The Battle of Gaines’s Mill, also known as The Battle of Savage's Station, or Battle of Chickahominy River, is considered the second bloodiest battle in the American history, even though it only lasted for two hours. The Battle of Gaines’s Mill ended up with 15,500 casualties in total , the union with, approximately, 6,800 casualties and the confederate with 8,700 casualties. This picture was taken three days after the Battle of Gaines’ Mill. It shows injured soldiers that are still receiving medical attention in a field hospital. The Union used this house, the Garthright family house, as a field hospital while the family was hiding in the basement.…
The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest single day battle to every occur on American soil. Approximately 22,700 men were killed, wounded, captured, or missing. (Brochure) The fighting began on September 17, 1862 in Sharpsburg, Maryland. The opposing armies, The Army of the Potomac, consisting of about 90,000 troops, and The Army of Northern Virginia, consisting of about 45,000 troops.…
This battle would last just shy of 2 months, officially starting on May 18, 1863 and ending July 4, 1863 with many wounded and killed and in the fighting (Wikipedia,…
The Confederates pour out from the tree line and surprising the Union forces. The Confederates surround the Union troops, capture, kill, or wounded most. This was a 2 day battle, on the first day of the battle Gen. Johnston was wounded and was replaced by P.G.T. Beauregard. Grant stood his ground until Grant was eventually to overpower the Confederate forces. The battle of Shiloh was 2 days and produced 23,000 casualties and was the bloodiest battle in the Civil war and on American soil.…
The horrific Battle of Vicksburg caused many casualties for both sides of the war, the Union had 4,910 total casualties, and the Confederate had 32,492 casualties, including the surrendered soldiers and missing/captured soldiers. This Battle of Vicksburg was the main turning point in the Civil War because it took place not to long after the very gory and gruesome three…
The battle of Antietam also known today as the battle of Sharpsburg was one of the bloodiest battle to ever occur in a day. The battle was part of the Maryland campaign that took place near Sharpsburg, Maryland and the Antietam creek between the 16th of September 1862 to the 18th of September 1862. The terrain in this area consisted of grassy rolling hills with open plains and some wooded areas. During these three days the temperature ranged from a humid 69 to 76 degrees Fahrenheit. Two main Generals were in charge of each side of their forces during the battle of Antietam.…
In July 6, 1861 one of the first major battle of the Civil War occurred in total 6.5 percent of the confederate were ether missing or dead, and 9.5 percent union were dead or captured or dead on the battlefield ("Bull Run Casualties’’). The battle of bull run was one of the bloodiest battle of the war with the most casualty counts ever. First off, the battle positions at the manassas were very important for both sides so your platoon wouldn't get bombarded with cannons or ambushed, and or being killed in your sleep (civil war) The long tall grass at the battle field was very important to groups of men who could crawl thru the long thick grass to ambush the arterially positions and other little outpost along the battlefield. There was also wooded areas were huge in the battles at the manassas so the advancing troops would have cover from cannon fire and other platoons.…
The combined casualties for two days were about nearly 35,000 on both sides. In July 3, the Union forces were able to push back the Confederate threats after a seven hour firefight. General Lee believed that they were in brink of victory; he sent three divisions to attack the Union in the middle. Though he went against Longstreet advice, Lee attacked the union with his confederate army. From all sides the Union attacked Lee’s army and which half survived and two-thirds of Pickett’s division was…
The weather was uncooperative and death ran rampped. Through all the tribulations of the war soldiers still fought even though these were the times that tried their…
The bloodiest single-day battle was the battle of Antietam. The first major engagement of the battle was the fight for Cemetery Hill. Union General John Buford’s cavalry scouts reported that the main body of the Army of the Potomac had changed direction. With this knowledge, union troops dug in at Cemetery Hill and fended of General Hill’s Brigade.…
There was 23000 Americans killed, wounded, or missing that day; Just one day. With the large amount of mistakes made by the generals of both sides, primarily by General McClellan, the body count just added up with each mistake. This first push into the north by General Lee’s army was a failure. This drastically killed the momentum created by the past few wins by the Confederacy. Et al…
In the Battle of the Somme, the tank wrecked havoc and launched utter chaos throughout the battle. The Allies used all of their tactics and strength to the best of their ability to win the war. Both sides suffered a gruesome number of half a million casualties just from the Battle of the Some alone. This bloody and atrocious war was the most ugly battle in World War I. The Allies were able to use the tank slightly more to their advantage as it proved to be effective and crucial during the Battle of the Somme.…
In the 1990, the Middle East and the whole World changed. On August 2, Iraq invaded Kuwait and began the brutal occupation. Iraq was not the only country affected. The invasion created a global conflict, which lasts to this day.…
The Union army suffered 14,000 casualties and the Confederacy suffered 10,000 casualties during the Battle of Chancellorsville. This battle started when General Joseph Hooker crossed the Rappahannock River and began to move behind Robert E. Lee’s confederate army, which put his troops in northern Virginia in great danger. Although Hooker’s plan was very well executed, Robert Lee’s strategic brilliance and instinct saved him because he split his force leaving 10,000 troops to hold the Union at bay. The reason this battle took place was because Hooker led the army of the Potomac into Virginia.…
I think this was probably the deadliest day of the war, because of the huge amount of troops. On the Union’s right flank the war grew into a huge assault on Culp’s Hill and East of Cemetery Ridge. The Confederates had pushed the Union troops back closer to Washington D.C., but the Union troops had somehow held on to their ground and they still held their strong positions and had started strategizing for the next day of war. The second day of war I think was the most important day of the war by far. The union troops had showed themselves capable of holding their own ground under the leadership of their new General, Gordon Meade.…