The Confederate forces of General John Bell Hood unsuccessfully attacked the Union troops of General William T. Sherman at the Battle of Peachtree Creek on July 20, 1864.
The Union Army under General Irwin McDowell suffers a defeat at Bull Run on July 21, 1861. Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson earns the nickname "Stonewall", as his brigade resists Union attacks. Union troops fell back to Washington. President Lincoln realizes the war will be long and comments, "It's damned bad."
Humans were not the only casualties of the Civil War. Fearful tolls were also extracted on the animals used by the military. One estimate stated that more than 1,500 artillery horses were killed at the Battle of Gettysburg.
There is a lighthouse on Cockspur Island, Georgia that dates back to 1856. The structure survived the Civil War despite being the direct line of fire during the battle for Fort Pulaski in 1862.