re: Bloodiest battle from each major American war/conflict

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It is THe US Civil War

Or the War of Secession

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Or the War Between the States.

Or the War of Northern Aggression.

Or the War of the Rebellion.

Or the Great Rebellion.

The latter two were used by contemporaries of the conflict and the Official Records of the conflict are called "War of the Rebellion." I have no idea why this triggers some of y'all. It was not meant to be a pejorative.

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Surprised no-one mentioned the Korean war yet. The human waves and conditions those guys had to endure.

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My wife's dad was a POW for 38 months in Korea. The camp he was in had over 800 prisoners in it at its peak. Only 187 survived and got to go home at the end of the war. He always said that North Koreans were the most ruthless people on the face of the earth.

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You have never seen The Patriot? The Battle of Camden makes a pretty legit cameo about midway through the film:

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Had a buddy that was a revolutionary war reenactor that was an extra in that film. He said there were only about 100 of them and they were composited over and over into a bigger force. He played a red coat.