There were about 700 casualties on both sides at Appomattox. This was far less than a major battle.
Yes, it was.
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Gettysburg
Antietem was the worst day for casualties for over 23,000 union and confederate troops died.
Andersonville, Georgia
Andersonville, Georgia.
No - the Appomattox courthouse is where the surrender was signed.
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The Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse. The Union had 18,399 casualties.
Not at all. By that time the officers and men of both armies were highly experienced veterans, and the southerners, after making their best attempt to break out of the Yankee encirclement, completely comprehended the hopelessness of their situation and the pointlessness that additional fighting would involve. Hence, they surrendered. In the National Cemetery at Appomattox there are a total of fourteen graves. Gettysburg, Antietam, Chancellorsville, The Wilderness, Stones River, Chickamauga and others were all far, far bloodier, by a factor of greater than several hundred times.
The Battle of the Wilderness, where many soldiers died of suffocation in the burning forest. Stones River (Murfreesboro) where the whole battlefield was frozen. Appomattox, where Lee's men were barefoot, starving and deprived of sleep.
the worst war the USA. fought was the Civil War.
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the battle of antietam
The five most bloodiest battles in the US Civil War were the battles of: *Gettysburg; *Chancellorsville; * Antietam; * Chickamauga; and * Cold Harbor. There are differences of opinion on the so-called top five bloodiest battles. That's because the better term of Casualties is more telling. "Bloody" infers wounded, not just battle deaths. Based on using the preferred term, the selection of battles can vary.
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