American Civil War
Major Battles & Minor Engagements 1861-1865 1861 ...... p. 2 1862 ...... p. 4 1863 ...... p. 9 1864 ...... p. 13 1865 ...... p. 19
CIVIL WAR IMPRESSIONIST ASSOCIATION
1 Civil War Battles: 1861
Eastern Theater
April 12 - Battle of Fort Sumter (& Fort Moultie), Charleston Harbor, South Carolina. The bombardment/siege and ultimate surrender of Fort Sumter by Brig. General P.G.T. Beauregard was the official start of the Civil War. https://www.nps.gov/fosu/index.htm
June 3 - Battle of Philippi, (West) Virginia A skirmish involving over 3,000 soldiers, Philippi was the first battle of the American Civil War.
June 10 - Big Bethel, Virginia The skirmish of Big Bethel was the first land battle of the civil war and was a portent of the carnage that was to come.
July 11 - Rich Mountain, (West) Virginia
July 21 - First Battle of Bull Run, Manassas, Virginia Also known as First Manassas, the first major engagement of the American Civil War was a shocking rout of Union soldiers by confederates at Manassas Junction, VA.
August 28-29 - Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina
September 10 - Carnifax Ferry, (West) Virginia
September 12-15 - Cheat Mountain, (West) Virginia
October 3 - Greenbrier River, (West) Virginia
October 21 - Ball's Bluff, Virginia
October 9 - Battle of Santa Rosa Island, Santa Rosa Island (Florida) The Battle of Santa Rosa Island was a failed attempt by Confederate forces to take the Union-held Fort Pickens.
November 7-8 - Battle of Port Royal Sound, Port Royal Sound, South Carolina The battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War.
December 13 - Camp Alleghany, (West) Virginia
December 20 - Cranesville, Virginia
2 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
August 10 - Battle of Wilson's Creek, Wilson's Creek/Oak Hills, Missouri The Battle of Wilson's Creek, aka Battle of Oak Hills, was the first major battle of the Western Theater and is often called the "Bull Run of the West."
September 13-20 - Siege of Lexington, Missouri
October 25 - Springfield, Missouri
November 7 - Battle of Belmont, Belmont, Missouri General Ulysses S. Grant took command and began his Civil War career.
November 19 - Round Mountain, Indian Territory
December 9 - Chusto -Talasah, Indian Territory
December 26 - Chustenahlah, Indian Territory
December 28 - Mount Zion Church, Missouri
3 Civil War Battles: 1862
Eastern Theater
February 8 - Roanoke Island, North Carolina
March 8-9 - Battle Of Hampton Roads (& Fort Monroe). Hampton Roads, Virginia First battle between the ironclad warships; often called the battle between the Monitor & the Merrimack, the Merrimack had already been renamed Virginia when it was converted to an ironclad by the Confederacy. (Navy)
March 14 - New Berne, North Carolina
March 23 - Kernstown, Virginia
March 23-April 26 - Siege of Fort Macon, North Carolina
April 5-May 4 - Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
April 10-11 - Fort Pulaski, Georgia
May 5 - Williamsburg, Virginia
May 7 - Eltham's Landing, Virginia
May 8 - McDowell, Virginia
May 15 - Drewry's Bluff, Virginia
May 23 - Front Royal, Virginia
May 25 - Battle Of Winchester, Winchester, Virginia The town of Winchester, Virginia's strategic location makes it the site of numerous Civil War engagements.
May 27 - Hanover Courthouse, Virginia
May 31-June 1 - Seven Pines, Virginia
June 5 - Tranter's Creek, North Carolina
June 8 - Cross Keys, Virginia
June 9 - Port Republic, Virginia
June 16 - Secessionville, South Carolina
4 June 21 - Simmon's Bluff, South Carolina
June 25 - Oak Grove, Virginia
June 26 - Beaver Dam Creek, Virginia*
June 27 - Gaines Mill, Virginia*
June 27-28 - Garnett's Farm and Golding's Farm, Virginia*
June 29 - Savage Station and Allen's Farm, Virginia*
June 30 - White Oak Swamp, Virginia*
June 30 - Glendale, Virginia*
July 1 - Malvern Hill, Virginia*
June 25-July 1 *The Seven Days Battle, Henrico County, Virginia The Seven Days Battle was a series of battles in the Peninsula Campaign consisting of a Confederate counter-offensive which drove the Union Army away from the Confederate capitol of Richmond down the Virginia Peninsula. The list of individual battles appears above, beginning with Beaver Dam Creek and ending with Malvern Hill.
August 9 - Cedar Mountain, Virginia
August 22-25 - Rappahannock Station, Virginia
August 25-27 - Manassas, Virginia (Prelude to Second Bull Run/Manassas)
August 28 - Thoroughfare Gap, Virginia
August 28-30 - Second Battle of Bull Run, Manassas, Virginia Also called Second Manassas, resulted in a second defeat for Union troops in the area of First Bull Run (First Manassas), though it was not a complete rout like the first battle. The victory set the stage for Robert E. Lee's first invasion of the North.
September 1 - Battle of Ox Hill, Chantilly, Virginia The Battle of Ox Hill, aka Battle of Chantilly, was the final battle of the NoVa Campaign.
September 12-15 - Harpers Ferry, (West) Virginia
September 14 - Battle of South Mountain, Frederick & Washington Counties, MD The Battle of South Mountain, aka the Battle of Boonsborough Gap, was part of the Maryland Campaign and found Robert E. Lee delaying George McClellan's army of Northern Virginia through three mountain passes.
5 September 17 - Battle of Antietam, Sharpsburg, Maryland The bloodiest single day in American history, the Battle of Antietam turned back Robert E. Lee's first Northern invasion. Though tactically a draw, it was enough of a win to permit President Abraham Lincoln to announce his Emancipation Proclamation in its wake. When Lee's adversary, Major General George B. McClellan failed to pursue following the battle, Lincoln removed him from command.
September 19-20 - Battle of Shepherdstown, Shepherdstown, (West) Virginia The Battle of Shepherdstown, aka Battle of Boteler's Ford, was the final battle of the Maryland Campaign.
December 11-15 - Battle of Fredericksburg, Fredericksburg, Virginia More troops were present at the Battle of Fredericksburg than at any other battle of the American Civil War, including Gettysburg. Poor coordination of attacks by Union commanders, combined with strong Confederate defensive positions, resulted in a lopsided slaughter of Federal troops.
December 14 - Kinston, North Carolina
December 16 - White Hall, North Carolina
December 17 - Goldsborough Bridge, North Carolina
Western Theater
January 19 - Mill Springs, Kentucky
February 6 - Battle of Fort Henry. Fort Henry, Tennessee The Battle of Fort Henry was the first major victory for the Union in the Western Theater, led by Brig. General Ulysess S. Grant.
February 11-16 - Battle of Fort Donelson, Fort Donelson, Tennessee The Battle of Fort Donelson saw Union General Ulysses S. Grant capture the fort, gaining him recognition as well as the nickname "Unconditional Surrender."
March 3-April 8 - Siege of New Madrid and Island No. 10, Missouri (Mississippi River)
April 6-7 - Battle of Shiloh, Shiloh, Tennessee The casualty totals shocked Americans both North and South, with the two-day total exceeding that of all previous American wars combined. The battle turned back a Confederate attempt to re-capture Middle Tennessee and contributed to Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant's reputation as a leader who would keep fighting even in adverse circumstances.
May 25-30 - Siege of Corinth, Corinth, Mississippi Henry Halleck took Corinth after a month-long siege.
6 June 28, Battle of Vicksburg. Vicksburg, Mississippi (Navy) "The Confederate Gibraltar" had to be captured before Union ships could safely traverse the entire length of the Mississippi. The Vicksburg Campaign lasted many months, leading to the Battle of Vicksburg in May 1863. After Federal assaults repulsed on May 19 and 22, the Union commander, Ulysses S. Grant, settled into siege warfare.
August 29 - Battle of Richmond, Richmond, Kentucky The Battle of Richmond was the first major battle of the Kentucky Campaign and a stunning victory for Confederate forces.
September 14-17 - Siege of Munfordville, Kentucky
September 19 - Iuka, Mississippi
October 3-4 - Battle of Corinth, Corinth, Mississippi Two months after the Siege of Corinth, Maj. General William S. Rosecrans defeated the Confederate Army.
October 5 - Hatchie's Bridge, Tennessee
October 8 - Battle of Perryville, Perryville, Kentucky. Account of the 21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment's harrowing fight.
December 19 - Jackson, Tennessee
December 26-29 - Chickasaw Bayou, Mississippi
December 31 - Parker's Crossroads, Tennessee
December 31-January 2 - Battle of Stones River, Murfreesboro, Tennessee The culmination of the Stones River Campaign, the battle resulted in a 29% casualty rate, the same percentage as Chickamauga and behind only Gettysburg's 31 %.
Trans-Mississippi
February 20-21 - Valverde, New Mexico
March 8 - Battle of Pea Ridge, Pea Ridge, Arkansas The Battle of Pea Ridge, also called the Battle of Elkhorn Tavern, in Arkansas, marked a failed attempt by Confederate major general Earl Van Dorn to destroy the Union Army of the Southwest under Brigadier General Samuel Curtis. The victory solidified Union control over the state of Missouri for the next two years.
March 26-28 - Glorietta Pass, New Mexico
June 17 - Saint Charles, Arkansas
7 July 7 - Hill's Plantation, Arkansas
August 6-9 - Kirksville, Missouri
August 11 - Independence, Missouri
August 15-16 - Lone Jack, Missouri
September 24-25 - Sabine Pass, Texas
September 30 - Newtonia, Missouri
October 4 - Galveston, Texas
October 22 - Old Fort Wayne, Indian Territory
November 7 - Clark's Mill, Missouri
November 28 - Cane Hill, Arkansas
December 7 - Prairie Grove, Arkansas
Gulf Coast
April 16-28 - Forts Jackson and Saint Phillip, Louisiana (Navy)
August 9 - Donaldsonville, Louisiana
August 5 - Baton Rouge, Louisiana
October 1-3 - St. Johns Bluff, Florida
October 27 - Georgia Landing, Louisiana
November 28 - Keck's Plantation, Louisiana
Sioux Uprising
August 20-22 - Fort Ridgely, Minnesota
September 23 - Wood Lake, Minnesota
8 Civil War Battles: 1863
Eastern Theater
March 3 - Fort McAllister, Georgia
March 13-15 - Fort Anderson, North Carolina
March 17 - Kelly's Ford, Virginia
March 30-15 - Siege of Washington, North Carolina
April 7 - Charleston Harbor, South Carolina (Navy)
April 13-15 - Suffolk, Virginia
April 30-May 6 - Battle of Chancellorsville {& Elwood). Chancellorsville, Virginia The Battle of Chancellorsville is widely regarded as General Robert E. Lee's greatest victory. It turned back the Union Army of the Potomac under Joseph "Fighting Joe" Hooker, but it was a costly victory. Lee's brilliant and aggressive corps commander Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was mortally wounded by his own men, who mistook him and his staff for Union cavalry.
May 3 - Second Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
May 3--4 - Salem Church, Virginia
June 9 - Brandy Station, Virginia
June 13-15 - Second Battle Of Winchester {& Aldie). Winchester, Virginia The town of Winchester, Virginia, is the site of another battle.
June 30 - Battle of Hanover (& Union Mills), Hanover, Pennsylvania The Battle of Hanover was part of Robert E. Lee's Gettysburg Campaign.
July 1-3 - Battle of Gettysburg (& Fort Delaware), Gettysburg, Pennsylvania The largest battle ever fought on the North American continent, Gettysburg marked the end of Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North and was a turning point in the Civil War.
July 8 - Boonsborough, Maryland
July 10-11 - Fort Wagner, South Carolina
July 16 - Grimball's Landing, South Carolina
9 July 18-Sept 7 - Siege of Fort Wagner, South Carolina (Navy)
July 19 - Buffington Island, Ohio River (Ohio and West Virginia)
July 23 - Manassas Gap, Virginia
October 14 - Bristoe Station, Virginia
November 6 - Droop Mountain, West Virginia
November 7 - Rappahanock Station
Nov 27-Dec 2 - Mine Run, 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
May 12 - Battle Of Raymond, Raymond, Mississippi The Battle Of Raymond was a key victory for Grant as part of his Vicksburg Campaign.
May 16 - Champion's Hill, Mississippi
May 17 - Big Black River Bridge, Mississippi
May 18-July 4 - Siege of Vicksburg. Vicksburg, Mississippi (Navy) The Siege of Vicksburg represented the last phase of the Vicksburg Campaign where General Grant surrounded the city of Vicksburg, which finally surrendered on July 4.
June 24-26 - Hoover's Gap, Tennessee
July 9 - Corydon, Indiana
August 17-23 - Bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina
September 7-8 - Charleston Harbor, South Carolina (Navy)
10 September 10 - Davis Crossroads, Georgia
September 18 - Battle Of Chickamauga, Chickamauga, Georgia The largest battle fought in the Western Theater of the Civil War, Chickamauga was one of the few Confederate victories in that theater. Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army of Tennessee, reinforced by a corps from the Army of Northern Virginia, routed the forces of Major General William S. Rosecrans. Bragg's failure to follow up aggressively reduced an overwhelming Confederate victory to merely a tactical one.
Sept 23-Oct 30 - Siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee
October 28-29 - Wauhatchie, Tennessee
November 3 - Collierville, Tennessee
November 16 - Campbell's Station, Tennessee
November 23-25 - Battle Of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, Tennessee The Union victory at Chattanooga in November 1863 opened the road to Atlanta for Federal armies. Following the Battle of Chickamauga in September, Confederate troops besieged those of the Union in Chattanooga. After Ulysses S. Grant took command, the siege was broken, and the thinly stretched Confederates were driven from the ridges above the town by an impromptu charge by the Army of the Cumberland.
November 24 - Lookout Mountain (Chattanooga), Tennessee
November 25 - Missionary Ridge (Chattanooga), Tennessee
December 29 - Mossy Creek, Tennessee
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
11 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
Gulf Coast
April 12-13 - Fort Bisland, Louisiana
April 14 - Irish Bend, Louisiana
April 17 - Vermillion Bayou Louisiana
May 21 - Plains Store, Louisiana
May 21-July 9 - Siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana
June 20-21 - La Fourche Crossing, Louisiana
June 28 - Donaldsonville, Louisiana
June 29-30 - Goodrich Landing, Louisiana
September 29 - Sterling's Plantation, Louisiana
October 16-18 - Fort Brooke, Florida
12 Civil War Battles: 1864
Eastern Theater
February 6-7 - Morton's Ford, Virginia
March 22 - Walkerton, Virginia
April 17-20 - Plymouth, North Carolina
May 5 - Albemarle Sound, North Carolina
May 5-7 - Battle Of The Wilderness (& Andersonville). Spotsylvania County, Virginia The first clash between Robert E. Lee and Ulysses S. Grant. Three days of close quarters fighting in woods and tangled underbrush resulted in nearly 20,000 total casualties. Although the Confederates could claim a tactical victory, the battle showed that the North's largest army would no longer retreat after a reverse, and Lee's army was slowly pushed back to trenches around Richmond and Petersburg.
May 6-7 - Port Walthall Junction, Virginia
May 8-21 - Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Spotsylvania County, Virginia Part of Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign in Virginia in the summer of 1864, the Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse was a costly tactical victory for Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, which could not hope to win a war of attrition.
May 9 - Swift Creek, Virginia
May 9 - Cloyd's Mountain, Virginia
May 10 - Chester Station, Virginia
May 10 - Cove Mountain, Virginia
May 11 - Battle of Yellow Tavern, Henrico County, Virginia The Battle of Yellow Tavern was a cavalry battle which was part of the Overland Campaign which saw J.E.B. Stuart mortally wounded.
May 12-16 - Proctor's Creek, Virginia
May 15 - Battle of New Market, Shenandoah County, Virginia The Confederates, along with cadets from VMI, drove Union General Franz Sigel out of the Shenandoah Valley.
May 20 - Ware Bottom Church, Virginia
13 May 23-26 - North Anna, Virginia
May 24 - Wilson's Wharf, Virginia
May 31-June 12 - Battle of Cold Harbor, Cold Harbor, Virginia The Battle of Cold Harbor marked the end of Lieutenant. General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign known for the 7,000 Union Casualties suffered in under an hour in a frontal assault on Confederate lines.
June 15-18 - Battle of Petersburg (& City Point}, Petersburg, Virginia (Navy) The siege of Petersburg, June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, marked a change in tactics in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. Instead of the campaigns of maneuver that had characterized the war up to that point, Union and Confederate armies fought a series of trench-warfare battles more like those of World War I.
June 17-18 - Leesburg, Virginia
June 21-24 -Jerusalem Plank Road, Virginia
June 24 - Saint Mary's Church, Virginia
June 25 - Stanton River Bridge, Virginia
June 28 - Sappony Church, Virginia
June 29 - Ream's Station, Virginia
July 9- Monocacy (& Point Lookout), Maryland
July 11-12 - Fort Stevens, Washington, DC
July 17-18 - Cool Spring, Virginia
July 20 - Rutherford Farm, Virginia
July 24 - Kernstown, Virginia
July 27-29 - Deep Bottom, Virginia
July 30 - Battle of the Crater, Siege of Petersburg, Virginia
August 1 - Folcks Mill, Maryland
August 7 - Moorefield, West Virginia
August 13-20 - Deep Bottom, Virginia
14 August 16 - Guard Hill, Virginia
August 18-21 - Globe Tavern, Virginia
August 25 - Ream's Station, Virginia
August 25-29 - Smithfield Crossing, Virginia
September 3-4 - Berryville, Virginia
September 19 - Opequon, Virginia
September 21-24 - Battle of Fisher's Hill, Fisher's Hill, Virginia Union Major General Philip H. Sheridan attacked the seemingly impregnable heights of Fisher's Hill, grandly known as the 'Gibraltar of the Shenandoah Valley.'
September 29-30 - Chaffin's Farm, Virginia
Sept 30-Oct 2 - Peeble's Farm, Virginia
October 2 - Saltville, Virginia
October 7 - Darbytown & New Market roads, Virginia
October 9 - Tom's Brook, Virginia
October 13 - Darbytown Road, Virginia
October 19 - Cedar Creek, Virginia
October 27-28 - Boydton Plank Road, Virginia
October 27-28 - Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road
December 17-18 - Marion, Virginia
December 20-21 - Saltville, Virginia
Western Theater
January 17 - Dandridge, Tennessee
January 26 - Athens, Alabama
January 27 - Fair Garden, Tennessee
15 February 22 - Okalona, Mississippi
February 22-27 - Dalton, Georgia
March 25 - Paducah, Kentucky
April 12 - Battle of Fort Pillow, Fort Pillow, Tennessee Nathan Bedford Forrest's command captures a Mississippi River fort in Tennessee, leading to a massacre of many of the United States Colored Troops defending the fort.
May 7-13 - Rocky Face, Georgia
May 13-15 - Battle of Resaca, Resaca, Georgia Major General William T. Sherman took on Joseph E. Johnston during the Atlanta campaign.
May 17 - Adairsville, Georgia
May 25-26 - New Hope Church, Georgia
June 22 - Kalb's Farm, Georgia
July 14-15 - Tupelo, Mississippi
July 20 - Battle Of Peachtree Creek, Peach Tree Creek, Georgia The Battle of Peachtree Creek was part of the Atlanta Campaign and was the first major attack by Lt. General John G. Hood.
July 22 - Battle of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia Union victory in the Battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, is often credited as the turning point that allowed Abraham Lincoln to be re-elected president instead of his opponent, George B. McClellan, who would have sought peace terms with the Confederacy. After the battle, Confederate troops set fire to the city before evacuating, to deny its resources to William T. Sherman's Federal troops.
July 28 - Ezra Church, Georgia
August 5-7 - Utoy Creek, Georgia
August 15-15 - Dalton, Georgia
August 20 - Lovejoy's Station, Georgia
August 31-Sep 1 - Jonesborough, Georgia
October 5 -Allatoona, Georgia
16 October 26-29 - Decatur, Alabama
November 4-5 - Johnsonville, Tennessee
November 11-13 - Bull's Gap, Tennessee
November 22 - Griswoldville, Georgia
November 28 - Buck Head, Georgia
November 29 - Spring Hill, Tennessee
November 30 - Battle of Franklin, Franklin, Tennessee Account of the bloody confederate slaughter in Franklin, Tennessee.
November 30 - Honey Hill, South Carolina
December 4 - Battle of Waynesborough, Waynesborough, Georgia One of the later battles of Sherman's March to the Sea; pened the route to Savannah.
December 13 - Fort McAllister, Georgia
December 15-16 - Battle of Nashville, Nashville, Tennesee The last major battle in the Western Theater and a major victory for the Union.
December 24-27 - Fort Fisher, North Carolina
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
17 October 15 - Glasgow, Missouri
September 19 - Lexington, Missouri
October 21 - Little Blue River, Missouri
October 22 - Independence, Missouri
October 22 - Byrams Ford, Missouri
October 23 - Westport, Missouri
October 25 - Mine Creek, Kansas
Gulf Coast
February 20 - Olustee, Florida
March 14 - Fort De Russy, Louisiana
August 5 - Battle of Mobile Bay, Mobile Bay, Alabama (Navy) In the Battle of Mobile Bay, Alabama, August 5, 1864, a Union fleet under Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, attacked and defeated a smaller, less well-equipped Confederate naval force. The battle is most often remembered for a line Farragut may or may not have actually spoken: Warned there were torpedoes (mines) floating in the harbor, he reportedly said, "Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!"
Off Cherbourg, France
June 25 - USS Kearsarge fights CSS Alabama (Navy)
18 Civil War Battles: 1865
Eastern Theater
February 5-7 - Hatcher's Run, Virginia
March 2 -Waynesborough, Virginia
March 25 - Fort Stedman, Virginia
March 29 - Lewis's Farm, Virginia
March 31 -White Oak Road, Virginia
March 31 - Dinwiddie Courthouse, Virginia
April 1 - Five Forks, Virginia
April 2 - Sutherland's Station, Virginia
April 3 - Namozine Church, Virginia
April 5 - Amelia Springs, Virginia*
April 6 - Rice's Station, Virginia*
April 6 - Battle of Sailor's Creek, Amelia County, Virginia The battle was part of the Appomattox Campaign during the final days of the civil war and was Robert E. Lee's last battle before surrendering at Appomattox Court House.
April 6-7 - High Bridge, Virginia*
April 7 - Cumberland Church, Virginia*
April 8 - Battle of Appomattox Courthouse*, Appomattox Station, Virginia* The Battle of Appomattox Courthouse was the last battle fought by Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. After his attempt to break out of a closing trap failed, Lee met with Ulysses S. Grant to surrender his army. Although the Civil War did not end with the surrender at Appomattox, the loss of the South's largest army was the death knell of the Confederacy. *Collectively known as the Appomattox Campaign.
Western Theater
January 13-15 - Fort Fisher, North Carolina (Navy)
February 3 - Rivers Bridge, South Carolina
19 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
Trans-Mississippi
May 12-13 - Battle of Palmetto Ranch, Palmetto Ranch, Texas The Battle of Palmetto Ranch was the final battle of the civil war.
Gulf Coast
March 6 - Natural Bridge, Florida
Mar 27-April 8 - Siege of Spanish Fort, Alabama
April 2-9 - Siege of Fort Blakely, Alabama
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