Stan....your "tale" which of course is fiction proves the point. Despite the lower number of Confederate Soldiers involved in the Civil War Battles, I believe that the "Yankee" units suffered a much high number of casualties both in numbers and in percentages of soldiers involved.

If the "Rebel" soldiers had been equal in number to the "Yankee" soldiers, the outcome of the war would likely have been different. Those Confederates were able to fight harder on less food and equipment. The Confederate's Soldiers idea of "retreating" was a little different from the United States soldier.