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Thousands of Union soldiers were killed or wounded in the ... 7,000 total Union casualties, 1,500 Confederate. ... Civil War Trust) Animated map of ...
Pages in category "Union military personnel killed in the American Civil War" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 242 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. (previous page)
Pages in category "Confederate States of America military personnel killed in the American Civil War" The following 191 pages are in this category, out of 191 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The American Civil War began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces opened fire on the Union-held Fort Sumter. Fort Sumter is located in the harbor of Charleston , South Carolina. [ 47 ] Its status had been contentious for months.
The assault failed and cost the Confederates 129 killed, 458 wounded, and 226 missing, for a total of 813 casualties. Historian Earl J. Hess stated that Union casualties were only about 20 men inside the fort and 30 men outside. [55] According to Jacob Dolson Cox, there were 43 Union casualties. [56]
Map of Galveston Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.. The Battle of Galveston was a naval and land battle of the American Civil War, when Confederate forces under Major Gen. John B. Magruder expelled occupying Union troops from the city of Galveston, Texas on January 1, 1863.
Confederates repulse the Union attack and kill Commander James H. Ward of the Union Potomac Flotilla, the first Union Navy officer killed during the Civil War. July 13, 1861: Battle of Corrick's Ford: West Virginia (Virginia at the time) [A] Union: Confederate Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett is the first general killed in the Civil War. July 25, 1861
The division of Union and Confederate states during the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865. In the context of the American Civil War, the Union, or the United States, is sometimes referred to as "the North", both then and now, as opposed to the Confederacy, which was often called "the South".