Hannover
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- Jan 30, 2020
Have read a great deal recently about various attempts to compare Union and Confederate regimental, brigade and divisional totals and hoping to achieve more realistic comparable totals. One of the difficulties is that both sides had different ways of recording numbers. One of the most talked about discrepancies is the difference between present for duty figures and effectives i.e. the numbers engaged in battle.
I was wondering how did these totals compare and did the difference between them vary from year to year or campaign to campaign?
Perhaps the starkest difference would be during the Maryland Campaign particularly on the Confederate side. I would assume that the difference between the two totals would be considerably larger than say during the Gettysburg campaign or Overland campaign but is this correct? if so how do these numbers compare from each campaign or year?
I was wondering how did these totals compare and did the difference between them vary from year to year or campaign to campaign?
Perhaps the starkest difference would be during the Maryland Campaign particularly on the Confederate side. I would assume that the difference between the two totals would be considerably larger than say during the Gettysburg campaign or Overland campaign but is this correct? if so how do these numbers compare from each campaign or year?