specific events of massive american casualties?

Question

this is pretty random, but can someone help me name some specific events where there has been great loss of american life (other than 9/11, iraq, current stuff)? thanks a lot

Answer 1

I'm so glad you asked this question....

The single bloodiest day in American military history was on September 17th, 1862.

The place is just outside the town of Sharpsburg, Maryland along the Antietam Creek.

On this single day, 23,000 men were casualities of war. In one 30 acre cornfield alone on the northern edge of a four mile battle line where the fighting began, 8300 men fell dead, wounded and went missing.

The Battle of Antietam was one of the pivotal moments of the American Civil War. No single day (neither WWI, WWII, Korea, nor Vietnam) would see such blood shed as brothers fought against brothers in this epic struggle for States Rights.

There is a small white church and a sunken farm lane where men fought and died admist cannon fire that was unbelieveable. There is a little bridge there, called the Lower Bridge. It is awesome. 300 Confederate soldiers from Georgia prevented 13,000 Federal troops from crossing that bridge for four hours. You can't believe how it feels to stand there.

I went there with my step son so he could visit the battlefield. I was so touched by what I saw and felt that I went back again. I plan to go yet again.


Thanks again for asking.



-Dennis

Answer 2

The Civil War Battles of
Fredricksburg
Gettysburg
Chancellorsville
Chickamagua
Franklin
Cold Harbor
WW1 Battle of
the Argonne Forest
WW2 Battles of
D Day
Tarawa
Anzio
Pearl Harbor
Guadacanal
Iwo Jima
All those probably accout for at least 80% of American War Casualties Of All Time Combined

Answer 3

Sorry corry m but the Fetterman (not Federson!) Massacre in the American Indian Wars were not a great loss of American life. It was a massacre of Capt. Fettermans complete command of 80 men and officers (Ironically exactly the number with which Capt. Fetterman had previously boasted that he could "ride through the whole Sioux Nation") due to said officers complete disregard for standing orders (much the same decision was taken by one Col.(bvt. Gen) G.A.Custer on a similar occasion!). Not a great loss for battles of the time.

Having said that I suppose if you compare that to the numbers lost by the Sioux it may be considered a fairly serious loss of life.

Answer 4

The Battle of Antietam during the American Civil War holds the melancholy record of having seen the most American deaths in one day. Over 22,000 casualties were reported.

The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 resulted in over 3,000 casualties, as did the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941.

The Vietnam War, over the course of time, claimed well over 55,000 dead or injured.

Unfortunately, no statistics are available as to the number of Native Americans who died or were disabled from exposure (sometimes by chance and sometimes deliberately) to European diseases such as measles and smallpox, to which they had no immunity since these illnesses were unknown in the Western Hemisphere.

Answer 5

Any major Civil War battle, i.e. Gettysburg, Antietam, Fredericksburg, etc. Federson's massacre in Indian Wars, Spanish Influenza and WW1 (20 million plus), Indianapolis sinking, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Tet Offensive.

Answer 6

1900 Hurricane, Galveston, Texas - 6000 to 8000 dead
1906 San Francisco Earthquake - 3000 dead
1889 Johnstown Flood - 2200 to 3000 dead
1871 Fire , Peshtigo, Wisconsin - 1500 dead
1865 Sultana Ship Disaster, Mississippi River - 1547 dead
click on source for many more.

Answer 7

The Johnstown Flood.

Any major tornado in the midwest.

The Great Molasses Flood in Boston.

Answer 8

Columbus "spreading syphilis " To the American Indian. James town slave trades. to name a small amount.