Battles of the Civil War

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  • Ball's Bluff

    The Battle of Ball's Bluff is also known as the Battle of Harrison’s Island or the Battle of Leesburg It was fought on October 21, 1861, in Loudoun County, Virginia, as part of Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's operations in Northern Virginia during the American Civil War.

  • Fort Sumter

    At Charleston, South Carolina, Brig. Gen. Beaurgard demaned the surrender of the Union garrison of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.

  • First Bull Run

    It was the first major battle of the armies in Virginia. The untried Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell was against the Confederate Army.

  • Fort Henry

    A Confederate earthen fort on the Tennessee River with outdated guns, was partially inundated and the river threatened to flood the rest. Feb 4-5, Brig. Gen, U.S. Grant landed his divisions in two different locations. Appalachians and the Mississippi River was then used for the troops for traveling.

  • Fort Donelson

    After capturing Fort Henry, Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant advanced cross-country to invest Fort Donelson. After the failure, the fort's 12,000-man garrison surrenedered.

  • Shiloh

    The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing on the west bank of the river. Confederate forces under Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard launched a surprise attack on Grant there. The Co

  • Appomattox Courthouse

    The Appomattox Courthouse Was built in 1892. It is the current courthouse in Appomattox, Virginia. It is located in the middle of the state about three miles northwest of the Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, once known as Clover Hill; home of the original Old Appomattox Court House.

  • Antietam

    Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan confronted Lee's Army of Northern Virginia at Sharpsburg, Maryland. On September 17, Hooker's corps mounted a powerful assault on Lee's left flank that beginthe single bloodiest day. McClellan didn't renew the assaults. Lee ordered the battered Army of Northern Virginia to withdraw across the Potomac into Shenandoah Valley.

  • Fredricksburg

    Fredericksburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia located 49 miles south of Washington, D.C.. As of the 2010 census, Fredricksurg had a population of 24,286.The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Fredricksburg. Fredericksburg is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area.

  • Chancellorsville

    The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War; the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville.

  • Battle of Gettysburg

    The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It was fought April 6–7, 1862. It was fought in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and was encamped principally at Pittsburg Landing on the west bank of the river.

  • The Wilderness

    The Wilderness is the opening battle of Grant's sustained offensive against the Confederate Army of Nothern Virginia.

  • Cold Harbor

    The Battle of Cold Harbor was fought from May 31 to June 12, 1864. It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign during the American Civil War. It is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest battles.

  • Lincoln's Assassination

    The assassination of United States President Abraham Lincoln took place on Good Friday. The date was April 14, 1865. As the American Civil War was drawing to a close. The assassination occurred five days after the commanding General of the Army of Northern Virginia, Robert E. Lee, surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac. Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated.