Dispatch
Ambrose E. Burnside to H. W. Halleok, December 23, 1862
HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO,
December 23, 1862.
December 23, 1862. GENERAL: In my report to you of the 17th instant the number of our wounded was stated as about 9,000, and the number receiving hospital treatment as 1,630. Both of these amounts are wrong. On the authority of Dr. Letterman, our medical director, I learn that the whole number of wounded is between 6,000 and 7,000.* About one-half of these are receiving treatment in hospital.
A. E. BURNSIDE,
Major-General, Commanding Army of the Potomac.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK,
General-in-Chief, Washington.
Maj. Gen. H. W. HALLEOK,
General-in-Chief, Washington.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, 1862–63. Summary: Major General Burnside corrects previous casualty figures, reporting 6,000 to 7,000 wounded with about half hospitalized, based on medical director Dr. Letterman's data.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 21
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