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Antietam had the highest casualties in a single day. No battle the US has ever fought produced so many single day casualties. This battle had serious consequences.

For the battle with the most serious consequences, you could pick either Vicksburg or Gettysburg, which happened on the same day. A pretty bad Fourth of July for the Confederates.

Clearly in terms of casualties, the Battle of Antietam saw more casualties in a single day then any battle in US history.

The Confederate loss at Gettysburg has some mitigating factors. Lee successfully removed Union forces out of Virginia. He disrupted any plans for a Summer offensive against Richmond. His army lived for a month or so on foraging for food in enemy territory and had captured a large quantity of supplies he took with him back to Virginia. And, despite being surprised, which ended his plan to fight at a place of his time and choosing, his army was not destroyed and lived to fight another day (s).

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