) ▁around ▁Pol k ▁to ▁the ▁north ▁to ▁se ize ▁the ▁Ross ville ▁G ap ▁or ▁Mc F ar land ' s ▁G ap ▁via ▁the ▁Re ed ' s ▁Bridge ▁Road . ▁ ▁Cas ual ties ▁ ▁The ▁battle ▁was ▁dam aging ▁to ▁both ▁sides ▁in ▁proport ions ▁roughly ▁equal ▁to ▁the ▁size ▁of ▁the ▁arm ies : ▁Union ▁losses ▁were ▁ 1 6 , 1 7 0 ▁( 1 , 6 5 7 ▁killed , ▁ 9 , 7 5 6 ▁wounded , ▁and ▁ 4 , 7 5 7 ▁captured ▁or ▁missing ), ▁Confeder ate ▁ 1 8 , 4 5 4 ▁( 2 , 3 1 2 ▁killed , ▁ 1 4 , 6 7 4 ▁wounded , ▁and ▁ 1 , 4 6 8 ▁captured ▁or ▁missing ). ▁They ▁were ▁the ▁highest ▁losses ▁of ▁any ▁battle ▁in ▁the ▁Western ▁Theater ▁during ▁the ▁war ▁and , ▁after ▁G ett ys burg , ▁the ▁second - high est ▁of ▁the ▁war ▁overall . ▁Among ▁the ▁dead ▁were ▁Confeder ate ▁gener als ▁Benjamin ▁Hard in ▁Hel m ▁( hus band ▁of ▁Abraham ▁Lincoln ' s ▁wife ' s ▁sister ), ▁James ▁Des h ler , ▁and ▁Pr eston ▁Smith , ▁and ▁Union ▁general ▁William ▁H . ▁L yt le . ▁ ▁Confeder ate ▁general ▁John ▁Bell ▁H ood , ▁who ▁had ▁already ▁lost ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁his ▁left ▁arm ▁from ▁a ▁w ound ▁at ▁G ett ys burg , ▁was ▁sever ely ▁wounded ▁with ▁a ▁bullet ▁in ▁his ▁leg , ▁requiring