Answer by Cocunuts101s. I would imagine you mean water, air earth and fire....that was just what the Greek philosopher Plato thought. The only elements are on the periodic table for example, helium, gold, mercury and over 100 others. The definition of an element is having one type of atom. earth, water, fire, and air all have multiple kinds of atoms. Common mistake, the real major groups are metals, semimetals, nonmetals, and noble gases.
More than 165,000 soldiers fought at Gettysburg; approximately 51,000 were casualties of battle (killed, wounded, captured or missing), divided nearly equally between the two armies. Commanders Who Fought at Gettysburg. Gen. Robert E. Lee was the most admired military leader in both the Union and Confederate armies.
With a total of 51,000 casualties, the Battle of Gettysburg is bloodiest battle in American history. In an area of 25 square miles, the battle was fought with 172,000 men and 634 cannon.