Civil War Timeline
Beginning of paper
Fort Sumter Attacked
April 12, 1861 - At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard
open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Civil War begins.
April 14, 1861. - Fort Sumter after its capture, showing damage from the
Rebel bombardment of over 3000 shell ....
Middle of paper
.... - President Lincoln appoints George B. McClellan as Commander
of the Department of the Potomac, replacing McDowell.
Shiloh
April 6/7, 1862 - Confederate surprise attack on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's
unprepared troops at Shiloh on the Tennessee River results in a bitter
struggle with 13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates, more
men than in all previous American wars combined. The president is then
pressured to relieve Grant but resists. "I can't spare this man; he
fights," Li ....
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Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
