â¢ DRAKE (noun). The noun DRAKE has 2 senses: 1. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596). 2. adult male of a wild or domestic duck. Familiarity information: DRAKE used as a noun is rare.he noun DRAKE has 2 senses: 1. English explorer and admiral who was the first Englishman to circumnavigate the globe and who helped to defeat the Spanish Armada (1540-1596). 2. adult male of a wild or domestic duck.
Fought along Antietam Creek, at Sharpsburg, Maryland, this battle brought about Americaâs bloodiest day, the product of Confederate audacity and Union command failure.
I believe the original poster may have mis-remembered the TV documentary statement. I've often heard/read it claimed that the American Civil War was the bloodiest war in U.S. history, but I've never seen it claimed that it was the bloodiest civil war (ever) in history. However, even the claim that it's the bloodiest war in U.S. history is debatable. The figures usually quoted for American Civil War casualties are a sum of U.S. and C.S. casualties. By that type of measure (U.S. + enemy casualties) quite a few wars in which the U.S. has since participated were bloodier.