Major Land Battles
Further information: List of American Civil War battlesThe costliest land battles in the western theater, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing), were:
Battle | State | Date | Union |
Confederacy |
Total | ||||
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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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