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since both sides fighting against each other in the civil war were American, every casualty was an American casualty, as opposed to wars where the enemy side was from another nation. That, combined with new warfare technology like the gunboat, the mortar, primitive machines guns and hand grenades, and canister shots made the civil war the deadliest war
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∙ 12y agoThe American Civil War was by far the deadliest war in American history by far, resulting in over 620,000 deaths. Why so deadly? Well the main reason was this: Modern Technology colided with Ancient Tactics. What do I mean by this? Well in previous wars, (namely, the Napoleonic wars and the Mexican-American war), the infantry would march in long rows, tight together, two deep. Napoleon dominated with this technique, and many civil war generals witnessed this tactic have great success in the Mexican-American war, generals like Lee, Jackson and Grant. The point was to send men at a quick pace at the enemy and overwhelm them before they had a chance to stop you. The momentum would be to great, ,you would push the enemy back, and win a decisive victory. The reason this worked is because of the limited weapons they had then. They were smoothbore rifles, and so the bullet would just bounce around in the barrel when fired and then its trajectory would be detirmined by the final bounce. These rifles were accurate up to only about 100 yards, and not very effective. So the frontal charge worked, and civil war generals used it. But then came the modern technology. They invented rifled muskets that fired minie balls. These rifles had a spiraled groove on the inside of the barrel. When the gun fired, the base of the minie ball expanded into the groovings and came out of the barrel spinning, giving it much greater range and accuracy. Instead this rifle had an effective range up to 400 yards, and could still kill at 1,000. When civil war generals used the frontal assault tactic, they would be bombarded by cannons with the same new rifled technology, and could be fired on long range from murderous volleys that killed dozens at a time. This is why civil war battles were so deadly.
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∙ 14y agoof there tactics, such as going in a big group in front of the other army's
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Was the battle of bullrun the deadliest battle during the civil?
No, the deadliest battle of the Civil War was that of Gettysburg.
What was the deadliest war in the Civil War?
Do you mean battle? Anyway, the deadliest battle of the American Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg with a total of 46,000 to 51,000 casualties in three days! The Battle of Antietam was the deadliest ONE day battle with a total of 23,000 casualties!
What was the deadliest American battle?
Deadliest battle America has been involved in to date was the Battle of Meuse-Argonne in WWI (26,277 deaths) Deadliest battle on American soil was Gettysburg in US Civil War (7,863)
What happened after the battle of Chickamauga?
The Battle of Chickamauga was the most important defeat of the Union forces in the Western Theater. It was the second deadliest battle of the Civil War.
What was the typical civil war like?
If you mean the American Civil War. It should have never happened. It got a lot of Americans killed. It was the deadliest war that the United States ever fought. Your chances of getting killed were about 1 out of 4. That is higher than any other that the United States ever fought. Your best chances of living would have been the American Revolution.
Was the battle of bullrun the deadliest battle during the civil?
No, the deadliest battle of the Civil War was that of Gettysburg.
Deadliest weapon of the civil war?
musket
What was the deadliest war in the Civil War?
Do you mean battle? Anyway, the deadliest battle of the American Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg with a total of 46,000 to 51,000 casualties in three days! The Battle of Antietam was the deadliest ONE day battle with a total of 23,000 casualties!
What are the three deadliest warsAmerica has fought?
The Civil War World War 1 The Revolutionary War
Deadliest war besides World War 1 and World War 2?
American Civil War
Was Gettysburg or Chattanooga the deadliest battle in the civil war?
Gettysburg was the deadliest overall. The Battle of Chickamauga (just South of Chattanooga) was the deadliest 2 days of the Civil War. Arguably, if the battle at Chickamauga had lasted into the 3rd day, it would have surpassed the casualties at Gettysburg.
Which war involving the US has been considered the deadliest?
We were fighting ourselves during the US Civil War (1861-1865), so that may have been the deadliest.
Do you know Which battle of the US Civil War was the deadliest?
Look at the casualty figures for each battle. Try Wikipedia's list of Civil War battles.
What was the deadlist battle in the civil war?
Gettysburg. (And the deadliest 1-day battle was Antietam.)
What is the deadliest day in American history excluding the civil war?
September 11th 2001
Is it true thay new technology such as rifles railroads submarines ironclad ships and hand grenades helped to make the civil war one of the deadliest in US?
What made the Civil War one of the deadliest in American history, was everyone in it was an American.
What was the deadliest American battle?
Deadliest battle America has been involved in to date was the Battle of Meuse-Argonne in WWI (26,277 deaths) Deadliest battle on American soil was Gettysburg in US Civil War (7,863)
