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2007-05-30 15:11:42 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Gettysburg was the largest as it lasted from July 1-3 1863.
The Confederate Army lost some 28,000 casaulties out of 77,000 men. The Union Forces lost around 25,000 out of some 93,500 men. It is in fact the largest battle ever fought in North America.
The Battle of Antietam fought on September, 17, 1862, was the bloodiest single battle where the South lost a little over 11,000 men out of 45,000. The Union lost 12, 000 out of a force of around 87,000. Though only about 60,000 of the Union soldiers were engaged at the battle.
2007-05-30 16:31:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In terms of size of a battle, do not look at the number of days to determine the biggest. The Battle of Texas County, Missouri lasted longer than the Battle of Gettysburg (November 1-9, 1861) but had fewer forces engaged. The Battle of Mill Springs, Kentucky was even longer in duration, going from the 1st to the 13th of December, 1861, but again did not have as many forces engaged as Gettysburg.
What you want to look at is how many forces both sides brought to the battle, both engaged and held in reserve. In this respect, both Fredricksburg and Chancellorsville were larger than Gettysburg. Gettysburg saw about 171,697 involved on both sides (101,697 Union, 70,000 Confederate), Fredrickburg about 175,183 (116,683 Union, 58,500 Confederate), and Chancellorsville about 190,000 (130,000 Union, 60,000 Confederate). So by the numbers Chancellorsville actually beats out Gettysburg.
2007-05-30 18:49:18 · answer #2 · answered by knight1192a 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Biggest batle was at Gettysburg , the bloodiest battle was at Antietam and the ugliest was the Battle of the Wilderness.
2007-05-30 16:58:02 · answer #3 · answered by Dave aka Spider Monkey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
RE:
what was the BIGGEST battle of the Civil War?
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2015-08-02 00:46:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gettysburg
2007-05-30 16:35:04 · answer #5 · answered by docspec 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The battle of gettysburg was pretty big, I think there was another one bigger than it, but I hope I was some help!
2007-05-30 15:15:27 · answer #6 · answered by aubergine dream 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gettysburg: largest forces invoved; Antietam: heaviest casualties on one single day.
2007-05-30 15:17:04 · answer #7 · answered by Ammianus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gettysberg-it was where most soilders got killed and Lincoln gave the speech there.
2007-05-30 16:31:47 · answer #8 · answered by ♠Yoru♠ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do you mean most dead? longest? most impact???
My guess is you either want Gettysburg or Antietam
2007-05-30 15:14:54 · answer #9 · answered by Marti 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋