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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. [ A ] Highest casualty battles
American Civil War: 17,300 [66] –17,962 [299] Battle of Richmond: 1862 American Civil War: 5,900+ Battle of Gaines' Mill: 1863 American Civil War: 15,000+ Battle of Gettysburg: 1863 American Civil War: 51,000 [300] [301] Battle of Salem Church: 1863 American Civil War: 9,500+ Battle of Chickamauga: 1863 American Civil War: 34,624 [302] Battle ...
The definition of "battle" as a concept in military science has varied with the changes in the organization, employment, and technology of military forces. Before the 20th century, "battle" usually meant a military clash over a small area, lasting a few days at most and often just one day—such as the Battle of Waterloo, which began and ended on 18 June 1815 on a field a few kilometers across.
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia [A]), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona ...
The Battle of Chickamauga, fought on September 18–20, 1863, between the United States Army and Confederate forces in the American Civil War, marked the end of a U.S. Army offensive, the Chickamauga Campaign, in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia.
The war left an estimated 698,000 soldiers dead, along with an undetermined number of civilian casualties, making the Civil War the deadliest military conflict in American history. [ g ] The technology and brutality of the Civil War foreshadowed the coming world wars .
Bruce Shackelford, the Texas history curator at the Witte Museum in San Antonio, explains the artifacts found south of the city related to the 1813 Battle of Medina, the bloodiest in Texas history.
American Civil War: 0.6–1 million [80] [81] 1861–1865 United States vs. Confederate States: North America Mozambican Civil War: 0.5–1 million [82] 1977–1992 People's Republic of Mozambique, later Republic of Mozambique, and allies vs. RENAMO and allies Mozambique First Sudanese Civil War: 0.5–1 million [83] [84] 1955–1972