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When John Brown raided Harpers Ferry in 1859, he set in motion events that led directly to the out­ seemed always to be athwart the path. Confederate successes Eastern Theater offered occasional opportunities to take the war north into Mary­ break of the Civil War in 1861. This folder, organized yearly through maps and chronologies, shows Like a bolt of lightning out of a darkening sky, war burst upc>n land and and to threaten Washington. Both sides the course of the war from in 1861 to Appomattox Court House and beyond in 1865. It is the American landscape in the spring of 1861, climaxing decades came to see the enemy army as the proper goal, and both recog­ of bitter wrangling and pitting two vast sections of a young and nized the obligation of the enemy army to defend its respective divided according to the two principal theaters in which the military operations took place: (1) vigorous nation against each other. Northerners called It the War capital city against military threats. The consequence was four of the Rebellion, Southerners the War Between the States. We years of war fought to the death mostly in a relatively small strip The Eastern Theater, roughly comprising the area east of the Appalachians in the vicinity of the rival know it simply as the Civil War. of countryside between Washington and Richmond. capitals of Washington and Richmond, and (2) the Western Theater, primarily between the western slope In the East, beginning in the spring of 1861, the cry from Union When the guns were finally silenced in the spring and early sum­ of the Appalachians and the River. Lesser operations that took place along the coasts and headquarters was "On to Richmond!" For the next four years a mer of 1865 and the authority of the Federal Government succession of Northern commanders struggled desperately to was once again restored, the Union had been permanently scarred. inland waterways and in the isolated trans-Mississippi area are included in the Western Theater. Naval do just that-get to Richmond. One well-designed effort in As put ii, the war had "uprooted institutions that encounters on the high seas between cruisers, privateers, and blockade runners have been omitted. 1862 used the mammoth naval might of the Union to reach the were centuries old ... transformed the social life of half the vicinity of the Confederate capital by water routes. The other country, and wrought so profoundly upon the entire national char­ Union troop movements are shown in blue; Confederate troop movements are in red. attempts stubbornly slogged across a narrow central Virginia cor- acter that the influence cannot be measured short of two or three 1'.i doumclsougbUo_clispe~J§!]d§['S who Mnerations." 1861 1862 1863

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The high spirits with which North and South naively go Joe Johnston's Confederates abandon their long-held The 1863 campaigns open along the Rappahannock in The last full year of campaigning in the east begins with The year opens with both armies largely inactive and still to war after the attack on Fort Sumter first meet the test lines around Manassas in early and withdraw toward the final days of April as Burnside's replacement, Maj. Gen. Federal forces east and west making a unified effort to entrenched around Petersburg. Wdh each passing week, of battle on a large scale in mid-July as Union troops under Richmond. McClellan's Army of the Potomac moves by , leads the Army of the Potomac upstream wear down the South's will to continue fighting. Lincoln the hopelessness of Lee's cause becomes more apparent. Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell clash with Confederate soldiers water to and Newport News at the tip of the to slip around Lee's left flank. Lee responds aggressively has given Ulysses S. the revived rank of lieuten­ Early in February, Grant sends his cavalry and under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston and Brig. Gen. P.G.T. and prepares to march on Richmond and during the first week of May wins at Chancellorsville ant general and placed him in command of all Union south and west of Petersburg in an attempt to sever the Beauregard on the plains of Manassas, Virginia. A sweep­ some 70 miles to the northwest. Confederate delaying what has been called his greatest victory. That victory is armies. His mission: destroy Joe Johnston's Army of only remaining supply lines into the city and to force Lee ing Confederate victory in what Southerners call the First tactics and heavy rains slow McClellan's advance and it is costly, because is mortally wounded, and Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. to extend his already strained defensive positions. Con­ Battle of Manassas (the North calls ii Bull Run) inspires nearly two months before he comes within sight of the city's but it gives the Confederates the opportunity to march federate attempls to halt the movement are checkmated at the Federal Government to renewed effort and makes the steeples. When a Southern offensive at Seven Pines on northward into Pennsylvania. The Army of the Potomac Leaving Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman to deal with John­ Hatcher's Run. As March begins, Lee realizes that he South over-confident. For the rest of the year the contend­ May 31-June 1 fails to dislodge the Federals and Johnston follows and, now under Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's ston, Grant concentrates on Lee. Their first encounter, cannot hold the Petersburg-Richmond lines much longer. ing armies remain static between Manassas and Washing­ is wounded, Robert E. Lee assumes command of the Anny direction, gives Lee a stinging defeat at Gettsyburg on the , opens on May 5 and for the On the 25th he makes a desperate attempt to extricate his ton, giving Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan plenty of Northern Virginia and drives McClellan's troops away July 1-3. next 40 days the armies remain lockod in deadly embrace. army by attacking Federal Fort Stedman east of Peters­ of time to organize and train his new Army of the Poto­ from the Southern capital in the Seven Days' Battles. The course of the fighting leads through Spotsylvania burg. The attempt fails and Lee tells President Davis: "I mac. A small Federal force overwhelmed and crushed at After Lee's retreat into Virginia, both armies spend the Court House, across the North Anna River to Cold Harbor, fear now it will be impossible to prevent a junction Ball's Bluff, Virginia, in October Includes a friend and ally Victories during August by Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stone­ next three months recuperating while the military fron­ and finally to Petersburg. There the opponents settle down between Grant and Sherman . .• ." Shortly thereatter, the of President , so the political repercus­ wall" Jackson at Cedar Mountain and by Lee's army at tier alternates between the river lines of the Rappahan­ to a , punctuated by Grant's relonttess efforts lo out­ Federals achieve the inevitable and break the thin Con­ sions of that battle outstrip its military significance. In the Second Battle of Manassas push the Federals back nock and Rapidan west of Fredericksburg. Both armies flank the Confederates and seize vital transportation arter­ federate defenses at Five Forlts, southwest of Petersburg. December, Confederate cavalry leader J.E.B. Stuart fights to the outskirts of Washington. Within nine weeks, Lee are also reduced in strength as troops are ordered west ies. His attempt to capture Petersburg outright fails at the Lee evacuates the city and Richmond falls. His forlorn a small affair at Cranesville, Virginia. All of the 1861 actions has transferred the war from his own capital to the edge to bolster operations around Chattanooga. Lee's attempt . Meanwhile, Lt. Gen. 's retreat lasts one week until Grant cuts off the remnant combined do not equal in scope a single day of the famous of his enemy's. A Confederate offensive across the Poto­ to turn Meade's flank in October crests in defeat at Bris­ Confederate troops expel Union forces from the Shenan­ of the Army of Northem Virginia at Appomattox Court battles fought later in the war. mac is halted and turned back after battles at South toe Station. A similar move by Meade south of the doah Valley and march to the outskirts of Washington, House. Lee's surrender on April 9 signals the early end Mountain and Antietam (Sharpsburg), , in mid­ Rapidan culminates in stalemate at Mine Run at the end before being turned back at Fort Stevens. Outnumbered of the Confederacy. September. The final action of the year ends in Federal of November. but defiant, they return lo t he Valley where, in a series disaster when McClellan's successor, Maj. Gen. Ambrose of hard-fought engagements, Maj. Gen. E. Burnside, throws his army against Lee's near Fred­ erases Early's army from the war. ericksburg, Virginia, in a series of frontal assaults that are easily and bloodily repulsed.

Mar 4 Abraham Lincoln is inaugu rated 16th President of th e . M•r 9 USS Monitor vs CSS Virginia m , Va. First naval Jan 1 Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation. May 5-6 Battle of the Wilderness, Va. Jan 1-Apr 2 continued battle between ironclad vessels. Feb 5-7 Battle of Hatcher 's Run ___Jan_Ul.•23 Burnside'. ''Mud Mar:ch .' ' _ __ May.Jl-21....B.attle_ot Spotsylvania_Co..urU:iQl!l'e, Va. ~--- • -Apr-12· 1 · 3 Bembafdme n t-af'ld-surr-ef'tdef-e f~ Sumter..-S,C . --~----- 1 - ,. Mar 25 Battle offort-Stedman----- Mar23-.lun9StonewallJackson'sShen andoahVall•yCampalgn, Va. Apr 15 President Lincol n cal ls for 75,000 volunteers. Jan 26 Jose ph Hooker succeeds Burnsi de as commander of the Army of May 9-24 Sheridan's Rich mond Raid. • Apr 1 Battle of Five Forks Mar 23 Battle of Kernstown the Potomac. • Ap r 2 Petersburg lines breached Apr 17 Virginia secedes. May 8 Battle of McDowell . Va. May 23 Apr 11-M•lf 4 . Va. Apr 2 Confederates evacuate Richmond and Petersburg. Apr 19 Confederates occupy Harpers Ferry, Va. {now W.Va .) May 18 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Va . May 25 First Battle of Winchester Apr-M•y, Ch• ncellorsv llle Campa ign, Va. Apr 3 US forces occupy Richmond . Jun 3 Engagement at Ph ilippi, Va. (nowW. Va .),first la nd "action" of the war. Jun 8 Battle of Cross Keys May 23-26 Battle of North Anna River, Va. Apr 29-May 8 Stoneman's Raid Jun 9 Apr II Battle of Sayl er"s Creek. Va. .lun 10 Engagement at Big Bethel. Va. May 1-4 Battle of Chancellorsville May 31-Jun 12 Battle of Cold Ha rbor, Va. Apr 4 McClellan's Army of the Potomac begins advance up the Virg inia pen­ • May 2 Stonewall Jackson wounded Apr 9 Lee surrenders at Appomattox Court House. Jul 11 Engag ement at Rich Mountain, Va. (now W.Va.) Jun 5 , Va . insula toward Ric hmond. • May 3 Second Battle of Frederi cksburg Apr 14 Lincoln shot by at Fo rd 's Theatre. Was hington. Jul 21 First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run), Va . • May 3-4 Battle of Salem Church Jun 11- 12 Battle of Trevilian Station. Va . Apr 5-May 4 McClellan's army besieges Co nfederate forces at Yorktown, Va. D.C. Jul 27 George B. McC lellan takes command of ot the Potom May Stonewall Jackson dies at Guiney's Station, Va. June 15-18 Battle of Pe tersburg, Va. M•v 15 Battle of Drewry's Bluff, Va. to May 23-24 Grand Review of Federal armies ln Washington, D.C. Oct 21 Battle ol Balrs Bluff. Va. Jun 3.Jul 13 . Pa. Jun 17·18 Battle of Lynchbu rg, Va May 31.Jun 1 Battle qf Seven Pines (Fair Oaks). Va. Jun 9 . Va. Jun 18-Dec 3 t Siege of Petersburg, Va. Jun t Robert E. Lee assu mes command of the Army of Northern Vi rginia. Jun 13-15 Second Battle of Winchester, Va. Jul 30 Battle of the Crater • Jun 28 George G. Meade replaces Hooker as commander of the Army Jun 25-Jlul t Seven Davs• Battles Around Richmond, Va. Aug 18-25 Battles of Weldon Railroad and Ream·s Station of the Potomac. Jun 25 Battle of Oak Grove Sep 29 Engagement at New Market Height.a • Jul 1-3 Jun 26 Battle of Mechanicsville Sep 29-30 Battle of Fort Harrison (Chattin'& Farm) Jun 27 Battle of Gaines' Mill Jul 13-18 City draft riots. Se p 29-0ct 2 Battle of Peebles' Farm Jun 29 Battle of 's Station Oct 27-28 Battle of Burgess' Mill (Boyd ton Plank Road) Oct 9-22 Bristo• C.mpalgn, Ye. Jun 30 Battle of Glendale (Fraser's Farm) • Oct 14 Battle of Bristoe Station Jun 23.Jul 25 E•rly'a WH hlngton Raid Jul 1 Battle of Malvern Hill • Jul 9 , Md. Nov & Battle of , W.Va. Aug 9 Ba ttle of Cedar Mountain. Va_ • Jul 12 . near Washington. O.C. Nov 7 Engagement at Rappahannock Station, Va. • Jul 24 Second Battle of Kemstown, Va Aug 28-30 Battle ol Second Manassas (Bull Ru n). Va . Nov 1D Li ncoln delivers his Gettysburg Address. Aug 7-0ct 19 Sheridan's Shenandoah Vall•v Campaign, Va. Sep 1 Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill), Va. • Se p 19 Third Battle of Winchester (Opequon Creek) Nov 26-Dec 2 Mine Run Campaign, Va. Sep 12·15 Siege and capture of Harpers Ferry, Va . (nowW.Va.J • Se p 22 Battle of Fisher's Hill • Oct 19 Battle of Ceda r Creek Sep 14·17 Battles of Sou th Mountain and Antietam [Sharpsburg), Md. Nov 8 Lincoln reelected President of the United States. Nov 7 Ambrose E. Burnside replaces McClellan as commander of the Army of the Potomac. Dec 11-13 , Va . exporting cotton was slow to take effect. But each year the block­ Where the Armies Fought More than 10,000 mi litary actions of NPS Civil War Sites Fort Sumter, • Fort Pickens, Western Theater ade continued to tighten and more and more Confederate ports one kind or another took place during the Civil War. Only a small • First Manassas, Virginia• Wilson's Creek, • When the Civil War began, the Confederacy possessed fewer mil­ fell to Union forces. Union amphibious operations to regain con­ percentage were big battles like Gettysburg or Vicksburg; most , Tennessee• Pea Ridge, • Glorieta Pass, itary resources and pursued principally a defensive posture while trol of the began in 1862 and, although initially were relatively small affairs, many of them forgotten today. The New Mexico •Shiloh, Tennessee• Fort Pulaski, • Seven the Union took a more aggressive role. Northern strategy was thwarted, eventually culminated in Grant's successful Vicksburg fol lowing breakdown by State shows where most of these events Days Battles, Virginia• Mechanicsville, Virginia• Gaines' Mill, directed at keeping the Border States of and Missouri Campaign of 1863 and the subsequent fall of Port Hudson. This took place. Virginia• Malvern Hill, Virginia• Second Manassas, Virginia• (along with Delaware and Maryland in the East) within the Union; not only closed down the South's most important commercial Harpers Ferry, • Antietam, Maryland • Fredericks­ starving the South by blockading her coastline from Virginia to waterway; it also severed the Confederacy on a north/south axis. Virginia 2154 566 Maryland 203 burg, Virginia •Stones River, Tennessee •Chancellorsville, Vir­ Texas; regaining control of the Mississippi River; and dividing and Tennessee 1462 Georgia 549 Florida 168 ginia• Gettysburg, Pennsylvania •Arkansas Post, Arkansas• subdividing the Confederacy. By 1864, with the development of a unHied command system, Missouri 1162 Kentucky 453 Texas 90 Vicksburg, Mississippi• Chickamauga, Georgia• Chattanooga, Northern strategy focused on cutting the Confederacy along an Mississippi 772 336 Indian Territory 89 Tennessee • Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia• Brices Cross Roads, The Border States were secured by the spring of 1862 and a string east/west axis in order to destroy its food supply and its war­ Arkansas 771 North Carolina 313 88 Mississippi •Tupelo, Mississippi• The Wilderness, Virginia• of Union victories-Forts Henry and Donelson, Pea Ridge, Shi­ making industrial capacity in the deep South. Sherman's West Virgina 632 South Carolina 239 New Mexico Territory 75 Spotsylvania Court House, Virginia• Cold Harbor, Virginia• loh, Island No. 10, and -caused many to believe Campaign and his subsequent March to the Sea achieved the Petersburg, Virginia • Monocacy, Maryland • Fort Stevens, Dis­ that the Confederacy was finished. The North's blockade of South­ desired results by the end of the year. By early 1865, with Sher­ trict of Columbia• Appomattox Court House, Virginia ern ports to deny the Confederates access to much-needed for­ man's troops pushing northward into the , it was clear eign war materiel and manufactured goods and to keep them from that the days of the Confederacy were numbered. From Tho O wl w,, Dayb)' Dey· M Alm•nec. 1861- 1865. New York: Oout>leday a Company, tni; , 1971

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1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 ------nteaerate Strategy m t e ea y mon s 1s ma1illy en­ rom anuary through June, Union forces thrust deep into Grant's efforts to capturevlcksburg are finally rewarded Ulysses S. Grant, promoted to lieutenant general and The year begins with Union forces capturing sive in the face of Federal efforts to retain control of the the South, forcing Confederates to abandon southern Ken­ on July 4 when, after one of the great campaigns of mili­ transferred East to command all Union armies, calls for guarding the approaches to the Cape Fear River and Wil­ slave-holding Border States of Delaware, Maryland, Ken­ tucky, much of Middle and West Tennessee, and south­ tary history and a 47-clay siege, the Confederacy's mighty a war of attrition against the Confederacy's two principal mington, North Carolina. Wilmington is occupied Febru­ tucky, and Missouri; to tighten a blockade of the South­ west Missouri following defeats at Mill Springs, Kentucky, bastion succumbs to Union anns. Five days later Port Hud­ armies: Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia and ary 22, the same day that Joseph E. Johnston is restored ern coastline; and to regain control of the Mississippi River Forts Henry and Donelson, Tennessee, and Pea Ridge, son surrenders and Lincoln proclaims "The Father of Joseph E. Johnston's . Early in May, to the command of what is left of the Army of Tennessee from Cairo, , to the Gulf of Mexico. In Missouri, in Arkansas. Early in April, Gen. 's again goes unvexed to the sea." The South is cut with Atlanta as his objective, Sherman, Grant's succes­ and given the impassible task of stopping Sherman's a lightning-like campaign, Brig. Gen. army assails Federal troops under Grant at Pittsburg Land­ In half along the Mississippi. Meanwhile, Rosecrans' bril­ sor in the West, attacks Johnston at Rocky Face Ridge armies then sweeping northward through South Carolina. crowds the into the southwestern ing, Tennessee, but Johnston is killed and his army beaten liant Tullahoma Campaign forces Bragg to abandon most west of Dalton. For the next eight weeks the two armies Sherman's troops occupy Columbia on February 17 and part of the State before being killed and his army defeated in the two-day . In Mississippi in June, of Tennessee and concentrate around Chattanooga. In grapple their way south into central Georgia. On July 17, compel the evacuation of Charleston that evening. Enter­ at Wilson's Creek in August. The Missouri State Guard Union amphibious forces converge on but fail to capture September Rosecrans occupies Chattanooga and pursues with Sherman's armies approaching Atlanta, Confederate ing North Carolina, Sherman defeats Johnston at moves on to besiege and capture Lexington, but retires the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg. Bragg Into Georgia, where, at Chickamauga Creek, the President fires Johnston and replaces him Averasboro and at Bentonville. Into southwest Missouri when threatened by Federal col­ Confederates turn on the Northerners and drive them with Gen. John B. Hood. Hood abandons Johnston's umns converging from the east and west. A Union army July brings a dramatic change in the tide of war as Con­ back. defensive strategy and boldly sends his troops to attack At Goldsboro, Sherman is joined by Maj. Gen. John M. is defeated at Belmont, Mo., early in November-the first federate armies invade Union territory from the trans­ Sherman in a series of costly battles that only serve to Schofield's force, fresh from victory at Kinston. The test of battle for a rising young named Mississippi to the Atlantic seaboard. By early October, To relieve the beleaguered Federal troops, the Union Gov­ underscore the futility of such tactics. outnumbered Johnston surrenders his troops to Sherman Ulysses S. Grant. Along the Southern coasts, Federals however, the offensives are halted, and during the last ernment rushes reinforcements to Chattanooga, names on April 26, at Durham Station. Meanwhile in Alabama, cling to several forts and employ their power afloat to seize two months of th year Federal forces are again press­ Grant to command in the West, and replaces Rosecrans On September 1, after a long siege by Sherman's soldiers, Mobile falls to Federal forces while Maj. Gen. James H. and establish additional fortified enclaves at Hatteras Inlet, ing ahead. In on December 31 Maj. with Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas. In several battles Atlanta is evacuated and Hood withdraws, regroups, and Wilson's Union cavalry corps sweeps through Selma and North Carolina, Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, and Gen. William S. Rosecrans' Union army confronts Gen. around Chattanooga between October and November, advances into Tennessee. Within three months his Army Montgomery and on to Columbus and Macon, Georgia. Ship Island, Mississippi. These enclaves not only provide 's Confederate army at Stones River in a Grant's armies defeat Bragg's troops, forcing them to of Tennessee Is virtually destroyed in battles at Spring Near lrwinville, Georgia, on May 10, his troopers capture bases for blockading squadrons but serve as spring boards battle that lasts into the new year. In , retreat to Dalton, Georgia, where Bragg is succeeded in Hill, Franklin, and Nashville. Meanwhile, in mid-November, Confederate President Jefferson Davis, who had fled Rich­ for future amphibious operations. Grant's attempts to take Vicksburg are thwarted by slash­ command by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston. The two-week Sherman Atlanta and begins his famous "March to mond when that city was evacuated on April 2. From ing Confederate cavalry raids on his supply lines. The siege of Union-occupied Knoxville by Lt. Gen. James the Sea." Elsewhere, the blockade continues to tighten Jonesboro, Tennessee, Maj. Gen. and blockade tightens as Union forces capture Roanoke Island Longstreet's Confederate troops ends December 3 with as Union amphibious forces seize the forts guarding the his 4,000 cavalrymen raid eastward across the Appalachi­ and Fort Macon on the North Carolina sounds and bom­ the approach of a relief column led by General Sherman. entrance to and Admiral Farragut's ocean­ ans into southwest Virginia and North Carolina's Piedmont bard Fort Pulaski, Georgia, into surrender. Charleston, under attack much of the year, enters the third going squadron crushes a Confederate fleet. region. By June 23, the last Confederate army is surren­ winter of the war battered but unconquered. dered and the long war is finally over.

Apr 12-13 Bombardm ent and su rrender of Fort Sumter, S.C. Ja n 10 . Ky. J an 1·2 . Tenn ., continued. Feb 3 .. Mar 4 Mer idian E xpedHlon, M ias. Jan t3·1• Attack and capture of Fort Fi sher, N.C. • Feb 22 Battle of Okolona J ul 5 Engagement at Carthage, Mo. Jan 19 . Ky Jan 1 Battle of Galveston. Tex. Jan 14-Apr 28 Sherm•rt'• C•rollnaa C•mp•lgn Feb 20 Batt le of Oluslee (Ocean Pond), Fla MarS-10 , N.C. Aug 10 Battle of Wilson's Creek. Mo. Feb 15-1& Forts Henry & Donelson Campaign, Tenn. Jan 11-11 Battle of Arkansas Post, Ark. Mar 16 Battle of Averasboro, N.C. • Feb 6 Battle of Fort Henry M•r 12.. M•Y 20 Red River •nd Camden Campaigns, La.-Ark. Aug 27·29 Battle of Hatteras Inlet, N.C. Mar 29-Jul 4 Grant's Second , Miss. Mar 1~21 , N.C. • Feb 13-1 6 Mar 23-May 3 , Ark. Apr 11-May 3 Streig ht's Raid, Tenn.-Ala. Apr 13 Raleigh, N.C., occupied Sep 12-20 Siege and capture of Lexington. Mo. • Apr 8 Batt le of Mansfield , La. Feb 8 Battle of Roanoke Island, N.C. Apr 16-22 Union fleet passes Vicksburg river batteries Apr 26 Surrender of Gen . Joseph E. Johnston's Confederate forces near • Apr 9 , La. Nov 7 , Mo. Apr 17-May 2 Grierso n·s Raid, Tenn.-Miss.-La. Durham Station, N.C. Feb 21 Engag ement at Va lve rde. New Mexico Territory • Apr 30 Battle of Jenkins' Ferry, Ark. Apr 29 Battle of Grand Gulf Nov 7 Battle of Port Royal Sound, S.C. Feb 22 Capture of Wilmington, N.C. Mar e-e . Ark. May 1 Battle of Port Gibson Apr 12 Fort Pillow " massacre:· Ten n. ' Dec 9 Engagement at Ch usto-Talasah , Indian Territory Mar 26-28 . New Mexico Territory Battle of Raymond M•r 22-Apr 22 Wilson·s Alabama and Georgia Raid May 14 Battle of Jackson M•y 7-Sep 2 Sherman'• Atlant• Camp•lgn, Ga. Dec 26 Engagement at Ch ustenah lah. Indian Territory Apr 6-7 Battle of Shiloh. Tenn. May 13-15 Battle of Resaca Apr 2 Battle of Selma, Ala. May 16 Battle of Champion Hill May 25-28 Battles of New Hope Church. Pickett's Mill , and Dallas. Apr 7 Capture of Island No. 10, Tenn. May 17 Battle of Big Black River Bridge Mar 23-Apr 23 Stoneman's North Carolina and Virginia Raid Jun 27 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain May 19-Ju l 4 Siege and surrender of Vicksburg Apr 10·11 Bombardment and captu re of Fort Pulaski, Ga. Jul 20 Battle of Peachtree Creek Moir 25-Apr 12 Mobil• C•mp•lgn, Ar.. Jun 7 Battle of Milliken's Bend, La . • Mar 27-Apr 8 Siege of Spanish Fort Apr 29-May 30 Siego of Cori nth. Miss. Jul 22 Battle of Atlanta Apr 7 Federal Ironclads attack Charleston. S.C. Jul 28 Battle of Ezra Church • Apr 2-9 Siege and Capture of Fort Blakely Apr-Aug Farragut's Mississippi River Operations Aug 31-Se p 1 Battle of Jonesboro • Apr 12 Surrender of Mobile • Apr 18-24 Battle ol 1-orts Jackson and St. Philip, La. May 21..Jul g Siege and surrender of Port Hudson, La. Sep 2 Union troops occupy Atlan ta Ma,- 4 Surrender of Lt. Gen. 's Confederate forces at • Aug 5 Battle of Bal n Rouge. La. Jun 23-Jul 4 Tullahoma Campaign, Tenn. Jun 1 O Battle of Brice's Cross Ro ads, Miss. Citronelle, Ala. Jun 6 Battle of Memphis. Te nn. Jul 2·241 Morgan·s Raid. Ky.-l nd .- Jul 14 , Miss. May 12-13 Battle of Palmito Ranch , Tex. Last Civil War land engagement. Aug 29°30 Battle ol ~1ch mo n d , Ky. Jul 10..16 Siege of Jackson, Miss. M•!t 241 Surrender of Lt. Gen. E. Smith's Confederate forces at Sep 19 Battle of Iuka, Miss. Aug 5 Battle of Mobil e Bay, Ala. .lul 11 & 18 Assaults on Fort Wagner, Charl eston , S.C. New Orleans. La . Sep 14·17 Siege of Munlordville. Ky. Aug 29-Dec 2& Price's Raid , Ark. -M o.-Kan.- Jndian Terr.-Tex. Jul 17 Battle of Honey Springs (Elk Creek), Indian Territory Jun 23 Surrender of Brig. Gen. Stand Watie's Confederate Indian forces Nov 15-Dec 21 Shen,,.n's h C..mjilllgn (March Oct 3·4 Battle at Corinth, Miss. s.n...... to-S..J, 0.. at Doaksville, Indian Territory. Aug·Sep Chlck•maug• Campaign, Ga. Nov 22 Engagement at Griswoldville, Ga , Oct 8 , Ky. • Sep 18-20 Battle of Chickamauga • Nov 30 Engagement at Honey Hil l, S.C. • Dec 13 Capture of Fort McAllister, Ga . Oct 16-Dec 20 Grant's First Vicksburg Campaign, Miss. Sep 8 Battle of Sabine Pass. Tex. • Dec 11-Jan l Forresr s West Ten nesse e Ra id • Dec 21 Savannah , Ga ., occupied • Dec 17-28 Va n Dorn·s Holly Springs Ra id Oct-Nov Chattanooga Campaign, Tenn. Nov 29·Dec 27 Hood's Tenneas.. Campal9n • Oct 28-29 Wauhatchie Night Attack Dec 7 . Ark . Nov 29 Affair at Spring Hill • Nov 23-25 Battle of Chattanooga Dec 27-29 Battle of Bayou. Miss. Nov 30 Battle of Frankl in Nov-Dec: Kno11vllle Campaign, Tenn. • Dec 15-16 Dec 31 Battle of Stones Ri ver. Tenn .. begins Flagbearer art CMalShall Edihons Ltd • Nov 17-Dec 4 Siege of Knoxville