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The Deadliest Battles in the Civil War

America's costliest war The Civil War led to  the greatest loss of life in American history. Over the course of the entire war, including USA and CSA casualties, some 620,000 people were killed in…

The Deadliest Battles in U.S. History

The table below lists the battles in which the U.S. suffered the most fatalities. See U.S. Casualties and Veterans for a list of casualties in all of America's Wars.…

Battle of Gettysburg Fact Sheet

A guide to the battle that inspired Abraham Lincoln's famous Gettysburg Address by Catherine McNiff Union General John Reynolds, killed on the first day of fighting. What: The Battle of…

Battle, Kathleen

(Encyclopedia) Battle, Kathleen, 1948–, African-American soprano, b. Portsmouth, Ohio. She studied voice at the Conservatory of Music at the Univ. of Cincinnati and made her debut at the Spoleto…

Battle Creek

(Encyclopedia) Battle Creek, city (2020 pop. 52,721), Calhoun co., S Mich., at the confluence of the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers; settled 1831,…

A. E. Housman: The Day of Battle

The Day of Battle"Far I hear the bugle blow To call me where I would not go, And the guns begin the song, 'Soldier, fly or stay for long.'""Comrade, if to turn and fly Made a soldier never…

Poems by Emily Dickinson: The Battle-Field

by EmilyDickinsonVIIIXThe Battle-Field The Battle-Field They dropped like flakes, they dropped like stars, Like petals from a rose, When suddenly across the June A wind with fingers…