trust to luck; he trusted
aright, for a Loyal Legion concluded to continue the fiction, thereby
placing its laurel on Haskell's brow, crowning HIM the Hero of Gettysburg;
and a State History Commission concluded to fill a niche in the Temple of
the Immortals with the name and fame of First Lieutenant Frank Aretas
Haskell, but not until fifty years after the fiction had been written,
when few were left to refute that romance of the most vainglorious soldier
of the Civil War.

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE LOSS OF THE PHILADELPHIA BRIGADE.

The total number of officers and men present for duty of the Philadelphia
Brigade, at the Battle of Gettysburg, was 1,573, and the total loss was
491, given in detail, as to regiments in the annexed tables:

NUMBER PRESENT FOR DUTY

+---------------+----------+------+-------+
| REGIMENTS | OFFICERS | MEN | TOTAL |
+---------------+----------+------+-------+
| General Staff | 4 | -- | 4 |
| 69th | 22 | 312 | 344 |
| 71st | 27 | 366 | 393 |
| 72nd | 26 | 447 | 473 |
| 106th | 30 | 313 | 343 |
| Brigade Band | -- | 16 | 16 |
+---------------+----------+------+-------+
| Totals | 119 | 1454 | 1573 |
+---------------+----------+------+-------+

LOSS OF PHILADELPHIA BRIGADE AND SECOND CORPS AT GETTYSBURG.

-------+----------------+----------------+----------------+--------
| | | Captured or |
No. | No. of Killed | No. of Wounded | Missing | Totals
of +----------+-----+----------+-----+----------+-----+--------
Regt. | Officers | Men | Officers | Men | Officers | Men |
-------+----------+-----+----------+-----+----------+-----+--------
69th | 4 | 36 | 8 | 72 | 2 | 15 | 137
71st | 2 | 19 | 3 | 55 | 3 | 16 | 98
72nd | 2 | 42 | 7 | 139 | -- | 2 | 192
106th | 1 | 8 | 9 | 45 | -- | 1 | 64
-------+----------+-----+----------+-----+----------+-----+--------
Totals | 9 | 105 | 27 | 211 | 5 | 34 | 491
-------+----------+-----+----------+-----+----------+-----+--------

TOTAL LOSS SECOND CORPS.

---------------+-----------------+----------------+-------
| | Captured or |
No. of Killed | No. of Wounded