sted condition of his
forces by the extraordinary length of the battle, he had withdrawn
them from the conflict, and asking permission to send a mounted
party to the battle-field to bury the dead, to be accompanied by
certain gentlemen desiring to remove the bodies of their sons and
friends. To this Grant responded that, owing to the warmth of the
weather, he had caused the dead of both sides to be buried
immediately.(16)

The total losses, both days, in the Army of the Tennessee, were 87
officers and 1426 enlisted men killed, 336 officers and 6265 enlisted
men wounded, total killed and wounded 8114. The captured and
missing were 115 officers and 2318 men, total 2433, aggregate
casualties, 10,547.(16)

The total losses in the Army of the Ohio were 17 officers and 224
privates killed, 92 officers and 1715 privates wounded, total 2048.
The captured were 55.(16) The grand total of the two Union armies
killed, wounded, captured, or missing, 12,650.

The first reports of casualties are usually in part estimated, and
not accurate for want of full information. The foregoing statement
of losses is given from revised lists. Grant's statement of losses
does not materially differ from the above.(17)

The losses of the Confederate Army in the two days' battle, as
stated in Beauregard's report of April 11th, were, killed 1728,
wounded 8012; total killed and wounded, 9740, missing 959, grand
total, 10,699.(16) Grant claimed that Beauregard's report was
inaccurate, as above 1728 were buried, by actual count, in front
of Sherman's and McClernand's divisions alone. The burial parties
estimated the number killed at 4000.(17)

Besides Johnston, the army commander, there were many Confederate
officers killed and wounded. Hon. George W. Johnson, then assuming
to act as (Confederate) Provisional Governor of Kentucky, was killed
while fighting in the ranks on the second day; General Gladden was
killed the first day, and Generals Cheatham, Clark, Hindman, B. R.
Johnson, and Bowen were wounded.

Thenceforth during the war there was little boasting of the superior
fighting qualities of Southern over Northern soldiers. Both armies
fought with a courage creditable to their race and nationality.
Americans may always be relied upon to do this when well commanded.
I have already taken more space than I originally intended in giving
the salient features of the battle of Shiloh, and I cannot now
pursue the campaign further than to say