Battles of the Civil War

  • New Orleans

    New Orleans
    The Battle of New Orleans was also the last armed engagement between the United States and Britain.
  • Fort Sumter

    Fort Sumter
    On April 12, 1861, General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. At 2:30pm on April 13 Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day.
  • 1st Battle of Bull Run

    Its known as Battle of First Mananas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861 in Virginia, just north of the city of Mananas and about 25 miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C. It was the first major battle of the American Civil War.
  • Ft. Henry

    Ft. Henry
    first major victory for the Union in the Western Theater
  • Ft. Donelson

    Ft. Donelson
    Unconditional Surrender. Kentucky would stay in the Union and opened up Tennessee for a Northern advance
  • Shiloh

    Shiloh
    Trenches, and scouting and fortification. Heavy Casualties
  • Seven Days

    The Seven Days Battles were a series of six major battles over the seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War.
  • 2nd Battle of Bull Run

    2nd Battle of Bull Run
    The Second Battle of Bull Run or Battle of Second Manassas was fought August 28–30, 1862 in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War.
  • Antietam

    Bloodiest single day 26,000 casualties
  • Fredericksburg

    The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac.
  • Murfreesboro

    Murfreesboro
    The First Battle of Murfreesboro was fought on July 13, 1862, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the American Civil War.
  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg
    Boosted Grant reputation and made General-In- Chief.Confederacy Split in half.
  • Chattanooga

    Chattanooga
    From November 23 to November 25, 1863, during the American Civil War. Union forces routed Confederate troops in Tennessee at the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, known collectively as the Battles for Chattanooga.
  • Wilderness

    The Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5–7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War.
  • Atlanta

    The Battle of Atlanta was fought on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman, wanting to neutralize the important rail and supply hub, defeated Confederate forces defending the city under John B. Hood.
  • Fayetteville

    The Battle of Monroe's Crossroads (also known as the Battle of Fayetteville Road, and colloquially in the North as Kilpatrick's Shirttail Skedaddle) was a battle during the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War in Cumberland County, North Carolina.
  • Bentonville

    The Battle of Bentonville was fought in Bentonville, North Carolina, near the town of Four Oaks, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War.
  • chancellorsville

    The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign.
  • Cold Harbor

    On May 31, as Grant's army once again swung around the right flank of Lee's army, Union cavalry seized the crossroads of Old Cold Harbor, about 10 miles northeast of the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, holding it against Confederate attacks until the Union infantry arrived.