List of American Civil War Battles - Costliest Battles

Costliest Battles

The costliest land battles, 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 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 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 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
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
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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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
Battle of Perryville Kentucky 01862-10-08October 8, 1862 22,000 16,000 Don Carlos Buell Braxton Bragg 4,276 3,401 7,677
Battle of Glendale Virginia 01862-06-30June 30, 1862 40,000 45,000 George B. McClellan Robert E. Lee 3,797 3,673 7,470
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
Battle of the Crater Virginia 01864-07-30July 30, 1864 8,500 6,100 Ulysses S. Grant Robert E. Lee 3,798 1,491 5,289
Battle of Fort Stedman Virginia 01865-03-25March 25, 1865 14,898 10,000 John G. Parke John B. Gordon 1,044 4,000 5,044
Battle of South Mountain Maryland 01862-09-14September 14, 1862 28,000 18,000 George B. McClellan Robert E. Lee 2,325 2,685 5,010
1st Battle of Bull Run Virginia 01861-07-21July 21, 1861 35,000 34,000 Irvin McDowell P.G.T. Beauregard 2,896 1,982 4,878

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