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2. United States military casualties of war - Wikipedia

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   Newer estimates place the total death toll at 650,000 to 850,000. [87] 148 of the Union dead were U.S. Marines. [91] [92] ca. ^ Civil War April 2, 2012, Doctor David Hacker after extensive research offered new casualty rates higher by 20%; his work has been accepted by the academic community and is represented here.

3. List of American Civil War battles - Wikipedia

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   Beauregard takes Charleston Federal fort in the first battle of the American Civil War . May 18 –19, 1861. Battle of Sewell's Point. Virginia. D. Inconclusive. Union gunboats fight inconclusive battle with Confederate artillery. May 29 – June 1, 1861. Battle of Aquia Creek.

4. List of people executed by the United States military

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   Executions must be approved by the president of the United States. [2] Executions require a Summary courts martial, they are therefore subject an automatic process of review. [3] The first four of these executions, those of Bernard John O'Brien, Chastine Beverly, Louis M. Suttles and James L. Riggins, were carried out by military officials at ...

5. List of battles with most United States military fatalities

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   This article lists battles and campaigns in which the number of U.S. soldiers killed was higher than 1,000. The battles and campaigns that reached that number of deaths in the field are so far limited to the American Civil War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, and one campaign during the Vietnam War (the Tet Offensive from January 30 to September 23, 1968).

6. American Civil War - Wikipedia

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   The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [ e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to war was a dispute over whether slavery should be ...

7. American units with the highest percentage of casualties per ...

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   For example, during the Seven Days Battles in the American Civil War (June 25 to July 1, 1862) there were 5,228 killed, 23,824 wounded and 7,007 missing or taken prisoner for a total of 36,059 casualties. [1] [note 1] The word casualty has been used in a military context since at least 1513. [2]

8. List of costliest American Civil War land battles - Wikipedia

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   The Siege of Vicksburg (37,532 total casualties), the Battle of Appomattox Court House (28,469), the Siege of Port Hudson (17,500), the Battle of Fort Donelson (16,537), the Battle of Harpers Ferry (12,922), the Battle of Island Number Ten (7,108), and the Battle of Munfordville (4,862) have been omitted from this list because the casualty ...

9. Battle of Lookout Mountain - Wikipedia

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   The Battle of Lookout Mountain also known as the Battle Above the Clouds was fought November 24, 1863, as part of the Chattanooga Campaign of the American Civil War. Union forces under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker assaulted Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tennessee, and defeated Confederate forces commanded by Maj. Gen. Carter L. Stevenson.