Top Ten Battles

 
  Date Union forces Confederate forces Union casualties Confederate casualties Winner
#1 Battle of Gettysburg July 1-3, 1863 82,289 75,000 23,049 28,063 Union
#2 Battle of Chickamauga September 19-20, 1863 58,222 66,326 16,170 18,454 Confederate
#3 Battle of Chancellorsville May 1-4, 1863 133,868 60,892 17,278 12,821 Confederate
#4 Battle of Spotsylvania May 8-19, 1864 83,000 50,000 18,399 9,000 Confederate
#5 Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 75,316 51,844 12,410 13,724 Union
#6 Battle of The Wilderness May 5-7, 1864 101,895 61,025 17,666 7,750 Undecided
#7 Battle of Second Manassas August 29-30, 1862 75,696 48,527 16,054 9,197 Confederate
#8 Battle of Stone's River December 31, 1862 41,400 37,739 12,906 11,739 Union
#9 Battle of Shiloh April 6-7, 1862 62,682 40,335 13,047 10,694 Union
#10 Battle of Fort Donelson February 13-16, 1862 27,000 21,000 2,832 16,623 Union