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The Gettysburg Address was a speech spoken by Abraham Lincoln after the Battle of Gettysburg. The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest battle because of the fact that there was mass amounts of killings and blood shed occurring. In fact it was the battle that had the greatest number of casualties during the Civil War.
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 14y agoThe Battle of Gettysburg was considered a bloody day because of the high number of casualties(deaths) during the battle.
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∙ 11y agoThe weapons outstripped the tactics. Frontal assaults en masse, uphill, against well protected defensive positions, almost always leads to extremely high casualties.
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Was the Battle of Shiloh the bloodiest of the civil war?
No. The battle that had the highest casualties for one day was Antietam. Gettysburg's 3-day battle was the bloodiest. Shiloh was the first large battle in Spring of 1862 with thousands of casualties. When people read about this, they realized the war would be long and very bloody.
How many people died on the second day of the battle of Gettysburg?
In the Battle of Gettysburg. The North lost about 23,000 soldiers, and the South lost about 20,400 soldiers.
How many men were wounded on the first day of Gettysburg?
On the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg there were about 9,000 Union casualties and 6,000 Confederate casualties.
What was the name of the bloody civil war battle that stopped the confederacy's northward advance?
The Battle of Gettysburg was viewed as the turning point for the civil war (the union started winning afterward).
Was the Battle of Antietam or Gettysburg worse?
Antietam is the deadliest single day battle in the history of the United States. Gettysburg was deadlier but over the span of three days.
How did the Battle of Gettysburg happen?
It was a bloody battle
Was the Battle of Antietam the most bloody?
Yes. It was the bloodiest 1 day battle (Gettysburg is also considered the bloodiest but occurred over 3 days).
Was the Battle of Gettysburg bloody?
Yes - the most costly of all.
What bloody battle was fought near a church in a peach orchard?
gettysburg
What day of the week did the first day of the Battle of Gettysburg fall on?
The first day of the Battle of Gettysburg was WednesdayJuly 1 1863.
Where did Abraham give the Gettysburg address?
On the Field of a bloody civil war battle ------->NovaNet
Was the Battle of Shiloh the bloodiest of the civil war?
No. The battle that had the highest casualties for one day was Antietam. Gettysburg's 3-day battle was the bloodiest. Shiloh was the first large battle in Spring of 1862 with thousands of casualties. When people read about this, they realized the war would be long and very bloody.
What battle was won the same day as the battle of Gettysburg?
Vicksburg
Why might Abraham Lincoln have chosen Gettysburg to give this address?
It was the most bloody battle in the Civil War
What was the name of the bloody Civil War battle that stopped up the Confederacy North Ward advances?
Gettysburg
What was known as the bloodiest battle of the war?
Gettysburg (3-day battle). And the bloodiest one-day battle was Antietam.
What was the deadlist battle in the civil war?
Gettysburg. (And the deadliest 1-day battle was Antietam.)
