The
Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil War |
#1
Battle of Gettysburg
Date:July 1-3, 1863Location:Pennsylvania
Confederate Commander:Robert E. Lee
Union Commander: George G. Meade
Confederate Forces Engaged: 75,000
Union Forces Engaged: 82,289
Winner:Union
Casualties:51,112 (23,049 Union and 28,063 Confederate)#2
Battle of Chickamauga
Date: September 19-20, 1863Location:Georgia
Confederate Commander: Braxton Bragg
Union Commander:William Rosecrans
Confederate Forces Engaged:66,326
Union Forces Engaged:58,222
Winner:Confederacy
Casualties: 34,624 (16,170 Union and 18,454 Confederate)#3
Battle of Chancellorsville
Date: May 1-4, 1863Location:Virginia
Confederate Commander:Robert E. Lee
Union Commander:Joseph Hooker
Confederate Forces Engaged: 60,892
Union Forces Engaged: 133,868
Winner:Confederacy
Casualties:30,099 (17,278 Union and 12,821 Confederate)#4
Battle of Spotsylvania
Date:May 8-19, 1864Location:Virginia
Confederate Commander: Robert E. Lee
Union Commander:Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate Forces Engaged: 50,000
Union Forces Engaged:83,000
Winner: Confederacy
Casualties: 27,399 (18,399 Union and 9,000 Confederate)#5
Battle of Antietam
Date:September 17, 1862Location:Maryland
Confederate Commander:Robert E. Lee
Union Commander:George B. McClellan
Confederate Forces Engaged:51,844
Union Forces Engaged:75,316
Winner:Union
Casualties:26,134 (12,410 Union and 13,724 Confederate)#6
Battle of The Wilderness
Date:May 5-7, 1864Location:Virginia
Confederate Commander:Robert E. Lee
Union Commander:Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate Forces Engaged:61,025
Union Forces Engaged:101,895
Winner:Inconclusive
Casualties: 25,416 (17,666 Union and 7,750 Confederate)#7
Battle of Second Manassas
Date: August 29-30, 1862Location: Virginia
Confederate Commander:Robert E. Lee
Union Commander:John Pope
Confederate Forces Engaged: 48,527
Union Forces Engaged:75,696
Winner: Confederacy
Casualties: 25,251 (16,054 Union and 9,197 Confederate)#8
Battle of Stone's River
Date: December 31, 1862Location: Tennessee
Confederate Commander:Braxton Bragg
Union Commander:William S. Rosecrans
Confederate Forces Engaged:37,739
Union Forces Engaged:41,400
Winner:Union
Casualties: 24,645 (12,906 Union and 11,739 Confederate)#9
Battle of Shiloh
Date: April 6-7, 1862Location:Tennessee
Confederate Commander:Albert Sidney Johnston/ P. G. T. Beauregard
Union Commander:Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate Forces Engaged:40,335
Union Forces Engaged:62,682
Winner:Union
Casualties: 23,741 (13,047 Union and 10,694 Confederate)#10
Battle of Fort Donelson
Date: February 13-16, 1862Location:Tennessee
Confederate Commander: John B. Floyd/Simon B. Buckner
Union Commander: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate Forces Engaged: 21,000
Union Forces Engaged:27,000
Winner: Union
Casualties: 19,455 (2,832 Union and 16,623 Confederate)