Harpers Ferry Casualties in the Maryland Campaign

The number of Harpers Ferry casualties shows Stonewall Jackson’s tactical brilliance, with only 286 Confederate soldiers killed, compared to the Union’s loss of 12,000 men. The Union also surrendered its garrison (13,000 small arms, 200 wagons, and 73 artillery pieces)

HARPERS FERRY CASUALTIES (SEPTEMBER 12–15, 1862) (LEE NOT PRESENT)

Source

Confederate

Union

Cobb, American Battlefields

286*

219 k&w

12,000+

captured

Current, Encyclopedia

39 killed

12,500 captured

247 wounded

Fox, Regimental Losses

44 killed

173 wounded

12,520 missing

Fuller, Grant and Lee

500*

80 killed

120 wounded

11,583 captured

Heidler & Heidler, Encyclopedia

12,419 captured

Hotchkiss, Make Me a Map

11,090 captured

Johnson & Buel, Battles and Leaders

44 killed

173 wounded

12,520 captured

McPherson, Atlas

286*

12,500 captured

Phisterer, Statistics

500*

80 killed

120 wounded

11,583 missing

Author’s Best Estimate:

286*

11,783*

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