Major Land Battles
Further information: List of American Civil War battlesThe costliest land battles in the eastern theater, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing), were:
| Battle | State | Date | Union |
Confederacy |
Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strength | Commander | Casualties | |||||||
| Battle of Gettysburg | Pennsylvania | 01863-07-01July 1-3, 1863July 1–3, 1863 | 93,921 | 71,699 | George G. Meade | Robert E. Lee | 23,055 | 23,231 | 46,286 |
| Battle of Spotsylvania Court House | Virginia | 01864-05-08May 8, 1864May 8–21, 1864 | 100,000 | 52,000 | Ulysses S. Grant | Robert E. Lee | 18,399 | 13,421 | 31,820 |
| Battle of Chancellorsville | Virginia | 01863-05-01May 1, 1863May 1–4, 1863 | 133,868 | 60,892 | Joseph Hooker | Robert E. Lee | 17,197 | 13,303 | 30,500 |
| Battle of the Wilderness | Virginia | 01864-05-05May 5, 1864May 5–7, 1864 | 101,895 | 61,025 | Ulysses S. Grant | Robert E. Lee | 17,666 | 11,125 | 28,791 |
| Battle of Antietam | Maryland | 01862-09-17September 17, 1862 | 75,500 | 38,000 | George B. McClellan | Robert E. Lee | 12,401 | 10,316 | 22,717 |
| 2nd Battle of Bull Run | Virginia | 01862-08-29August 29, 1862August 29–30, 1862 | 62,000 | 50,000 | John Pope | Robert E. Lee | 10,000 | 8,300 | 18,300 |
| Battle of Fredericksburg | Virginia | 01862-12-11December 11, 1862December 11–15, 1862 | 114,000 | 72,500 | Ambrose E. Burnside | Robert E. Lee | 12,653 | 5,377 | 18,030 |
| Battle of Cold Harbor | Virginia | 01864-05-31May 31, 1864May 31 – June 12, 1864 | 108,000 | 59,000 | Ulysses S. Grant | Robert E. Lee | 12,737 | 4,595 | 17,332 |
| 2nd Battle of Petersburg | Virginia | 01864-06-15June 15, 1864June 15–18, 1864 | 62,000 | 38,000 | Ulysses S. Grant | Robert E. Lee | 11,386 | 4,000 | 15,386 |
| Battle of Gaines's Mill | Virginia | 01862-06-27June 27, 1862 | 34,214 | 57,018 | George B. McClellan | Robert E. Lee | 6,837 | 7,993 | 14,830 |
| Battle of Seven Pines | Virginia | 01862-05-31May 31, 1862May 31 – June 1, 1862 | 34,000 | 39,000 | George B. McClellan | Joseph E. Johnston | 5,031 | 6,134 | 11,165 |
| Battle of Cedar Creek | Virginia | 01864-10-19October 19, 1864 | 31,610 | 21,102 | Philip H. Sheridan | Jubal A. Early | 5,764 | 2,910 | 8,674 |
| Battle of Opequon | Virginia | 01864-09-19September 19, 1864 | 40,000 | 12,000 | Philip H. Sheridan | Jubal A. Early | 5,020 | 3,610 | 8,630 |
| Battle of Malvern Hill | Virginia | 01862-07-01July 1, 1862 | 54,000 | 55,000 | George B. McClellan | Robert E. Lee | 2,100 | 5,650 | 7,750 |
| 3rd Battle of Petersburg | Virginia | 01865-04-02April 2, 1865 | 76,113 | 58,400 | Ulysses S. Grant | Robert E. Lee | 3,500 | 4,250 | 7,750 |
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