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200,000 [1] Siege of Jerusalem (63 BC) 63 BC Mithridatic Wars (First Mithridatic War) 12,000+ 5,000 Siege of Alesia: 52 BC Gallic Wars: 200,000 100,000 Siege of Constantinople: 626 Sasanian–Byzantine wars: 95,000 70,000 Siege of Constantinople: 717–718 Arab–Byzantine wars: 170,000 130,000 [2] Siege of Yongqiu: 756 An Lushan Rebellion ...
Battle Campaign Date Nearest town Total Union Confederacy Total Total Strength Commander Casualties Casualties as % of Strength Gettysburg: Gettysburg campaign
1 19 119 138 [71] 1986 United States bombing of Libya: 1986 2 0 2 0 1 [72] United States invasion of Panama: 1989 23 23 324 347 [71] Gulf War: 1990–1991 149 145 294 849 1,143 2 [73] [74] Operation Provide Comfort: 1991–1996 1 18 19 4 23 [75] [76] Operation Restore Hope: 1992–1993 29 14 43 153 196 [71] Operation Uphold Democracy: 1994 ...
The third-highest single-day toll was the Battle of Antietam, with 2,108 dead. The deadliest single-day battle in American history , if all engaged armies are considered, is the Battle of Antietam with 3,675 killed, including both United States and Confederate soldiers (total casualties for both sides were 22,717 dead, wounded, or missing Union ...
The house is known for being the site of the only civilian death of the Battle of Gettysburg, when Mary Virginia Wade, also known as Jennie Wade, was killed by a stray bullet on July 3, 1863 ...
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]
This list of wars by death toll includes all deaths directly or indirectly caused by war. These numbers encompass the deaths of military personnel resulting directly from battles or other wartime actions, as well as wartime or war-related civilian deaths, often caused by war-induced epidemics , famines , or genocides .
Gettysburg is a 2011 American Civil War television documentary film directed by Adrian Moat that was first aired on May 30, 2011 (Memorial Day) on the History Channel.This two-hour documentary film, narrated by actor Sam Rockwell, commenced a week of programming by the History channel honoring and commemorating the 150th Anniversary of the American Civil War.