Which battle in the Civil War was the worst why?

Answer 1

Take a pick - Antietam, Gettysburg, or Shiloh!
1. Antietam - Sept. 17, 1862: 26,134 Casualties (12, 410 Union and 13,724 Confederate).
2. Gettysburg - July 1-3, 1863: 51,112 Casualties (23,049 Union, and 28,063 Confederate).
3. Shiloh - April 6 -7, 1862: 23,741: (13, 047 Union, and 10,694 Confederate).
Chancellorsville, Chickamauga, and Spottsylvania come close!

Answer 2

Two that come to mind are Chancellorsville and the Wilderness. The reason being in that many wounded soldiers on both sides perished by burning alive in the thick underbrush when fires from various actions were started and the fighting so fierce, that the wounded could not be dragged to safety. Accounts of soldiers having to cover their ears so as to not hear the screaming of their burning comrades are many. The next year, a battle was fought over much the same ground and many of the skeletons had not been interred. A ghastly reminder.

Answer 3

I would vote for Cold Harbor

The Battle of Cold Harbor, the final battle of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign during the American Civil War, is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles. Thousands of Union soldiers were slaughtered in a hopeless frontal assault against the fortified troops of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Grant said of the battle in his memoirs "I have always regretted that the last assault at Cold Harbor was ever made.

The Battle of Cold Harbor was the final victory won by Lee's army during the war (part of his forces won the Battle of the Crater the following month, during the Siege of Petersburg, but this did not represent a general engagement between the armies), and its most decisive in terms of casualties. The Union army, in bravely attempting the futile assault, lost 10,000 to 13,000 men over twelve days. The battle brought the toll in Union casualties since the beginning of May to a total of more than 52,000, compared to 33,000 for Lee. Although the cost was horrible, Grant's larger army finished the campaign with lower relative casualties than Lee.

Answer 4

Battle of Antietam

Why: It was the bloodiest battle in the Civil War. 6,000 Union and Confederate soldiers dead (That's 12,000 total); 17,000 seriously wounded (Half probably died later on).

Answer 5

I would have to say either the battle of Antietam or Gettysburg.
Both battles had many, many casualties.

Answer 6

Worst day: Antiedam. 40,000 people died.

Worst battle? Gettysburg. Over three days, 60,000 soldiers were killed.

Answer 7

I think Gettysburg got a little nasty, but I m not sure....

Maybe even Antietam, or Vicksburg....