re: On this day 160 years ago, the most savage battle of the Civil War was waged in Virginia

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More Americans died at Antietam than in any battle we have EVER FOUGHT IN.

Now you may pick a one day total here or there but it's a fricking FACT that more AMERICANS DIED AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM than any other battle weve fought in.

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Whoever taught you American history lied to you. Antietam is known as the bloodiest single day in American history. In one day 23,000 casualties, including about 5,000 dead were suffered on both sides. But that’s far from the highest casualty toll of any American battle.

There have been a number of battles with higher American casualties. For example, there were approximately 125,000 total American casualties, of which almost 30,000 were killed in the Battle of Normandy in WWII. And around 120,000 Americans became casualties with 26,000 killed in the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in WWI. That’s just two examples. When you look at deaths, the roughly 5,000 Americans who died at Antietam, also ranks behind battles such as The Battle of the Bulge, Okinawa, Hürtgen Forest, Luzon, Guadalcanal, Iwo Jima, and Anzio.

So, while Antietam is the single bloodiest day in American history, it is not the single bloodiest battle, nor did more Americans die in that battle than any other in our history.