Campaign Losses

During the Campaign, the following infantry regiments had the highest loss by percentage of men enlisted:

Confederate:

1. 3rd Kentucky - 44.5%
2. 1st Arkansas - 38.8%
3. 7th Louisiana - 38.7%
4. 6th Louisiana - 38.1%
5. 2nd Kentucky - 35.9%

Union:

1. 1st Indiana - 91.3% (regiment captured near the end of the campaign)
2. 2nd Indiana - 51.9%
3. 3rd Ohio - 39.1%
4. 2nd Ohio - 37.7%
5. 4th Ohio - 29.7%

The four Union regiments with the highest losses were all part of the battles fought by Brigadier General Solomon Lewis' ad hoc brigade in on the August 17 - 22nd August. Three of the Confederates regiments with the high losses were also in the same battles, having only come onto the field in August.  During those engagements, Brigadier General Lewis moved south from Clinton against Indiana Rock Manor, to help extricate the 2nd and 3rd Ohio (from Brigadier General Benjamin F. Smith's Brigade) from Twin Fords, where they were cut off by the enemy. Lewis' force then became cut off from his lines and tried to fight his way back to safety.  Lewis' men fought hard, until they ran out of ammunition and where pinched at Lebanon on August 22nd. Overall, they extracted a toll on their opponents during several days of fighting as follows:

Engagement	Lewis' Losses	Confederate Losses
August 17 - Indian Rock Manor	66	103
August 19 - Clinton	218	450
August 20 - Shingleton	204	530
August 21 - Carothers	51	116
August 22 - Lebanon	202	349
Total	741	1548

The overall losses for two months of hard campaigning looked like this:

CS Department of Tennessee		Killed	Wounded	Missing	Total
	July 1861	269	1134	213	1616
	August 1861	612	2353	487	3452
	Campaign Total	881	3487	700	5068
US District of the Ohio		Killed	Wounded	Missing	Total
	July 1861	297	1189	238	1724
	August 1861	376	1530	905	2811
	Campaign Total	673	2719	1143	4535

The losses by regiment for each month are in the following returns of casualties: 

Union Losses by Unit - July 1861

Confederate Losses by Unit - July 1861

Union Losses by Unit - August 1861

Confederate Losses by Unit - August 1861

It was a hard-fought campaign by both sides.