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Antietam Casualties | Civil
War Battles | American War Deaths
Antietam | Omaha Beach | Iwo Jima |
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http://www.nps.gov/anti/casualty.htm
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Antietam
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Omaha Beach
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Iwo
Jima
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Casualties at Antietam
by Phase of Battle
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categories. The numbers below are approximations of the casualties
that occurred in each phase of the battle. The chaos of battle
makes it exceedingly difficult to develop precise numbers for
casualties in each phase of the battle. Overall, 1 in 4 soldiers
involved in battle that day were killed, wounded, or missing. |
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Confederate |
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Troops
Engaged |
Casualties |
Troops
Engaged |
Casualties |
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Morning
Phase
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| Cornfield |
17,000 |
4,350 |
11,800 |
4,200 |
| West Woods |
5,400 |
2,200 |
9,000 |
1,850 |
| Total, Morning Phase |
22,400 |
6,550 |
20,800 |
6,050 |
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Midday
Phase
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| Bloody Lane |
9,700 |
2,900 |
6,500 |
2,600 |
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Afternoon
Phase
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| Burnside Bridge |
4,270 |
500 |
500 |
120 |
| Final Attack |
9,550 |
1,850 |
5,500 |
1,000 |
| Total, Afternoon Phase |
13,820 |
2,350 |
6,000 |
1,120 |
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Battle
Total*
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56,000 |
12,400 |
37,400 |
10,300 |
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| *The total numbers for the battle do not reflect the sum of
all three phases due to approximations for numbers in each phase. |
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Antietam was the bloodiest one-day
battle of the Civil War. But there were other
battles,lasting more than one day, in which more men fell. The
numbers below are total casualties for both sides.
(Source: The Civil War Dictionary, By Mark Boatner)
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American
Deaths in All Wars
The following numbers
reflect deaths (excluding wounded and missing):
Source: U.S. Army Military History Institute, Carlisle, PA
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| Revolutionary
War (1775-1783) |
4,435
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| War of
1812 (1812-1815) |
2,260
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| Mexican
War (1846-1848) |
13,283
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| Civil
War (1861-1865) |
623,026
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| Spanish-American
War (1898) |
2,446
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| World
War I (1917-1918) |
116,708
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| World
War II (1941-1945) |
407,316
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| Korean
War (1950-1953) |
36,914
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| Vietnam
War (1964-1973) |
58,169
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| Persian
Gulf War (1991) |
269
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