Lets not forget the U.S. Civil War, which produced more casualties than ALL the other wars COMBINED that the U.S. has been involved in throughout its history.

From the Essex County, NY Republican, May [30?] 1864:

[Letter]

Keeseville, N.Y. May 24 th, 1864

Mr. Lansing:[editor of the paper]-

Dear Sir:-   I received this morning through my husband's (Capt. George Hindes [ Co.G, 96th N.Y. Vols] ) letter of the 17th, the sad intelligence of the death of Corporal Myron Arnold [Battle of Drewry's Bluff]. At the request of his mother I send you the particulars of his death.
        
The Captain writes:- "Upon our way back (on the 16th I think) our brigade covering the retreat of the 10th Corps, we heard of the heavy losses of the 118 th N.Y. Vol's, several wounded having been brought to the rear. I went to them, thinking of Myron Arnold. Oh, such sad sights as greeted me! The second sufferer I came to was indeed poor, dear Myron, shot through the left thigh, a main artery severed, and he was 'just going'. I knelt down by him, took his hand and spoke to him, asked him if he knew me. His eyes rested upon me, and he faintly said, "George, oh George!" I tried to bring him back, Oh, so hard! And the Surgeon whom I called, administering stimulants, he partially revived. I pressed his hand and asked him if he knew he must die. He replied, "Yes, I know it." I then asked him if I could do anything for him, if he would send any word to his mother or anybody. For some time he could not speak, but at last slowly and faintly, one word at a time, said- (a short farewell message to his home which will be sacred from all eyes-) 'No more- good bye forever ' .... He gasped a few times and then was gone. One of my men buried him, by side of the turnpike, about 12 miles from Richmond. I had just time to take a board from a cracker box and carve on it with my knife 'M. A. Arnold Co. K 118 th NYV'. In a few minutes after firmly planting it at his head, we moved to the rear....Our dead and I fear many wounded and dying, were left in the hands of the Rebels. His body could not be brought away. Poor Mr. and Mrs. Arnold. They have lost a good son, and the country a noble soldier. Sad, sad hearts, mine bleeds with theirs! Tell them I, his brother soldier, mourn with them their sad loss....If you wish to make use of any of these facts, you are at liberty to do so."

His mother had just received his last letter, written the 15th, the day before his death. With his usual thoughtfulness he had gathered upon the battlefield, a tiny little bouquet of Violets and Forget-me-nots, which he sent to his sister, tying them with some bits from the Regimental Flag. It will be a sacred memento to their stricken hearts.
                        
Yours respectfully,
                                                                
Mrs. G.W. Hindes