The Meuse-Argonne offensive in WWI killed over 26,000 Americans, so this would be the bloodiest battle. The battle lasted 47 days from September 26, 1918 to November 11, 1918, when an armistice ended WWI. Americans lost a great deal in this offensive because they were more aggressive than the British and French who had learned from four years of trench warfare. American troops suffered due to their inexperience and their attacks against German machine gun nests.
The bloodiest battle on American soil would have to be the battle of Gettysburg, which took place July 1-3, 1863. This Civil War battle killed over eight thousand men, both Union and Confederate. It marked the high point of the Confederate army and the farthest advance into Union territory by a major Confederate army. The bloodiest single day in American history is the battle of Antietam which took place September 17, 1862 where over three thousand Americans died.
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