Western Theater of The American Civil War - Major Land Battles

Major Land Battles

Further information: List of American Civil War battles

The costliest land battles in the western theater, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing), were:

Battle State Date
Union
Confederacy		 Total
Strength Commander Casualties
Battle of Chickamauga Georgia 01863-09-19September 19, 1863September 19–20, 1863 60,000 65,000 William S. Rosecrans Braxton Bragg 16,170 18,454 34,624
Battle of Stones River Tennessee 01862-12-31December 31, 1862December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863 41,400 35,000 William S. Rosecrans Braxton Bragg 12,906 11,739 24,645
Battle of Shiloh Tennessee 01862-04-06April 6, 1862April 6–7, 1862 66,812 44,699 Ulysses S. Grant Albert Sidney Johnston 13,047 10,699 23,746
Siege of Port Hudson Louisiana 01863-05-22May 22, 1863May 22 – July 9, 1863 35,000 7,500 Nathaniel P. Banks Franklin Gardner 10,000 7,500 17,500
Battle of Missionary Ridge Tennessee 01863-11-25November 25, 1863 56,359 44,010 Ulysses S. Grant Braxton Bragg 5,824 6,667 12,491
Battle of Atlanta Georgia 01864-07-22July 22, 1864 34,863 40,438 William T. Sherman John Bell Hood 3,641 8,499 12,140
Battle of Nashville Tennessee 01864-12-15December 15, 1864December 15–16, 1864 55,000 30,000 George H. Thomas John Bell Hood 3,061 6,000 9,061
Battle of Franklin Tennessee 01864-11-30November 30, 1864 27,000 27,000 John M. Schofield John Bell Hood 2,326 6,252 8,578
Battle of Perryville Kentucky 01862-10-08October 8, 1862 22,000 16,000 Don Carlos Buell Braxton Bragg 4,276 3,401 7,677
2nd Battle of Corinth Mississippi 01862-10-03October 3, 1862October 3–4, 1862 23,000 22,000 William S. Rosecrans Earl Van Dorn 2,520 4,233 6,753
Battle of Peachtree Creek Georgia 01864-07-20July 20, 1864 21,655 20,250 George H. Thomas John Bell Hood 1,710 4,796 6,506
Battle of Champion Hill Mississippi 01863-05-16May 16, 1863 32,000 22,000 Ulysses S. Grant John C. Pemberton 2,457 3,840 6,297
Battle of Richmond, Kentucky Kentucky 01862-08-29August 29, 1862August 29–30, 1862 6,500 6,850 William "Bull" Nelson Edmund K. Smith 5,353 451 5,804

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