what is the name of the war that was the bloodiest single day of fighting in american history
September 17, 1862, the battle of Antietam, with 32,719 casualties and 3,654 dead was the single bloodiest day in American history.
The battle of Antietam, Maryland was the worst single day battle with about 27,000 casualties in 12 hours. There were several other battles with as many or more casualties, but they were multi-day events.
In July & August of 1931 around 3 million people died from a flood in China. That was over a period of weeks, rather than a single day. January 23, 1556, 830 thousand people died in an earthquake in China. That would probably represent the single bloodiest day in human history. The firestorm created in Tokyo, Japan March 9, 1945 claimed about 97,000 lives. For a more protracted period of time, 8:15 (local time) Monday morning, August 6th, 1945, somewhere from 120 to 140 thousand Japanese were killed by the first nuclear weapon used in war.
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Winning the Vietnam war. Gaining independence from England and becoming a free country.
Antietam (Sharpsburg) - a 1-day battle. The bloodiest battle was Gettysburg, which was a 3-day battle.
The Battle of Antietam
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battle of Antietam
The battle of Antietam.
September 17, 1862, the battle of Antietam, with 32,719 casualties and 3,654 dead was the single bloodiest day in American history.
The bloodiest single day was gettysburg
Gettysburg. And the bloodiest single day's fighting was Antietam.
Battle of Antietam/Sharpsburg - September 17th 1862
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The battle of Antietam
The bloodiest single day in US history was on September 17, 1862. This was the one day Battle of Antietam in Maryland. Combined losses for Americans on both sides approached 25,000. In US history no single day in battle would match the horror of that battle.