Epic Battles of the Civil War Comic Books

First Battle of Bull Run: This was the first major battle of the Civil War. The Union army marched from Washington, DC with the expectation that following this battle they would proceed to Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital, and end the war. Instead, the Union army was defeated, the South had a new military hero, General T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson, and the divided nation prepared for a prolonged and devastating war. Shiloh: The Confederate army began their battle for control of the Western front with an early morning surprise attack. Union General Ulysses S. Grant was caught off guard, and pulled back his troops to Pittsburgh Landing on the Tennessee River. On the second day, Grant ordered a counter-attack, and the Union army, aided by reinforcements, drove a battered Confederate army to retreat. An estimated 100,000 men fought in this, the largest battle ever fought in America up to that time. It was also the costliest. Almost one out of every four soldiers died or were wounde