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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]
The northernmost battle in the Civil War. July 28, 1863: Battle of Stony Lake: North Dakota (Dakota Territory at the time) D: Union: Dakota War of 1862: Sioux forces escape Union forces in pursuit. August 17 – September 9, 1863: Second Battle of Fort Sumter: South Carolina: B: Confederate: Union's massive bombardment and naval attack fails to ...
American Civil War: 9,500+ Battle of Chickamauga: 1863 American Civil War: 34,624 [302] Battle of Spotsylvania Court House: 1864 American Civil War: 30,000 [303] Battle of Stones River: 1862–1863 American Civil War: 24,000 [304] Battle of the Wilderness: 1864 American Civil War: 28,700 Battle of Cold Harbor: 1864 American Civil War: 18,000 ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by the deadliest wars in history. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics, famines, or genocides.
List of battles of the Eighty Years' War (1566–1648) Lists of battles of the French Revolutionary Wars and Napoleonic Wars (1792–1815) List of American Civil War battles (1861–1865) List of costliest American Civil War land battles; List of naval battles of the American Civil War; List of military engagements of World War I (1914–1918)
Recent excavations unearthed artifacts presumably from the 1813 Battle of Medina south of San Antonio.
The Battle of Gettysburg was the deadliest of the war. Starting as a chance meeting engagement on July 1, the Confederates were initially successful in driving Union cavalry and two infantry corps from their defensive positions, through the town, and onto Cemetery Hill .