Civil War Battles and Leaders

Fort Sumter

• Location: Charleston Harbor, South Carolina
• Date: April 1861
• North: Major Anderson
• South: Beauregard
• Notes:
  • Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers for an army.
  • Only a horse was killed (the only casualty).
• Winner: South
• Significance: Started the Civil War.

First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

• Location: Virginia
• Date: July 1861
• Leaders: Jackson
• Notes:
  • First major battle of the Civil War.
  • Chaotic battle due to similar color uniforms.
  • Civilians fought in the war.
  • Flag bearers had great honor but high mortality.
  • William Wallace fought for the North.
  • Thomas Dunkin and Landell Lee Gibson fought for the Confederates.
• Winner: South

Battle of Shiloh

• Location: Southwest Tennessee, Pittsburg
• Date: April 1862
• North: US Grant, Sherman, Wallace
• South: Johnston, Beauregard
• Notes:
  • The march took 3 days due to muddy conditions (supposed to take 1 day).
  • On Sunday, April 6th, P Peabody orders 250 men on the confederates and after this the battle of shiloh begin. General Benjamin is with P Peabody.
  • P Peabody died.
  • Half of the Union soldiers had no prior fighting experience.
  • Confederate attack unraveled.
  • Johnston struck Grant's middle.
  • Confederate attack the Union on the western edge of Duncan Field.
  • Union surrenders.
  • Lee Johnston is said to be the highest-ranking general of the South to die in the Civil War.
  • Grant's men attacked Beauregard, who thought they had won.
  • Beauregard was driven back to Shiloh Church by the Union under Grant.
  • Beauregard countercharged.
  • Forrest attacked the Union in Fallen Timbers, which was the last battle of Seoul (likely a transcription error, should be Shiloh).
  • The South never smiled again after this battle.
  • Casualties: 27,360 men killed, wounded, or missing.
  • Initially believed to be the last war, but it was just the beginning.
  • Johnston was considered the best leader.
  • Bloodiest battle of the Civil War.
  • Mississippi River is mentioned metaphorically in relation to the bullets whizzing by like hornets forming a "hornet's nest".
  • Piles of legs and arms due to imputations.
  • General Albert Sidney Johnston dies and was very important.
  • The confederates were moving in on the union.
  • The south was eating and drinking the norths food and drinks but the north was getting ready to attack again. The union army wanted to regain the land that they have lost the other day Robert Thompson.
  • They though Wallace was dead but he was alive. Union troops continued to advance.
  • The north had 5000 confederates because they surrendered.
  • The guy dies and said to his wife we meet in heaven and Wallace.
• Winner/Significance:
  • Union victory secured.
  • Considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War.