And 40,000 wounded on the same day!
“Can you imagine one nation suffering 20,000 dead in one day at one battle?
And 40,000 wounded on the same day!” Yes I can. At Antietam over 26,000 in one day, Stones River 24,000 one day , Gettysburg 51,000 in three days, Chickamauga 34,000 two days, Chancellorsville 30,000 three days , Wilderness 25,000 2 days, Manassas 25,000 two days, Spotsylvania 27,000 two days, Shiloh 23,000 two days, Ft. Donalson over 19,000 one Day and many other battles with similar numbers in the Civil War.