Famous Civil War Battles

* = Winning side

Name of Battle North
Commanding General

 
North Casualties
 
South
Commanding General

 
South
 Casualties
 
February 13-16. 1862
Fort Donelson
Ulysses S. Grant
*
2,832 John B. Floyd and Simon B. Buckner 16,623
April 6-7, 1862
Shiloh
Ulysses S. Grant
*
13,047 Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G. T. Beauregard 10,694
August 29-30, 1862
Second Manassas
John Pope 16,054 Robert E. Lee
*
9,197

September 17, 1862
Antietam

George McClellan
*
12,410 Robert E. Lee 13,724
December 31, 1862
Stone's River
William S. Rosencrans
*
12,906 Braxton Bragg 11,739
May 1-4, 1863
Chancellorsville
Joseph Hooker 17,278 Robert E. Lee
*
12,821
July 1-3. 1863
Gettysburg
George G. Meade
*
23,049 Robert E. Lee 28,063
September 19-20, 1863
Chickamauga
William Rosecrans 16,170 Braxton Bragg
*
18,454
May 5-7, 1864
The Wilderness
No winner
Ulysses S. Grant 17,666 Robert E. Lee 7,750
May 8-19, 1864
Spotsylvania
Ulysses S. Grant 18,399 Robert E. Lee
*
9,000
    Union   Confederacy
Total Casualties   149,811   138,065

Note:  The above 10 battles were the ones with the most casualties of the whole war.