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30 de jul. de 2019 · The Civil War lasted from 1861–1865 and resulted in the deaths of more than 620,000 Americans, soldiers on both the Union and Confederate sides. Each of the hard-fought battles on this list is said to have had more than 19,000 casualties including those who were either killed or wounded.
This is a list of the costliest land battles of the American Civil War, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing) on both sides. Highest casualty battles
BattleCampaignDateNearest TownJuly 1 –3, 1863September 19 –20, 1863May 8 –21, 1864May 1 –4, 1863- Fort Donelson
- Second Bull Run
- Antietam
- Stones River
- Shiloh
- Chancellorsville
- The Wilderness
- Spotsylvania Court House
- Chickamauga
- Gettysburg
The Battle of Fort Donelson took place in early February of 1862. Fort Donelson, located near the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers, was a Confederate stronghold backed up by thousands of soldiers. The Union, lead by Ulysses S. Grant, attacked the fort after their initial taking of Fort Henry. The Union won the battle, and it was a significant victor...
The second Battle of Bull Run took place in Manassas, Virginia, and evidence of the battle can still be seen today. It was a Confederate victory resulting in 22,180 casualties, with slightly more than half of those casualties occurring on the Union side. This battle is considered one of the most important for the Confederacy.
It’s not entirely certain who won the Battle of Antietam, but there’s no doubting the heavy losses on both sides, resulting in 23,100 casualties. The result of the battle was the Confederate retreat across the Potomac, after the battle took place in Maryland, in mid-September, 1862. Not long after the battle occurred, President Abraham Lincoln gave...
This Tennessee Union victory was not far ahead of the Battle of Antietam in terms of casualties, coming out at 23,515. After a Kentucky battle, Confederate and Union troops clashed outside of Nashville in December of 1862. The battle began on New Year’s Eve, took a small recess on New Year’s Day, and then resumed on January 1st, 1863. It lasted unt...
Another Tennessee battle, the Battle of Shiloh took place in April of 1862. The Union did win this battle, although they suffered the most casualties. The total number of fatalities was 23,746, and 13,047 of these fatalities were on the Union side. However, despite this, they still won the battle. The Confederacy lost a chance to overpower the Unio...
The Virginia Battle of Chancellorsville took place nearly a year later, in 1863, taking place in late April and early May. The Confederates took the victory under General Robert E. Lee, and there was a total of 24,000 casualties, approximately, with the Union suffering 14,000 and the Confederacy suffering 10,000. The battle is told in many history ...
In May of 1864, more than 100,000 Union troops went head to head with only 60,000 Confederates. With Ulysses Grant newly in charge of the entire Union army, he planned to attack Robert E. Lee in what was to become a historically tragic battle. The Union lost about 17,666 men and the Confederacy lost about 11,000 for a total of more than 28,000 casu...
Taking the third spot on our list, the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House took place near the same time as the Battle of the Wilderness, also in May 1864. Again, there is no clear winner in this battle, but there were almost 30,000 casualties, though more were on the Union side. The battle saw Generals Grant and Lee go at it again, for nearly two w...
The Battle of Chickamauga took place in Georgia, in 1863, resulting in 34,624 casualties, split almost evenly between both sides. The Confederate army won, forcing the Union army back into Tennessee. While the battle did not play much of an important role in the overall war and was not significant on either side, it was the second most deadly incid...
Arguably one of the most well known and the most easily recognizable battles in the Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg was also one of the absolute deadliest. The three-day event resulted in more than 50,000 casualties. Regardless of its date almost two years before the war’s end, it was the beginning of the South’s destruction. From this point fo...
25 de ene. de 2022 · Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, with more than 51,000 casualties, including 7,863 dead. If we count US and CS casualties, it is the deadliest battle in American history (even ahead of D-Day).
1 de may. de 2017 · Antietam, or the Battle of Sharpsburg, is the bloodiest battle of the Civil War that happened on a single day. And while the numbers of killed and wounded is impressive and tragic, as are all battles, what is important at Antietam is the outcome strategically.
28 de abr. de 2024 · The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863) was undoubtedly the deadliest battle of the Civil War with about 51,000 casualties. Union and Confederate forces clashed in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, resulting in a pivotal Union victory that turned the tide of the war against the Confederates.
5 de mar. de 2021 · Here are seven battles that proved pivotal in the American Civil War. 1. First Bull Run. Stock Montage/Getty Images. A Union supply train races down a road during the First Battle of Bull...
