Six people were killed in the skirmish that started the civil war.
Skirmishes broke out between rebel groups.Let's skirmish!Skirmish has eight letters.I don't know what skirmish means.The American Civil War was no minor skirmish.
Boonville, MO; the fist action at Boonville was less a battle than a skirmish.
the ohio valley.
the Ohio valley.
The last skirmish, not battle of the Revolutionary War was the skirmish of Cedar Creek fought in Manahawkin January of 1783.
The first skirmishes of the Revolutionary War were at Lexington and Concord. The first shots were fired as the sun was coming up in Lexington.
Manassas showed the soldiers and the government that the Civil war would not be a short skirmish and would be a long bloody conflict.
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A "firefight" is a term that began in usage in 1896 well after the civil war, but it's meaning may apply to the methods of skirmish used in the civil war. Since the Remington repeater rifle was invented during the civil war rapid fire was a new battle tactic. So, I am not sure that a civil war description can be given of what we would consider a modern firefight.
the confederacy fired the first shot of the civil war
The Revolutionary War started out as a small skirmish rather than an all-out battle.