[The Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman Vol. I. Part 2 by William T. Sherman]@TWC D-Link bookThe Memoirs of General W. T. Sherman Vol. I. Part 2 CHAPTER X 55/55
Early at night the division of Lew Wallace arrived from the other side of Snake Creek, not having fired a shot.
A very small part of General Buell's army was on our side of the Tennessee River that evening, and their loss was trivial. During that night, the three divisions of McCook, Nelson, and Crittenden, were ferried across the Tennessee, and fought with us the next day (7th).
During that night, also, the two wooden gunboats, Tyler, commanded by Lieutenant Groin, and Lexington, Lieutenant Shirk, both of the regular navy, caused shells to be thrown toward that part of the field of battle known to be occupied by the enemy.
Beauregard afterward reported his entire loss as ten thousand six hundred and ninety-nine.
Our aggregate loss, made up from official statements, shows seventeen hundred killed, seven thousand four hundred and ninety-five wounded, and three thousand and twenty-two prisoners; aggregate, twelve thousand two hundred and seventeen, of which twenty-one hundred and sixty-seven were in Buell's army, leaving for that of Grant ten thousand and fifty. This result is a fair measure of the amount of fighting done by each army..
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