Most Important and Bloodiest Battles in the Civil War

Battle at Fort Donelson

Feb 13, 1862

19,455 men were killed

Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

23,741casualties

Second Bull Run

Aug 29, 1862

25, 251 casualties

Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

26,134 casualties

Battle at Stone River

Dec 31, 1862

24,645 casualties

Chancellorsville

May 1, 1863

30,099 casualties

Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

51,112 casualties

Chickamauga

Sep 19, 1863

34,624 casualties

The Wilderness

May 5, 1864

25,416 casualties

Spotsylvania

May 8, 1864

27,399 casualties