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Yes on June 3, 1861. forces clashed with Confederate J. E. Hanger being hit by a cannonball, had his leg amputated by a Union doctor, later invented an artificial limb, and started a company which became one of the largest manufacturers of wooden legs in the world. On June 10 a battle ensued at Big Bethel, VA which is wrongly accepted as the first battle and the first Confederate causality Henry L. Wyatt. God Bless the South.
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Where was the first battle between ironclad ships in the civil war fought?
Chesapeake Bay, Virginia
What was the first major land battle of the civil war and where?
First Bull Run, July 1st 1861. It was at Manassas in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley.
Where did the civil war began meaning what was the first battle?
First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) : the first major battle of the American Civil War .
Did the Monitor defeated the Merrimac at Hampton Roads in the first battle of the Civil War?
The first ironclad battle of the Civil War (and of history itself) did, indeed, take place at Hampton Roads, Virginia, at the mouth of the James River, on March 9, 1862. Both ironclad warships were damaged during the duel, with the "Merrimac" (or, "Virginia", as she had been renamed before the battle) retreating towards her harbor after the "Monitor" had escaped into shallow water upon taking damage. This first-ever battle between ironclads thus ended in a draw.
Where was the name of the location where the first shots of the civil war were fired?
The battle at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, is generally considered the first battle of the Civil War.
