Battles of The Civil War

Fort Sumter

Apr 12, 1861

Where: Charleston Harbor, SC /
Main Generals: Robert Anderson & P.G.T. Beauregard
Outcome: Confederate won

1st Battle of Bullrun

Jul 21, 1861

Where: Manassas, VA /
Main Generals: Irvin McDowell & P.G.T. Beauregard
Outcome: Confederate won

Ft. Henry

Feb 6, 1862

Where: Henry County, Tennessee /
Main Generals: Ulysses S. Grant & Lloyd Tilghman
Outcome: Union
Importance: First combat with ironclad gunboats

Ft. Donelson

Feb 11, 1862

When: Fort Donelson, Tennessee /
Main Generals: Ulysses S. Grant & John B. Floyd
Outcome: Union
Importance:Provided access to the Cumberland River

Shiloh

Apr 6, 1862

Hardin County, Tennessee
April 6-7, 1862
Ulysses S. Grant & Albert Sidney Johnston
Union

New Orleans

Apr 29, 1862

New Orleans
April 25, 1862

David G. Farragut & Mansfield Lovell
Union
One of the major battlefields in the Civil War during Lincolns presidency

Seven Days

Jun 25, 1862

Henrico County, VA
Jun. 25- Jul. 1, 1862
George B. McClellan & Robery E. Lee
Confederate

2nd Battle of Bull Run

Aug 28, 1862

Manassas, VA
August 28 – 30, 1862
John Pope & Robert E. Lee
Confederate

Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

Sharpsburg, Maryland
Sep. 17, 1862
George B. McClellan & Robert E. Lee
Union
Lee withdrew to Virginia

Murfreesboro

Oct 8, 1862

Murfreesboro, Tennessee
October 8, 1862
William S. Rosecrans & Braxton Bragg
Union

Fredericksburg

Dec 11, 1862

Fredericksburg, Virginia
December 11-15, 1862
Ambrose E. Burnside & Robert E. Lee
Confederate
First major opposed river crossing

Chancellorsville

Apr 3, 1863

Chancellorville, VA
April 3 - May 6, 1863
Joseph Hooker & Robert E. Lee
Confederate
Stonewall Jackson’s flank attack

Fayetteville

Apr 18, 1863

Fayetteville, Arkansas
April 18, 1863
W.L. Cabel & M. LaRue Harrison
Union
Last major engagements of the Civil War in
Northwest Arkansas

Vicksburg

May 18, 1863

Vicksburg, Mississippi
May 18-July 4, 1863
Ulysses S. Grant & John C. Pemberton
Union
Crater at the 3rd Louisiana Redan

Gettysburg

Jul 1, 1863

Gettysburg, PA
July 1-3, 1863

George G. Meade & Robert E. Lee
Union
Lead to Pickett's Charge

Chattanooga

Nov 23, 1863

Chattanooga, Tennessee
Nov. 23-25, 1863
Ulysses S. Grant & Braxton Bragg

Confederate

Wilderness

May 5, 1864

Where: Spotsylvania, VA /
Main Generals: Ulysses S. Grant & Robert E. Lee
Outcome: Inconclusive
Importance:

Cold Harbor

May 31, 1864

Where: Hanover County, Virginia
Main Generals: Ulysses S. Grant & Robert E. Lee
Outcome: Confederate

Importance: The Bloody 8th

Alanta

Jul 22, 1864

Where: Alanta, GA /
Main Generals: William T. Sherman & John Bell Hood
Outcome: Union
Importance: Burning Of Military Facilities

Bentonville

Mar 19, 1865

Johnston County, NC
March 19 - 21, 1865
Joseph Johnston & William T. Sherman
Union