Elmer Ellsworth was the first to die but the first actual casualty who didn't die was a man who was hit in the head with a club and his brain was damaged consequently.
Captain John Q. Marr was the first Confederate soldier killed during the Civil War. He was killed on June 1, 1861.
Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth of the New York Fire Zouaves
Ginny Wade, a seamstress, was the first civilian casualty of the Civil War. She was the only Gettysburg civilian killed directly during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Antietam saw the highest one-day casualty lists.
Guy Symmonds
Antitam was the first major battle in the Civil War.
Fort Sumter then First Battle of Bull RunThere are varying opinions on what qualifies as the first battle of the Civil War. Fort Sumter was the first conflict and it led to the Civil War. But the First Battle of Bull Run was the first major land battle of the Civil War.
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Ginny Wade, a seamstress, was the first civilian casualty of the Civil War. She was the only Gettysburg civilian killed directly during the Battle of Gettysburg.
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Look at the casualty figures for each battle. Try Wikipedia's list of Civil War battles.
Weapons outstripped tactics until near the end of the war, leading to atrocious casualty counts.
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the confederacy fired the first shot of the civil war
Antietam saw the highest one-day casualty lists.
Antietam saw the highest one-day casualty lists.
Guy Symmonds
the first battle of the civil war was the Battle of Fort Sumter.