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The Battle of Antietam (/ æ n ˈ t iː t əm / an-TEE-təm), also called the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the Southern United States, took place during the American Civil War on September 17, 1862, between Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and Union Major General George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek.
This article lists battles and campaigns in which the number of U.S. soldiers killed was higher than 1,000. The battles and campaigns that reached that number of deaths in the field are so far limited to the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, one campaign during the Vietnam War (the Tet Offensive from January 30 to September 23, 1968) and one campaign during the Iraq ...
The Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg) on September 17 was the bloodiest day in American military history with over 22,000 casualties. Lee, outnumbered two to one, moved his defensive forces to parry each offensive blow, but McClellan never deployed all of the reserves of his army to capitalize on localized successes and destroy the Confederates.
The battle was over with the Union sitting on three sides, waiting for the next day. During the night of the 18th, General Lee pulled his troops back across the Potomac River, leaving the battle and the town to General McClellan. It was the bloodiest day in United States history, with a combined tally of 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing. [22]
World War II: 280,120 Soviet casualties; German casualties unknown Battle of Aachen: 1944: World War II: 21,000: Gothic Line offensive 1944-1945 World War II: 92,000: Battle of Hürtgen Forest: 1944 –1945 World War II: 63,000 [143] Courland Pocket: 1944 –1945 World War II: 278,819: Battle of Leyte Gulf: 1944: World War II: 12,000 killed ...
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During its three years of service, the regiment had a total of 222 casualties (11 officers and 211 enlisted men). The 14th Indiana fought at the Battle of Antietam, the Second Battle of Fredericksburg, the Battle of Chancellorsville, and at the Battle of Gettysburg. At Gettysburg, the 14th Indiana helped secure Cemetery Hill.
At the Battle of Antietam the regiment suffered 36 men killed and mortally wounded, and 182 men wounded, being 30.8% from a total strength of 708. [8] At the Battle of Fredericksburg the regiment lost 10 killed, 74 wounded and 9 missing. [9] At the Battle of Chancellorsville the regiment lost 6 killed, 33 wounded and 10 missing. [10]