some math concepts. Have your students answer questions such as:
- What is the average number of soldiers killed for both the North and the South?
- What percentage of the total number of soldiers killed were from Ohio?
- What percentage of those killed were from the South?
- How many more soldiers were killed from North Carolina versus Pennsylvania?
Or, how about some critical thinking skills…
- Why do you think New York and North Carolina had the highest number of soldiers killed?
- During what day of the battle do you think Minnesota lost the greatest number of soldiers and why?
Until next time. From just north of Gettysburg…
Posted under Lesson Ideas, Primary Sources
This post was written by fifer1863 on December 29, 2009
