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 |
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.