Note M-28 — MEMOIR OF ZEBULON MONTGOMERY PIKE. BY ELLIOTT COUES. (continued 2)
Reading edition
The figures, vary, as usual. The official report gives our loss as 38 killed and 222 wounded by the explosion; which, added to 14 killed and 32 wounded in battle gives a total of 306 army casualties on our side in the whole affair; to which add 3 killed and 11 wounded of the navy, making 320 in all. Whiting's figures for killed and wounded, on the American side, are 320; on the British, in killed, wounded, and taken, "about 500." The tabular exhibit in Niles' Register, IV. p. 238, is as follows:
Killed in battle—1 subaltern, 2 sergeants, 1 corporal, 2 musicians, 8 privates 14
Killed by the explosion—1 captain, 4 sergeants, 4 corporals, 29 privates 38
Total killed 52
Wounded in battle—2 captains (one since dead), 1 subaltern, 3 sergeants, 4 corporals, 22 privates 32
Wounded by the explosion—1 brig. gen. (since dead), 1 aid-de-camp, 1 acting aid, 1 volunteer aid, 6 captains, 6 subalterns, 11 sergeants, 9 corporals, 1 musician, 185 privates 222
Total wounded 254
Total killed and wounded 306
Of the navy—2 midshipmen and 1 seaman killed, 11 seamen wounded 14
Total killed and wounded 320