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Of the estimated 8,000 occasions in which hostilities occurred in the American Civil War, this table and related articles describe the 384 battles that were classified in CWSAC's Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields.
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- Civil War Battles: 1861
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- Civil War Battles: 1863
- Civil War Battles: 1864
- Civil War Battles: 1865
Western Theater
September 19, Barbourville, Kentucky. October 21, Wildcat Mountain (Wildcat Camp), Kentucky. December 17, Rowlett’s Station, Kentucky.
Trans-Mississippi
June 17, Booneville, Missouri.
Eastern Theater
February 8, Roanoke Island, North Carolina.
Western Theater
January 19, Mill Springs, Kentucky.
Trans-Mississippi
February 20–21, Valverde, New Mexico.
Eastern Theater
March 3, Fort McAllister, Georgia. March 13–15, Fort Anderson, North Carolina. March 17, Kelly’s Ford, Virginia. March 30–April 19, Siege of Washington, North Carolina. April 7, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. April 13–15, Suffolk, Virginia.
Western Theater
February 3, Dover, Tennessee. March 5, Thompson’s Station, Tennessee. March 25, Brentwood, Tennessee. April 29–May 1, Snyder’s Bluff, Mississippi. April 30, Day’s Gap, Alabama. May 1, Port Gibson, Mississippi.
Trans-Mississippi
January 1, Galveston, Texas. January 8, Springfield, Missouri. January 9, Hartsville, Missouri. January 9–11, Arkansas Post, Arkansas. April 26, Cape Girardeau, Missouri. May 1–2, Chalk Bluff, Arkansas. July 1–2, Cabin Creek, Indian Territory. July 4, Helena, Arkansas. July 17, Honey Springs, Indian Territory. September 8, Sabine Pass, Texas. September 10, Bayou Forche, Arkansas. October 6, Baxter Springs, Kansas. October 25, Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Eastern Theater
Feburary 6–7, Morton’s Ford, Virginia. March 22, Walkerton, Virginia. April 17–20, Plymouth, North Carolina. May 5, Albemarle Sound, North Carolina.
Western Theater
January 17, Dandridge, Tennessee. January 26, Athens, Alabama. January 27, Fair Garden, Tennessee. February 22, Okalona, Mississippi. February 22–27, Dalton, Georgia. March 25, Paducah, Kentucky.
Trans-Mississippi
February 13, Middle Boggy Depot, Indian Territory. April 3–4, Elkin’s Ferry, Arkansas. April 8, Mansfield, Louisiana. April 9, Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. April 9, Prairie D’Ane, Arkansas. April 12–13, Blairs Landing, Louisiana. April 23, Monetts Ferry, Louisiana. April 30, Jenkins Ferry, Arkansas. September 27, Fort Davidson, Missouri. October 15, Glasgow, Missouri. September 19, Lexington, Missouri. October 21, Little Blue River, Missouri. October 22, Independence, Missouri. October 22, Byram...
Eastern Theater
February 5–7, Hatcher’s Run, Virginia. March 2, Waynesborough, Virginia. March 25, Fort Stedman, Virginia.
Western Theater
January 13–15, Fort Fisher, North Carolina. February 3, Rivers Bridge, South Carolina. February 13–21, Wilmington, North Carolina. March 7–10, Wyse Fork, North Carolina. March 10, Monroe’s Crossroads, North Carolina. March 16, Averasborough, North Carolina. March 19–21, Bentonville, North Carolina. April 2, Selma, Alabama.
Gulf Coast
March 6, Natural Bridge, Florida. March 27–April 8, Siege of Spanish Fort, Alabama. April 2–9, Siege of Fort Blakeley, Alabama.
- First Bull Run. A Union supply train races down a road during the First Battle of Bull Run, Virginia, the first major battle of the Civil War. July 21, 1861: Union Gen.
- Fort Donelson. A scene from the Battle of Fort Donelson, 1862. February 11-16, 1862: One of the first major Union victories was then-Brig. Gen Ulysses S. Grant’s capture of Fort Donelson, located along the Cumberland River in Tennessee.
- Antietam. September 17, 1862: Gen. Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia invaded Maryland in an attempt to knock the Union back on its heels.
- Chancellorsville. May 1-6, 1863: Lee achieved one of his greatest triumphs at Chancellorsville, Virginia, where he divided his forces and sent Lt. Gen.
- Causes of the Civil War. In the mid-19th century, while the United States was experiencing an era of tremendous growth, a fundamental economic difference existed between the country’s northern and southern regions.
- Outbreak of the Civil War (1861) Even as Lincoln took office in March 1861, Confederate forces threatened the federal-held Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
- The Civil War in Virginia (1862) George B. McClellan—who replaced the aging General Winfield Scott as supreme commander of the Union Army after the first months of the war—was beloved by his troops, but his reluctance to advance frustrated Lincoln.
- After the Emancipation Proclamation (1863-4) Lincoln had used the occasion of the Union victory at Antietam to issue a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which freed all enslaved people in the rebellious states after January 1, 1863.
Oct 19, 2023 · Learn about the strategic, though often unpredictable, locations of battles during the U.S. Civil War from 1861 to 1865.
Dec 23, 2021 · Here are 10 key battles of the American Civil War. 1. Battle of Fort Sumter (12 – 13 April 1861) The Battle of Fort Sumter marked the start of the American Civil War. Fort Sumter, located in Charleston, South Carolina, was under the charge of Union Major Robert Anderson when the state seceded from the Union in 1860.
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The defining event in our nation's history. Between 1861 and 1865, 10,000 battles and engagements were fought across the continent, from Vermont to the New Mexico Territory, and beyond. The four-year struggle between north and south made heroes of citizen soldiers, forever changed the role of women in society, and freed more than 3 million slaves.
