What civil war battle had the most casualties

Beginning early on the morning of September 17, 1862, Confederate and Union troops in the Civil War clash near Maryland’s Antietam Creek in the bloodiest single day in American military history.

The Battle of Antietam marked the culmination of Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s first invasion of the Northern states. Guiding his Army of Northern Virginia across the Potomac River in early September 1862, the general daringly divided his men, sending half of them, under the command of General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, to capture the Union garrison at Harper’s Ferry.

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President Abraham Lincoln put Major General George B. McClellan in charge of the Union troops responsible for defending Washington, D.C., against Lee’s invasion. Over the course of September 15 and 16, the Confederate and Union armies gathered on opposite sides of Antietam Creek.

Fighting began in the foggy dawn hours of September 17. As savage and bloody combat continued for eight hours across the region, the Confederates were pushed back but not beaten, despite sustaining some 15,000 casualties.

By the time the sun went down, both armies still held their ground, despite staggering combined casualties–nearly 23,000 of the 100,000 soldiers engaged, including more than 3,600 dead. McClellan’s center never moved forward, leaving a large number of Union troops that did not participate in the battle.

On the morning of September 18, both sides gathered their wounded and buried their dead. That night, Lee turned his forces back to Virginia.

Lincoln issued his preliminary Emancipation Proclamation on September 22, 1862, that declared slaves in rebel territories "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.”

Eleven of the fifteen costliest battles of the Civil War were fought in the Eastern Theater (in bold):

	battle	date	casualties
1	Gettysburg	July 1-3, 1863	51,000
2	Chickamauga*	Sept. 18-20, 1863	35,000
3	Spotsylvania	May 8-21, 1864	30,000
4	The Wilderness	May 5-7, 1864	29,800
5	Chancellorsville	May 1-3, 1863	24,000
6	Shiloh*	April 6-7, 1862	23,700
7	Stones River*	Dec. 31, 1862-Jan. 2, 1863	23,500
8	Antietam	Sept. 17, 1862	22,700
9	Second Bull Run (Manassas)	Aug. 28-30, 1862	22,200
10	Fredericksburg	Dec. 11-15, 1862	17,900
11	Fort Donelson*	Feb. 11-16, 1862	17,400
12	Cold Harbor	May 31-June 12, 1864	15,500
13	Gaines’ Mill	June 27, 1862	15,500
14	Seven Pines	May 31-June 1, 1862	13,700
15	Harpers Ferry	Sept. 12-15, 1862	12,900

Notes:

Eastern Theater battles are in bold. Western Theater battles are marked with an asterix.

“Casualties” includes killed, wounded and captured or missing from both sides. Almost all the casualties from Harpers Ferry consisted of the captured Union garrison and 70% of the casualties from Fort Donelson were of the captured Confederate garrison.

Antietam, one of two single day battles in the top 15, was the bloodiest single day of the Civil War and in American military history.

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]

Battle	Campaign	Date	Nearest town			Total	Union	Confederacy			Total			Total
Strength	Commander	Casualties	Casualties as % of Strength
Gettysburg	Gettysburg campaign	July 1–3, 1863	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	93,921	71,699	165,620	George G. Meade	Robert E. Lee	23,049	28,063	51,118	24.54%	39.14%	30.86%
Chickamauga	Chickamauga campaign	September 19–20, 1863	Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia	60,000	65,000	125,000	William Rosecrans	Braxton Bragg	16,170	18,450	34,624	26.95%	28.38%	27.70%
Spotsylvania Court House	Overland Campaign	May 8–21, 1864	Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia	100,000	52,000	152,000	Ulysses S. Grant	Robert E. Lee	18,399	12,687	31,086	18.40%	24.40%	20.45%
Chancellorsville	Chancellorsville campaign	May 1–4, 1863	Chancellorsville, Virginia	133,868	60,298	194,166	Joseph Hooker	Robert E. Lee	17,197	13,303	30,500	12.85%	22.06%	15.71%
The Wilderness	Overland Campaign	May 5–7, 1864	Locust Grove, Virginia	101,895	61,025	162,920	Ulysses S. Grant	Robert E. Lee	17,666	11,033	28,699	17.34%	18.08%	17.62%
Stones River (Murfreesboro)	Stones River campaign	December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863	Murfreesboro, Tennessee	41,400	35,000	76,400	William Rosecrans	Braxton Bragg	12,906	11,739	24,645	31.17%	33.54%	32.26%
Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing)	Federal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers	April 6–7, 1862	Shiloh, Tennessee	66,812	44,699	111,511	Ulysses S. Grant	Albert Sidney Johnston	13,047	10,699	23,746	19.53%	23.94%	21.29%
Antietam (Sharpsburg)	Maryland campaign	September 17, 1862	Sharpsburg, Maryland	75,500	38,000	113,500	George B. McClellan	Robert E. Lee	12,401	10,316	22,717	16.43%	27.15%	20.01%
2nd Bull Run (2nd Manassas)	Northern Virginia campaign	August 29–30, 1862	Manassas, Virginia	62,000	50,000	112,000	John Pope	Robert E. Lee	10,000	8,300	18,300	16.13%	16.60%	16.34%
Fredericksburg	Fredericksburg campaign	December 11–15, 1862	Fredericksburg, Virginia	114,000	72,500	186,500	Ambrose Burnside	Robert E. Lee	12,653	5,377	18,030	11.10%	7.42%	9.67%
Cold Harbor	Overland Campaign	May 31 – June 12, 1864	Mechanicsville, Virginia	108,000	59,000	167,000	Ulysses S. Grant	Robert E. Lee	12,737	4,595	17,332	11.79%	7.79%	10.38%
2nd Petersburg	Richmond–Petersburg campaign	June 15–18, 1864	Petersburg, Virginia	62,000	38,000	100,000	Ulysses S. Grant	Robert E. Lee	11,386	4,000	15,386	18.36%	10.53%	15.39%
Gaines's Mill	Peninsula campaign	June 27, 1862	Mechanicsville, Virginia	34,214	57,018	91,232	George B. McClellan	Robert E. Lee	6,837	7,993	14,830	19.98%	14.02%	16.26%
Missionary Ridge	Chattanooga campaign	November 25, 1863	Chattanooga, Tennessee	56,359	44,010	100,369	Ulysses S. Grant	Braxton Bragg	5,824	6,667	12,491	10.33%	15.15%	12.45%
Atlanta	Atlanta campaign	July 22, 1864	Atlanta, Georgia	34,863	40,438	75,301	William T. Sherman	John Bell Hood	3,641	8,499	12,140	10.44%	21.02%	16.12%
Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)	Peninsula campaign	May 31 – June 1, 1862	Mechanicsville, Virginia	34,000	39,000	73,000	George B. McClellan	Joseph E. Johnston	5,031	6,134	11,165	14.80%	15.73%	15.29%
Nashville	Franklin–Nashville campaign	December 15–16, 1864	Nashville, Tennessee	55,000	30,000	85,000	George H. Thomas	John Bell Hood	3,061	6,000	9,061	5.57%	20.00%	10.66%
Opequon (3rd Winchester)	Sheridan's Valley campaign	September 19, 1864	Winchester, Virginia	40,000	15,514	55,514	Philip Sheridan	Jubal Early	5,020	4,015	9,035	12.55%	25.88%	16.28%
Cedar Creek	Sheridan's Valley campaign	October 19, 1864	Middletown, Virginia	31,610	21,102	52,712	Philip Sheridan	Jubal Early	5,764	2,910	8,674	18.23%	13.79%	16.46%
Franklin	Franklin–Nashville campaign	November 30, 1864	Franklin, Tennessee	27,000	27,000	54,000	John M. Schofield	John Bell Hood	2,326	6,252	8,578	8.61%	23.16%	15.89%
Malvern Hill	Peninsula campaign	July 1, 1862	Varina, Virginia	54,000	55,000	109,000	George B. McClellan	Robert E. Lee	2,100	5,650	7,750	3.89%	10.27%	7.11%
3rd Petersburg	Richmond-Petersburg campaign	April 2, 1865	Petersburg, Virginia	76,113	58,400	134,513	Ulysses S. Grant	Robert E. Lee	3,500	4,250	7,750	4.60%	7.28%	5.76%
Perryville	Kentucky campaign	October 8, 1862	Perryville, Kentucky	22,000	16,000	38,000	Don Carlos Buell	Braxton Bragg	4,276	3,401	7,677	19.44%	21.26%	20.20%
Glendale	Peninsula campaign	June 30, 1862	Varina, Virginia	40,000	45,000	85,000	George B. McClellan	Robert E. Lee	3,797	3,673	7,470	9.49%	8.16%	8.79%
2nd Corinth	Iuka and Corinth Operations	October 3–4, 1862	Corinth, Mississippi	23,000	22,000	45,000	William S. Rosecrans	Earl Van Dorn	2,520	4,233	6,753	10.96%	19.24%	15.01%
Peachtree Creek	Atlanta campaign	July 20, 1864	Atlanta, Georgia	21,655	20,250	41,905	George H. Thomas	John Bell Hood	1,710	4,796	6,506	7.90%	23.68%	15.53%
Champion Hill	Vicksburg campaign	May 16, 1863	Edwards, Mississippi	32,000	22,000	54,000	Ulysses S. Grant	John C. Pemberton	2,457	3,840	6,297	7.68%	17.45%	11.66%
The Crater	Richmond-Petersburg campaign	July 30, 1864	Petersburg, Virginia	8,500	6,100	14,600	Ulysses S. Grant	Robert E. Lee	3,798	1,491	5,289	44.68%	24.44%	36.23%
Fort Stedman	Richmond-Petersburg campaign	March 25, 1865	Petersburg, Virginia	14,898	10,000	24,898	John G. Parke	John B. Gordon	1,044	4,000	5,044	7.01%	40.00%	20.26%
South Mountain	Maryland campaign	September 14, 1862	Boonsboro, Maryland	28,000	18,000	46,000	George B. McClellan	Robert E. Lee	2,325	2,685	5,010	8.30%	14.92%	10.89%
1st Bull Run (1st Manassas)	Manassas campaign	July 21, 1861	Manassas, Virginia	35,000	34,000	69,000	Irvin McDowell	P. G. T. Beauregard	2,896	1,982	4,878	8.27%	5.83%	7.07%

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^ All strengths and casualties are cited in the named articles. The Siege of Vicksburg (37,532 total casualties), the Battle of Appomattox Court House (28,469), the Siege of Port Hudson (17,500), the Battle of Fort Donelson (16,537), the Battle of Harpers Ferry (12,922), the Battle of Island Number Ten (7,108), and the Battle of Munfordville (4,862) have been omitted from this list because the casualty figures include very high percentages of soldiers surrendered.

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==Highest casualty battles== {| class="sortable wikitable" |-Campaign ! rowspan="2"| Battle ! rowspan="2"| Campaign ! rowspan="2"| Date ! rowspan="2"| Nearest town ! [[File:Flag of the United States.svg|28px]] ! [[File:CSA FLAG 28.11.1861-1.5.1863.svg|28px]] !Total ! [[File:Flag of the United States.svg|28px]] Union ! [[File:CSA FLAG 28.11.1861-1.5.1863.svg|28px]] Confederacy ! [[File:Flag of the United States.svg|28px]] ! [[File:CSA FLAG 28.11.1861-1.5.1863.svg|28px]] ! Total ![[File:Flag of the United States.svg|28px]] ![[File:CSA FLAG 28.11.1861-1.5.1863.svg|28px]] !Total |- ! colspan="3" | Strength ! colspan="2"| Commander ! colspan="3"| Casualties ! colspan="3" |Casualties as % of Strength |- | [[Battle of Gettysburg|Gettysburg]] | [[Gettysburg campaign]] | {{dts|format=md|July 1, 1863}}–3, 1863 | [[Gettysburg, Pennsylvania]] | style="text-align:center;"| 93,921 | style="text-align:center;"| 71,699 |'''165,620''' | [[George G. Meade]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 23,049 | style="text-align:center;"| 28,063 | style="text-align:center;"| '''51,118''' |24.54% |39.14% |30.86% |- | [[Battle of Chickamauga|Chickamauga]] | [[Chickamauga campaign]] | {{dts|format=md|September 19, 1863}}–20, 1863 | [[Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 60,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 65,000 |'''125,000''' | [[William Rosecrans]] | [[Braxton Bragg]] | style="text-align:center;"| 16,170 | style="text-align:center;"| 18,450 | style="text-align:center;"| '''34,624''' |26.95% |28.38% |27.70% |- | [[Battle of Spotsylvania Court House|Spotsylvania Court House]] | [[Overland Campaign]] | {{dts|format=md|May 8, 1864}}–21, 1864 | [[Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 100,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 52,000 |'''152,000''' | [[Ulysses S. Grant]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 18,399 | style="text-align:center;"| 12,687 | style="text-align:center;"| '''31,086''' |18.40% |24.40% |20.45% |- | [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville]] | [[Battle of Chancellorsville|Chancellorsville campaign]] | {{dts|format=md|May 1, 1863}}–4, 1863 | [[Chancellorsville, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 133,868 | style="text-align:center;"| 60,298 |'''194,166''' | [[Joseph Hooker]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 17,197 | style="text-align:center;"| 13,303 | style="text-align:center;"| '''30,500''' |12.85% |22.06% |15.71% |- | [[Battle of the Wilderness|The Wilderness]] | [[Overland Campaign]] | {{dts|format=md|May 5, 1864}}–7, 1864 | [[Locust Grove, Orange County, Virginia|Locust Grove, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 101,895 | style="text-align:center;"| 61,025 |'''162,920''' | [[Ulysses S. Grant]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 17,666 | style="text-align:center;"| 11,033 | style="text-align:center;"| '''28,699''' |17.34% |18.08% |17.62% |- | [[Battle of Stones River|Stones River (Murfreesboro)]] | [[Stones River Campaign|Stones River campaign]] | {{dts|December 31, 1862}} – January 2, 1863 | [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 41,400 | style="text-align:center;"| 35,000 |'''76,400''' | [[William Rosecrans]] | [[Braxton Bragg]] | style="text-align:center;"| 12,906 | style="text-align:center;"| 11,739 | style="text-align:center;"| '''24,645''' |31.17% |33.54% |32.26% |- | [[Battle of Shiloh|Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing)]] | Federal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers | {{dts|format=md|April 6, 1862}}–7, 1862 | [[Shiloh, Hardin County, Tennessee|Shiloh, Tennessee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 66,812 | style="text-align:center;"| 44,699 |'''111,511''' | [[Ulysses S. Grant]] | [[Albert Sidney Johnston]] | style="text-align:center;"| 13,047 | style="text-align:center;"| 10,699 | style="text-align:center;"| '''23,746''' |19.53% |23.94% |21.29% |- | [[Battle of Antietam|Antietam (Sharpsburg)]] | [[Maryland campaign]] | {{dts|September 17, 1862}} | [[Sharpsburg, Maryland]] | style="text-align:center;"| 75,500 | style="text-align:center;"| 38,000 |'''113,500''' | [[George B. McClellan]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 12,401 | style="text-align:center;"| 10,316 | style="text-align:center;"| '''22,717''' |16.43% |27.15% |20.01% |- | [[2nd Battle of Bull Run|2nd Bull Run (2nd Manassas)]] | [[Northern Virginia campaign]] | {{dts|format=md|August 29, 1862}}–30, 1862 | [[Manassas, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 62,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 50,000 |'''112,000''' | [[John Pope (military officer)|John Pope]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 10,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 8,300 | style="text-align:center;"| '''18,300''' |16.13% |16.60% |16.34% |- | [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg]] | [[Battle of Fredericksburg|Fredericksburg campaign]] | {{dts|format=md|December 11, 1862}}–15, 1862 | [[Fredericksburg, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 114,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 72,500 |'''186,500''' | [[Ambrose Burnside]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 12,653 | style="text-align:center;"| 5,377 | style="text-align:center;"| '''18,030''' |11.10% |7.42% |9.67% |- | [[Battle of Cold Harbor|Cold Harbor]] | [[Overland Campaign]] | {{dts|format=md|May 31, 1864}} – June 12, 1864 | [[Mechanicsville, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 108,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 59,000 |'''167,000''' | [[Ulysses S. Grant]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 12,737 | style="text-align:center;"| 4,595 | style="text-align:center;"| '''17,332''' |11.79% |7.79% |10.38% |- | [[Siege of Petersburg|2nd Petersburg]] | [[Siege of Petersburg|Richmond–Petersburg campaign]] | {{dts|format=md|June 15, 1864}}–18, 1864 | [[Petersburg, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 62,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 38,000 |'''100,000''' | [[Ulysses S. Grant]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 11,386 | style="text-align:center;"| 4,000 | style="text-align:center;"| '''15,386''' |18.36% |10.53% |15.39% |- | [[Battle of Gaines's Mill|Gaines's Mill]] | [[Peninsula campaign]] | {{dts|June 27, 1862}} | [[Mechanicsville, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 34,214 | style="text-align:center;"| 57,018 |'''91,232''' | [[George B. McClellan]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 6,837 | style="text-align:center;"| 7,993 | style="text-align:center;"| '''14,830''' |19.98% |14.02% |16.26% |- | [[Battle of Missionary Ridge|Missionary Ridge]] | [[Chattanooga campaign]] | {{dts|November 25, 1863}} | [[Chattanooga, Tennessee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 56,359 | style="text-align:center;"| 44,010 |'''100,369''' | [[Ulysses S. Grant]] | [[Braxton Bragg]] | style="text-align:center;"| 5,824 | style="text-align:center;"| 6,667 | style="text-align:center;"| '''12,491''' |10.33% |15.15% |12.45% |- | [[Battle of Atlanta|Atlanta]] | [[Atlanta campaign]] | {{dts|July 22, 1864}} | [[Atlanta, Georgia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 34,863 | style="text-align:center;"| 40,438 |'''75,301''' | [[William T. Sherman]] | [[John Bell Hood]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,641 | style="text-align:center;"| 8,499 | style="text-align:center;"| '''12,140''' |10.44% |21.02% |16.12% |- | [[Battle of Seven Pines|Seven Pines (Fair Oaks)]] | [[Peninsula campaign]] | {{dts|format=md|May 31, 1862}} – June 1, 1862 | [[Mechanicsville, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 34,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 39,000 |'''73,000''' | [[George B. McClellan]] | [[Joseph E. Johnston]] | style="text-align:center;"| 5,031 | style="text-align:center;"| 6,134 | style="text-align:center;"| '''11,165''' |14.80% |15.73% |15.29% |- | [[Battle of Nashville|Nashville]] | [[Franklin–Nashville campaign]] | {{dts|format=md|December 15, 1864}}–16, 1864 | [[Nashville, Tennessee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 55,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 30,000 |'''85,000''' | [[George H. Thomas]] | [[John Bell Hood]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,061 | style="text-align:center;"| 6,000 | style="text-align:center;"| '''9,061''' |5.57% |20.00% |10.66% |- | [[Battle of Opequon|Opequon (3rd Winchester)]] | [[Valley campaigns of 1864|Sheridan's Valley campaign]] | {{dts|September 19, 1864}} | [[Winchester, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 40,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 15,514 |'''55,514''' | [[Philip Sheridan]] | [[Jubal Early]] | style="text-align:center;"| 5,020 | style="text-align:center;"| 4,015 | style="text-align:center;"| '''9,035''' |12.55% |25.88% |16.28% |- | [[Battle of Cedar Creek|Cedar Creek]] | [[Valley campaigns of 1864|Sheridan's Valley campaign]] | {{dts|October 19, 1864}} | [[Middletown, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 31,610 | style="text-align:center;"| 21,102 |'''52,712''' | [[Philip Sheridan]] | [[Jubal Early]] | style="text-align:center;"| 5,764 | style="text-align:center;"| 2,910 | style="text-align:center;"| '''8,674''' |18.23% |13.79% |16.46% |- | [[Battle of Franklin (1864)|Franklin]] | [[Franklin–Nashville campaign]] | {{dts|November 30, 1864}} | [[Franklin, Tennessee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 27,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 27,000 |'''54,000''' | [[John M. Schofield]] | [[John Bell Hood]] | style="text-align:center;"| 2,326 | style="text-align:center;"| 6,252 | style="text-align:center;"| '''8,578''' |8.61% |23.16% |15.89% |- | [[Battle of Malvern Hill|Malvern Hill]] | [[Peninsula campaign]] | {{dts|July 1, 1862}} | [[Varina, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 54,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 55,000 |'''109,000''' | [[George B. McClellan]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 2,100 | style="text-align:center;"| 5,650 | style="text-align:center;"| '''7,750''' |3.89% |10.27% |7.11% |- | [[Siege of Petersburg|3rd Petersburg]] | [[Siege of Petersburg|Richmond-Petersburg campaign]] | {{dts|April 2, 1865}} | [[Petersburg, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 76,113 | style="text-align:center;"| 58,400 |'''134,513''' | [[Ulysses S. Grant]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,500 | style="text-align:center;"| 4,250 | style="text-align:center;"| '''7,750''' |4.60% |7.28% |5.76% |- | [[Battle of Perryville|Perryville]] | [[Confederate Heartland Offensive|Kentucky campaign]] | {{dts|October 8, 1862}} | [[Perryville, Kentucky]] | style="text-align:center;"| 22,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 16,000 |'''38,000''' | [[Don Carlos Buell]] | [[Braxton Bragg]] | style="text-align:center;"| 4,276 | style="text-align:center;"| 3,401 | style="text-align:center;"| '''7,677''' |19.44% |21.26% |20.20% |- | [[Battle of Glendale|Glendale]] | [[Peninsula campaign]] | {{dts|June 30, 1862}} | [[Varina, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 40,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 45,000 |'''85,000''' | [[George B. McClellan]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,797 | style="text-align:center;"| 3,673 | style="text-align:center;"| '''7,470''' |9.49% |8.16% |8.79% |- | [[Second Battle of Corinth|2nd Corinth]] | Iuka and Corinth Operations | {{dts|format=md|October 3, 1862}}–4, 1862 | [[Corinth, Mississippi]] | style="text-align:center;"| 23,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 22,000 |'''45,000''' | [[William S. Rosecrans]] | [[Earl Van Dorn]] | style="text-align:center;"| 2,520 | style="text-align:center;"| 4,233 | style="text-align:center;"| '''6,753''' |10.96% |19.24% |15.01% |- | [[Battle of Peachtree Creek|Peachtree Creek]] | [[Atlanta campaign]] | {{dts|July 20, 1864}} | [[Atlanta, Georgia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 21,655 | style="text-align:center;"| 20,250 |'''41,905''' | [[George H. Thomas]] | [[John Bell Hood]] | style="text-align:center;"| 1,710 | style="text-align:center;"| 4,796 | style="text-align:center;"| '''6,506''' |7.90% |23.68% |15.53% |- | [[Battle of Champion Hill|Champion Hill]] | [[Vicksburg campaign]] | {{dts|May 16, 1863}} | [[Edwards, Mississippi]] | style="text-align:center;"| 32,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 22,000 |'''54,000''' | [[Ulysses S. Grant]] | [[John C. Pemberton]] | style="text-align:center;"| 2,457 | style="text-align:center;"| 3,840 | style="text-align:center;"| '''6,297''' |7.68% |17.45% |11.66% |- | [[Battle of the Crater|The Crater]] | [[Siege of Petersburg|Richmond-Petersburg campaign]] | {{dts|July 30, 1864}} | [[Petersburg, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 8,500 | style="text-align:center;"| 6,100 |'''14,600''' | [[Ulysses S. Grant]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 3,798 | style="text-align:center;"| 1,491 | style="text-align:center;"| '''5,289''' |44.68% |24.44% |36.23% |- | [[Battle of Fort Stedman|Fort Stedman]] | [[Siege of Petersburg|Richmond-Petersburg campaign]] | {{dts|March 25, 1865}} | [[Petersburg, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 14,898 | style="text-align:center;"| 10,000 |'''24,898''' | [[John G. Parke]] | [[John B. Gordon]] | style="text-align:center;"| 1,044 | style="text-align:center;"| 4,000 | style="text-align:center;"| '''5,044''' |7.01% |40.00% |20.26% |- | [[Battle of South Mountain|South Mountain]] | [[Maryland campaign]] | {{dts|September 14, 1862}} | [[Boonsboro, Maryland]] | style="text-align:center;"| 28,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 18,000 |'''46,000''' | [[George B. McClellan]] | [[Robert E. Lee]] | style="text-align:center;"| 2,325 | style="text-align:center;"| 2,685 | style="text-align:center;"| '''5,010''' |8.30% |14.92% |10.89% |- | [[First Battle of Bull Run|1st Bull Run (1st Manassas)]] | [[Manassas campaign]] | {{dts|July 21, 1861}} | [[Manassas, Virginia]] | style="text-align:center;"| 35,000 | style="text-align:center;"| 34,000 |'''69,000''' | [[Irvin McDowell]] | [[P. G. T. Beauregard]] | style="text-align:center;"| 2,896 | style="text-align:center;"| 1,982 | style="text-align:center;"| '''4,878''' |8.27% |5.83% |7.07% |}

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