 you know like the end was starting to show also is the largest battle ever on north american soil so that still holds to this day 160 000 soldiers fought over these three days and it also unfortunately had the highest casualties of all you know antietam is often noted as the single bloodiest day which it still is but but gettysburg had the highest total casualties over a three-day battle of you know a battle and that's 51 000 so it's a big one