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Battles
This timespan contains numerous battles of the Civil War, inclusive of details when expanded. -
1st Bull Run
July 21, 1861, Prince William County, Virginia, Confederate State of America and the Union, It was the first ever bull run. It was the first major battle of the Civil War. -
Wilson’s Creek
August 10, 1861, Union General Nathaniel Lyon waited as Confederate General Ben McCulloch marched towards them. The Confederates defeated the Union army in the first major battle west of the Mississippi River. -
Fort Donelson
February 11, 1862. Fort Donelson. Confederate State of America and the Union. The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought on February 11, 1862 in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Kentucky border opened the Cumberland River, an important avenue for the invasion of the South. -
New Orleans
April 25, 1862, New Orleans, Louisiana, the Union Army defeated two Confederate Forts and captured the city of New Orleans. Considered to be one of the most important events for the Union. -
Shiloh
April 6, 1862, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston surprised the Union and General Ulysses S. Grant, but the Union repelled the Confederates and killed their General. Nelson was replaced by P.G. T. Beauregard, but the Confederates were outnumbered. The Confederates knew they had lost any chance of stopping the Union army of moving into Mississippi. -
Donaldsonville
Aug. 9th, 1862, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, General Tom Green defeated the Confederate army that surrounded the Union fort. -
2nd Bull Run
Aug. 28, 1862, Prince William County, Virginia, Robert E. Lee defeated the Union Army in the second Bull Run. Deciding factor in Northern Virginia in the Civil War. -
Richmond
August 29, 1862, Confederate General Edmund Kirby Smith stunned Union General William Nelson, defending one of their most important towns. -
Antietam
Sept. 17, 1862, Sharpsburg, Maryland, General George McClellan won the battle for the North, but was fired for not destroying the Confederate army. Was the bloodiest single day battle in American History, with 23,000 deaths. Eventually led to emancipation proclamation. -
Chattanooga
November 23, 1862, the Union General Ulysses S. Grant, defeated the Confederate Army in 2 days in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Confederate Army had previously defeated a Union army that was starving just a few days before. -
Fredericksburg
December 11, 1862. Fredericksburg, Virginia. Confederate State of America and the Union. The battle of Fredericksburg was battled on December 11, 1862, in Fredericksburg Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army. It was one of the most lopsided defeats of the Civil War for Union forces. -
Chancellorsville
April 30, 1863. Spotsylvania County. Confederate State of America and the Union. The battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War. -
Vicksburg
May 18, 1863, Vicksburg, Mississippi, the Union attempted a second time a siege on Vicksburg, after the last try failed. Union General Ulysses S. Grant defeated Confederate John C. Pemberton. This was one of the longest battles during the Civil War. -
Gettysburg
July 1, 1863, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Union General George Meade defeated Confederate General Robert E. Lee in what is considered to be the most important battle in the Civil War. Lasted two days with a Union Victory. -
Fort Wagner
July 18, 1863, Charleston, South Carolina, Union General Quincy Gillmore unsuccessfully tried to attack the Confederate Fort Wagner. The Confederate Army fought off all of General Gillmore's soldiers. -
Wilderness
May 5, 1864, Wilderness of Spotsylvania County, Union General Ulysses S. Grant launched his “Overland Campaign” against Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army. The Union army pushed past the Confederates, and their offensive mindset continued. -
Cold Harbor
May 31, 1864. Mechanicsville. Confederate State of America and the Union. The Battle of the Cold Harbor was fought on May 31 to June 12, 1864, with the most Significant fighting occurring on June 3. It was a frontal assault of on Confederate lines that ended in nearly 7,000 Union casualties after less than an hour. -
Petersburg
June 9, 1864, Petersburg, Virginia, Union Generals Ulysses S. Grant and George Meade defeated Robert E. Lee and P.G. T. Beauregard in a series of battle around Petersburg. Major push in Union favor.
