A CW fact hard to fathom......

[MichaelB]

I read this while doing some research:

During the Civil War, one small section of Virginia became America's bloodiest battle ground. In an area of barely 20 square miles and including Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor, more than half a million men fought in deadly combat. Here, more men were killed and wounded during the Civil War than were killed and wounded in the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the War with Mexico and all of the Indian wars combined. No fewer than 19 generals-10 Union and 9 Confederate-met death here.

MichaelB

[Jeffro]

I can't remember if it was Omaha or Normandy, but we lost 40,000 in ONE DAY on one of those beaches.

[Gypsy Heart]

Sept 17, 1862 - The bloodiest day in U.S. military history as Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Armies are stopped at Antietam in Maryland by McClellan and numerically superior Union forces. By nightfall 26,000 men are dead, wounded, or missing. Lee then withdraws to Virginia.

September 17, 1862 was the bloodiest day of the Civil War. Federal losses totaled 12,410 and the Confederates lost 10,700 men

[Mainedigger]

I can't remember if it was Omaha or Normandy, but we lost 40,000 in ONE DAY on one of those beaches.

Not sure of the exact number, but Iwo Jima had a high death toll as well...

[{Sentinel}]

Yeah, stopped at Antietam but lost about 2,000 more men than Lee did Over 600,000 killed in Civil War. That is ALOT when you are talking all AMERICANS killed.

[CWnut]

The CW brought such casulaties because the old European battle techniques still in use at the time had not been adapted for the superior accuracy of then-modern rifles. Most all battles were blood-baths for both sides