The First Battle of Bull Run is significant in part because in a single day about 4,800 men were lost. (Counts differ on the number killed, wounded, missing and captured.)
These links show
The Ten Costliest Battles of the Civil War. and
The Price in Blood!
Such figures are staggering when one compares them to our situation in Iraq and Afghanistan, but then and now, as well as in most of the wars fought by this nation's brave young people, the discerning citizen can hardly argue that this country did not benefit from their terrible sacrifices.
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