I think the Civil War still has the highest number of deaths. Even worse

when you put it in terms of population percentages. WWII may have had more combat deaths, but Civil War makes up for it in non-combat deaths (disease, etc).

In response to this post by HokieDan95

Posted: 02/11/2021 at 09:54AM

At the risk of sounding flippant about war, which are hell & I am glad to -- HokieDan95 02/11/2021 09:45AM

WW1 or Nam -- ShortFatHokie 02/11/2021 6:37PM

I would have called in sick to Custers Last Stand -- kjhokie 02/11/2021 3:02PM

Normandy Beach, D-Day, World War II ** -- AshburnFarmHokie 02/11/2021 1:48PM

The Alamo. ** -- Chris Coleman

02/11/2021 1:12PM

Delete.** -- RTFC 02/11/2021 10:14PM

I think Civil -- just because there was no escaping the impact of it -- Hokie Fiji 02/11/2021 1:06PM

WW1 is an easy choice for me. Horrible trench warfare conditions combined -- Femoyer Hokie 02/11/2021 12:05PM

3/4 of a million killed in the Civil War more than all of our other wars .. -- vthhhi 02/11/2021 10:53AM

Depends. Lots of really crappy situations -- EDGEMAN 02/11/2021 10:45AM

The Korean .... -- OXVT 02/11/2021 10:37AM

I would guess NAM- because they really didn't know why they were there -- bigbadbird 02/11/2021 10:21AM

I'd actually argue Korea was worse than Vietnam. -- vthokieq 02/11/2021 10:29AM

Have to give a nod to Korea as well. Brought to the brink of losing, -- Hokie CPA 02/11/2021 10:31AM

Had to be frustrating as heck too. How do you win every battle and not win -- Hokie CPA 02/11/2021 10:26AM

Reported kill ratio was probably not accurate ** -- typed by ben 02/11/2021 11:44AM

Civil War had to be the most awful for the enlisted men, disease, docs were -- HortHokie 02/11/2021 10:19AM

Technology had outpaced tactics -- Vienna_Hokie 02/11/2021 11:41AM

Rifle + Minié ball ammo ** -- HokieDan95 02/11/2021 1:51PM

A very lucky few soldiers (about 1,000) were issued Henry Repeating Rifles. -- Hokie CPA 02/11/2021 2:31PM

American revolution was pretty awful. Talk about fighting on the frontier ** -- typed by ben 02/11/2021 10:14AM

Agree w 360, US had it easy in WWI coming in at the last moment. -- `lag 02/11/2021 10:10AM

Trenches around Petersburg were used to train soldiers for WW1. I guess -- HokieDan95 02/11/2021 10:18AM

Interesting factoid, makes sense, maybe part of the their training was to -- `lag 02/11/2021 10:24AM

WW1 because it led to the rise of Hitler and WW2. ** -- HokieNoVA 02/11/2021 10:08AM

Talking about being a soldier in ...not the repercussions ** -- HokieDan95 02/11/2021 10:09AM

Ok, then still WW1. Trench warfare + poison gas = bad time. ** -- HokieNoVA 02/11/2021 10:36AM

I think the Civil War still has the highest number of deaths. Even worse -- Hokie360 02/11/2021 09:54AM

Good case can be made for several -- Tafkam Hokie 02/11/2021 09:53AM

Civil. Fighting folks from your own country and -- GreenvilleVT 02/11/2021 09:47AM

And more of the deaths were from disease rather than battle wounds. -- vthokieq 02/11/2021 09:51AM

I grew up near a northern civil war prison camp -- GreenvilleVT 02/11/2021 10:06AM

Man, have you talked with the Guiness records people about this.... -- RTFC 02/11/2021 10:23PM

Which one? -- Hokie Fiji 02/11/2021 1:11PM

Elmira, NY. ** -- GreenvilleVT 02/11/2021 1:21PM

COVID-62 was a beeyotch! -- vt90 02/11/2021 09:58AM

Many guys died from dehydration from diarrhea. ** -- HokieDan95 02/11/2021 09:57AM

I think the Civil War still has the highest number of deaths. Even worse

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