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ad, doing a good deal of damage. It captured a train full of Confederate wounded and paroled them. After a brief encounter with an infantry and artillery force at Tunstall's Station, it also turned north, and made its way over the Pamunkey and Mattapony rivers to Gloucester Point. Two regiments, the 1st Maine and 1st Maryland, under General Gregg, started down the South Anna River, burning bridges over common roads and railroads. After destroying Hanover Junction, it returned to headquarters. One of two other small parties were sent on flying excursions to assist in the work of destruction. On the 5th, Stoneman started to return, and the entire command with the exception of that portion which was at Gloucester Point, recrossed at Kelly's Ford on the 8th. The losses in each army were heavy. An extract is here given from the official reports, but it is said the Confederate statement is far from being accurate. LOSSES AT CHANCELLORSVILLE. UNION. Killed and Wounded. Missing. Total. First Corps (Reynolds). . . . . 192 100 292 Second Corps (Couch). . . . . . 1,525 500 2,025 Third Corps (Sickles) . . . . . 3,439 600 4,089 Fifth Corps (Meade) . . . . . . 399 300 699 Sixth Corps (Sedgwick). . . . . 3,601 1,000 4,601 Eleventh Corps (Howard) . . . . 568 2,000 2,508 Twelfth Corps (Slocum). . . . . 2,383 500 2,883 Cavalry, etc. . . . . . . . . . 150 150 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,197 5,000 17,197 CONFEDERATE. Killed and Wounded. Missing. Total. Early's Division . . . . . . . 851 500 1,351 A. P. Hill's Division . . . . . 2,583 500? 3,083 Colston's Division . . . . . . 1,868 450? 2,318 Rodes' Division . . . . . . . . 2,178 713 2,891 Anderson's Division . . . . . . 1,180 210 1,390 McLaws' Division . . . . . . . 1,379 380 1,759 Artillery and Cavalry . . . . . 227 227 Total . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,266 2,753 13,019 The following extract from Harpers' "History of the Great Rebellion" states the causes of Hooker's defeat in a very able manner, but I do not agree with the author in his estimate of the great danger
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