AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
KEY CIVIL WAR BATTLES IN 1862
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Vicksburg
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First Bull Run
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Shiloh
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Gettysburg
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Appomattox Court House
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Detailed explanation-1: -Union victory. The South’s defeat at Shiloh ended the Confederacy’s hopes of blocking the Union advance into Mississippi and doomed the Confederate military initiative in the West. With the loss of their commander, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, in battle, Confederate morale plummeted.
Detailed explanation-2: -Civil War historian Shelby Foote summarizes the battle: Union losses were 1754 killed, 8408 wounded, 2885 captured: total, 13, 047-about 2000 of them Buell’s. Confederate losses were 1723 killed, 8012 wounded, 959 missing: total, 10, 694.
Detailed explanation-3: -The battle began when the Confederate Army launched a surprise attack on Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant in southwestern Tennessee. After initial successes, the Confederates were unable to hold their positions and were forced back, resulting in a Union victory.