Where did the bloodiest war happened in America?

Question: Where did the bloodiest war happened in America!?
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i have to tell you that i teach s!.s and we just began doing the civil war and all my students asked me the question!. good question its Gettysburg Pennsylvania!. soon after that the Confederacy's general surrender and now we are all one loving country!Www@QuestionHome@Com

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The bloodiest war in America was the Civil War and the bloodiest battles are;

The Battle of Antietam (also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg), fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil!. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000 casualties!.

Between 46,000 and 51,000 Americans were casualties in the three-day battle of Gettysburg!. Bloodiest multi-day battle in history!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
UNION
93,921

CONFEDERATE
71,699

TOTAL: 165,620 AMERICAN DEATHSWww@QuestionHome@Com

The Civil War, which occurred across the east coast and a bit inlandWww@QuestionHome@Com

In evaluating "bloodiest" I think it's important to evaluate relative to the population!.

You've already got a couple of answers saying "Civil War" and they're right!. But let's put it in perspective!.

In 1861, our population was around 28 million!. In 2008 our population is around 300 million (depending upon how you count various immigrants of various status)!.

The casualties sustained just in 4 hours at Antietam in the first part of the battlefield (at The Cornfield, the West Woods and the East Woods) would be the equivalent of if the US Army sustained 120,000 casualties in 4 hours in Baghdad today!.

Additionally, much like many National Guard units today, regiments back in those days were local!. So for instance when the 1st Texas Infantry Regiment of the 1st Texas Brigade went into the Cornfield at Antietam, every Confederate soldier who had enlisted from one particular county in Texas was a casualty that day--100% losses!. That's not just a horrific number but imagine the telegram that goes back to the towns in that County!. Every husband, brother, son, uncle from that County who signed up is now a casualty!. And stuff like this happened with nearly every major battle during the civil war--a unit would get caught in a tight spot and most of the men from one town or county would not be returning home because of it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

The battle of Gettysburg!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I suspect you're asking about the American Civil War, which claimed the largest NUMBER of lives in absolute terms!.

But if you define "bloodiest" relative to the size of the POPULATION ('per capita') the bloodiest conflict was actually "King Philip's War" of 1675-76!.

Some numbers:
"The war had taken a great toll on the colonists, with 2600 slain and a generation of settlements wiped out!. It would take years to rebuild and recover from property damage!. On both sides, 10 percent of the soldiers were either wounded or killed!. Of the Indians, 6000 were dead, wounded or enslaved!."
http://www!.essortment!.com/all/kingphilip!.!.!.

see also:
http://www!.historyplace!.com/specials/kin!.!.!.

This conflict, which might have been avoided by more careful steps on EITHER side, had MAJOR implications for the future of relations between the English settlers (and their offspring) and the Indians!. It was also the first of the "Indian wars" and together with "King Williams War" serves as an important background for understanding the fears that allowed the Salem Witch Trials to get started and run so horribly awry!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

the Civil War!. 1861 through 1865!. More 500,000 people died during that time!.Www@QuestionHome@Com