Post by Rhonda on Aug 18, 2007 19:14:38 GMT -5
The Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil War: Based on total casualties (killed, wounded, missing, and captured)
In four years of war, at least 618,000 Americans died in the Civil War, and some experts say the toll reached 700,000. Wounded Total: 412,200 (275,200 wounded for the North and 137,000+ wounded for the South) In all, over a million American troops killed and wounded.
Population Estimate For Both North And South In 1861 (Start of Civil War): 29,805,000 Americans
President Abe Lincoln must have had a hard time explaining these casualties. In order to understand the Civil War totals, I've added current American figures for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.
In four years of war, the grand total of U.S. killed, wounded, injured, and ill for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars reached nearly 67,000 at the end of July 2007, according to casualty reports published by the Department of Defense on August 4, 2007.
According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States, projected to 08/10/07 at 03:45 GMT (EST+5) is 302,565,059. (Approximately, ten times more than the 1861 census total.)
The Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil War
Based on total casualties (killed, wounded, missing, and captured)
www.civilwarhome.com/Battles.htm
#1
Battle of Gettysburg
Date: July 1-3, 1863 (Three Days Of Battle)
Location: Pennsylvania
Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
Union Commander: George G. Meade
Confederate Forces Engaged: 75,000
Union Forces Engaged: 82,289
Winner: Union
Casualties: 51,112 (23,049 Union and 28,063 Confederate)
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#2
Battle of Chickamauga
Date: September 19-20, 1863 (Two Days Of Battle)
Location: Georgia
Confederate Commander: Braxton Bragg
Union Commander: William Rosecrans
Confederate Forces Engaged: 66,326
Union Forces Engaged: 58,222
Winner: Confederacy
Casualties: 34,624 (16,170 Union and 18,454 Confederate)
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#3
Battle of Chancellorsville
Date: May 1-4, 1863 (Four Days Of Battle)
Location: Virginia
Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
Union Commander: Joseph Hooker
Confederate Forces Engaged: 60,892
Union Forces Engaged: 133,868
Winner: Confederacy
Casualties: 30,099 (17,278 Union and 12,821 Confederate)
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#4
Battle of Spotsylvania
Date: May 8-19, 1864 (Twelve Days Of Battle)
Location: Virginia
Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
Union Commander: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate Forces Engaged: 50,000
Union Forces Engaged: 83,000
Winner: Confederacy
Casualties: 27,399 (18,399 Union and 9)000 Confederate)
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#5
Battle of Antietam
Date: September 17, 1862 (ONE Day Of Battle)
Location: Maryland
Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
Union Commander: George B. McClellan
Confederate Forces Engaged: 51,844
Union Forces Engaged: 75,316
Winner: Inconclusive (Strategic Union Victory)
Casualties: 26,134 (12,410 Union and 13,724 Confederate)
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#6
Battle of The Wilderness
Date: May 5-7, 1864 (Three Days Of Battle)
Location: Virginia
Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
Union Commander: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate Forces Engaged: 61,025
Union Forces Engaged: 101,895
Winner: Inconclusive
Casualties: 25,416 (17,666 Union and 7,750 Confederate)
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#7
Battle of Second Manassas
Date: August 29-30, 1862 (Two Days Of Battle)
Location: Virginia
Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
Union Commander: John Pope
Confederate Forces Engaged: 48,527
Union Forces Engaged: 75,696
Winner: Confederacy
Casualties: 25,251 (16,054 Union and 9,197 Confederate)
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#8
Battle of Stone's River
Date: December 31, 1862 (ONE Day Of Battle)
Location: Tennessee
Confederate Commander: Braxton Bragg
Union Commander: William S. Rosecrans
Confederate Forces Engaged: 37,739
Union Forces Engaged: 41,400
Winner: Union
Casualties: 24,645 (12,906 Union and 11,739 Confederate)
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#9
Battle of Shiloh
Date: April 6-7, 1862 (Two Days Of Battle)
Location: Tennessee
Confederate Commander: Albert Sidney Johnston/ P. G. T. Beauregard
Union Commander: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate Forces Engaged: 40,335
Union Forces Engaged: 62,682
Winner: Union
Casualties: 23,741 (13,047 Union and 10,694 Confederate)
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#10
Battle of Fort Donelson
Date: February 13-16, 1862 (Four Days Of Battle)
Location: Tennessee
Confederate Commander: John B. Floyd/Simon B. Buckner
Union Commander: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate Forces Engaged: 21,000
Union Forces Engaged: 27,000
Winner: Union
Casualties: 19,455 (2,832 Union and 16,623 Confederate)
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The Price in Blood!
Casualties in the Civil War
www.civilwarhome.com/casualties.htm
(Population Estimate For Both North And South In 1861: 29,805,000 Americans)
At least 618,000 Americans died in the Civil War, and some experts say the toll reached 700,000. The number that is most often quoted is 620,000. At any rate, these casualties exceed the nation's loss in all its other wars, from the Revolution through Vietnam.
The Union armies had from 2,500,000 to 2,750,000 men. Their losses, by the best estimates:
Battle deaths: 110,070
Disease, etc.: 250,152
Total 360,222
The Confederate strength, known less accurately because of missing records, was from 750,000 to 1,250,000. Its estimated losses:
Battle deaths: 94,000
Disease, etc.: 164,000
Total 258,000
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According to the U.S. Bureau of the Census, the resident population of the United States, projected to 08/10/07 at 03:45 GMT (EST+5) is 302,565,059. (Approximately, ten times more than the 1861 census total.)
Link to VCS story: www.veteransforcommonsense.org/articleid/8219
The grand total of U.S. killed, wounded, injured, and ill for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars reached nearly 67,000 at the end of July 2007, according to casualty reports published by the Department of Defense on August 4, 2007. For July 2007, there were 1,720 U.S. casualties. This means more than 55 U.S. service members killed, wounded, injured, or ill each day.