The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) was established within the United States National Park Service to classify the preservation status of historic battlefield land. In 1993, the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission (CWSAC) reported to Congress and the ABPP on their extensive analysis of significant battles and battlefields. 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. In addition to the status of battlefield land preservation (not included in this table) CWSAC rated the military significance of the battles into four classes, as follows:[1]
Battle
|
Date
|
State
|
CWSAC
|
Outcome
|
Battle of Fort Sumter
|
01861-04-12-0000April 12–14, 1861
|
South Carolina
|
A
|
Confederate victory: Beauregard takes Charleston Federal fort, first battle of American Civil War.
|
Battle of Sewell's Point
|
01861-05-18-0000May 18–19, 1861
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Union gunboats fight inconclusive battle with Confederate artillery.
|
Battle of Aquia Creek
|
01861-05-29-0000May 29 – June 1, 1861
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Confederate artillery hit by naval bombardment, later withdrawn.
|
Battle of Philippi (West Virginia)
|
01861-06-03-0000June 3, 1861
|
West Virginia
(Virginia
at the time)[upper-alpha 1]
|
D
|
Union victory: Union forces rout a small Confederate detachment in Western Virginia.
|
Battle of Big Bethel
|
01861-06-10-0000June 10, 1861
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Union attack on Confederate positions near a church repelled.
|
Battle of Boonville (Missouri)
|
01861-06-17-0000June 17, 1861
|
Missouri
|
C
|
Union victory: Union forces defeat pro-Confederate governor's Missouri State Guard.
|
Battle of Hoke's Run
|
01861-07-02-0000July 2, 1861
|
West Virginia
(Virginia
at the time)[upper-alpha 1]
|
D
|
Union victory: Robert Patterson defeats Jackson's Confederates but fails to capitalize on his victory.
|
Battle of Carthage
|
01861-07-05-0000July 5, 1861
|
Missouri
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Confederate victory in Missouri during U.S. Civil War.
|
Battle of Rich Mountain
|
01861-07-11-0000July 11, 1861
|
West Virginia
(Virginia
at the time)[upper-alpha 1]
|
B
|
Union victory: Confederate forces under Gen. George B. McClellan. One half surrenders; the other escapes.
|
Battle of Blackburn's Ford
|
01861-07-18-0000July 18, 1861
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Irvin McDowell's recon-in-force defeated at Manassas.
|
First Battle of Bull Run
or First Manassas
|
01861-07-21-0000July 21, 1861
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Confederate victory: McDowell loses to J.E. Johnston, Beauregard; Jackson named "Stonewall".
|
Battle of Wilson's Creek
|
01861-08-10-0000August 10, 1861
|
Missouri
|
A
|
Confederate victory: Union forces under Nathaniel Lyon and Samuel D. Sturgis lose to Confederates under Sterling Price and Benjamin McCulloch. Lyon is killed. First major battle west of the Mississippi.
|
Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes
|
01861-08-26-0000August 26, 1861
|
West Virginia
(Virginia
at the time)[upper-alpha 1]
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Confederates under John B. Floyd surprise and defeat Union forces under Erastus B. Tyler.
|
Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries
|
01861-08-28-0000August 28–29, 1861
|
North Carolina
|
C
|
Union victory: Union forces capture two North Carolina forts.
|
Battle of Dry Wood Creek
|
01861-09-02-0000September 2, 1861
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Union cavalry from Kansas defeated by Missouri State Guard.
|
Battle of Carnifex Ferry
|
01861-09-10-0000September 10, 1861
|
West Virginia
(Virginia
at the time)[upper-alpha 1]
|
B
|
Union victory: Confederates withdraw by night after several hours of fighting.
|
Battle of Cheat Mountain
|
01861-09-12-0000September 12–15, 1861
|
West Virginia
(Virginia
at the time)[upper-alpha 1]
|
B
|
Union victory: 300 Union troops withstand uncoordinated Confederate attacks.
|
First Battle of Lexington
|
01861-09-13-0000September 13–20, 1861
|
Missouri
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Union forces badly defeated by Missouri State Guard.
|
Battle of Liberty
|
01861-09-17-0000September 17, 1861
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Minor Missouri State Guard victory.
|
Battle of Barbourville
|
01861-09-19-0000September 19, 1861
|
Kentucky
|
D
|
Confederate victory:Zollicoffer raided a Federal recruitment camp and brought a counter-thrust.
|
Battle of Greenbrier River
|
01861-10-03-0000October 3, 1861
|
West Virginia
(Virginia
at the time)[upper-alpha 1]
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Confederates withdraw after inconclusive battle.
|
Battle of Santa Rosa Island
|
01861-10-09-0000October 9, 1861
|
Florida
|
C
|
Union victory: Union forces repel Confederate attempt to capture island.
|
Battle of Camp Wildcat
|
01861-10-21-0000October 21, 1861
|
Kentucky
|
C
|
Union victory: Confederates chased from Cumberland Gap
|
Battle of Fredericktown
|
01861-10-21-0000October 21, 1861
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Union victory: Missouri State Guard defeated.
|
Battle of Ball's Bluff
|
01861-10-21-0000October 21, 1861
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: 550 Union soldiers captured.
|
First Battle of Springfield
|
01861-10-25-0000October 25, 1861
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Union victory: Union forces capture town.
|
Battle of Belmont
|
01861-11-07-0000November 7, 1861
|
Missouri
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Grant captures and destroys Confederate supplies near Cairo, Illinois.
|
Battle of Ivy Mountain
|
01861-11-08-0000November 8, 1861
|
Kentucky
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Round Mountain
|
01861-11-19-0000November 19, 1861
|
Oklahoma
(Indian Territory
at the time)
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Opothleyahola's Unionist Creeks and Seminoles defeated near present-day Stillwater.
|
Battle of Chusto-Talasah
|
01861-12-09-0000December 9, 1861
|
Oklahoma
(Indian Territory
at the time)
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Opothleyahola defeated near present-day Tulsa.
|
Battle of Camp Allegheny
|
01861-12-13-0000December 13, 1861
|
West Virginia
(Virginia
at the time)[upper-alpha 1]
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Confederates withstand Union attack.
|
Battle of Rowlett's Station
|
01861-12-17-0000December 17, 1861
|
Kentucky
|
D
|
Inconclusive:
|
Battle of Dranesville
|
01861-12-20-0000December 20, 1861
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory: Union defeats Confederate forces under J.E.B. Stuart.
|
Battle of Chustenahlah
|
01861-12-26-0000December 26, 1861
|
Oklahoma
(Indian Territory
at the time)
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Opothleyahola defeated, flees to Kansas.
|
Battle of Mount Zion Church
|
01861-12-28-0000December 28, 1861
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Union victory: Union victory in Northeastern Missouri.
|
Battle of Cockpit Point
|
01862-01-03-0000January 3, 1862
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Inconclusive Civil War battle in Virginia.
|
Battle of Hancock
|
01862-01-05-0000January 5–6, 1862
|
Maryland
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Unsuccessful Confederate attack on Maryland town.
|
Battle of Roan's Tan Yard
|
01862-01-08-0000January 8, 1862
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederates routed.
|
Battle of Middle Creek
|
01862-01-10-0000January 10, 1862
|
Kentucky
|
C
|
Union victory: Union forces under James A. Garfield defeat Confederates under Humphrey Marshall.
|
Battle of Mill Springs
|
01862-01-19-0000January 19, 1862
|
Kentucky
|
B
|
Union victory: Felix Zollicoffer killed.
|
Battle of Fort Henry
|
01862-02-06-0000February 6, 1862
|
Tennessee
|
B
|
Union victory: Ulysses S. Grant and Foote's gunboats gain control of Tennessee River by defeating Lloyd Tilghman
|
Battle of Roanoke Island
|
01862-02-07-0000February 7–8, 1862
|
North Carolina
|
B
|
Union victory: Union forces under Ambrose E. Burnside capture island from Henry A. Wise
|
Battle of Fort Donelson
|
01862-02-11-0000February 11–16, 1862
|
Tennessee
|
A
|
Union victory: Confederate army under Simon Bolivar Buckner surrenders to Grant, Union gains control of Cumberland River
|
Battle of Valverde
|
01862-02-20-0000February 20–21, 1862
|
New Mexico
(New Mexico Territory
at the time)
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Union forces routed in New Mexico Territory.
|
Battle of Island Number Ten
(Battle of New Madrid)
|
01862-02-28-0000February 28 –
April 8, 1862
|
Missouri
|
A
|
Union victory: Union victory by Pope over John P. McCown.
|
Battle of Pea Ridge
|
01862-03-06-0000March 6–8, 1862
|
Arkansas
|
A
|
Union victory: Union victory by Samuel Ryan Curtis over Earl Van Dorn ensured continued Union control of Missouri.
|
Battle of Hampton Roads
|
01862-03-08-0000March 8–9, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Inconclusive: USS Monitor battles CSS Virginia, battle ends in a draw.
|
Battle of New Bern
|
01862-03-14-0000March 14, 1862
|
North Carolina
|
B
|
Union victory: Union troops disembark from ships and capture the town.
|
First Battle of Kernstown
|
01862-03-23-0000March 23, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Union forces defeat Confederates under "Stonewall" Jackson.
|
Battle of Fort Macon
|
01862-03-23-0000March 23 – April 26, 1862
|
North Carolina
|
C
|
Union victory: Confederate fort surrenders after Union artillery bombardment.
|
Battle of Glorieta Pass
|
01862-03-26-0000March 26–28, 1862
|
New Mexico
(New Mexico Territory
at the time)
|
A
|
Confederate tactical victory. Union strategic victory. Dubbed the "Gettysburg of the West".
|
Siege of Yorktown (1862)
(Battle of Yorktown)
|
01862-04-05-0000April 5 – May 4, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Inconclusive: Union troops win skirmish near site of decisive Revolutionary War battle.
|
Battle of Shiloh
|
01862-04-06-0000April 6–7, 1862
|
Tennessee
|
A
|
Union victory: Grant and reinforcements under Buell repulse Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard, but the Union lost more men.
|
Battle of Fort Pulaski
|
01862-04-10-0000April 10–11, 1862
|
Georgia
|
B
|
Union victory: Parrott rifle makes masonry forts obsolete.
|
Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip
|
01862-04-18-0000April 18–28, 1862
|
Louisiana
|
A
|
Union victory: Decisive battle for possession of New Orleans.
|
Battle of South Mills
|
01862-04-19-0000April 19, 1862
|
North Carolina
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Confederates thwart attempt to destroy a canal.
|
Capture of New Orleans
|
01862-04-25-0000April 25 – May 1, 1862
|
Louisiana
|
B
|
Union victory: Union forces capture city.
|
Siege of Corinth
|
01862-04-29-0000April 29 – May 30, 1862
|
Mississippi
|
A
|
Union victory: Union forces capture town, Beauregard tricks Union in order to escape to Tupelo.
|
Battle of Williamsburg
|
01862-05-05-0000May 5, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Inconclusive: McClellan and Longstreet fight inconclusive battle.
|
Battle of Eltham's Landing
|
01862-05-07-0000May 7, 1862
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Inconclusive Civil War battle in Virginia.
|
Battle of McDowell
|
01862-05-08-0000May 8, 1862
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Stonewall Jackson's Confederates defeat Union forces.
|
Battle of Drewry's Bluff
|
01862-05-15-0000May 15, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Union naval attack repelled by Confederate artillery.
|
Battle of Princeton Court House
|
01862-05-15-0000May 15–17, 1862
|
West Virginia
(Virginia
at the time)[upper-alpha 1]
|
C
|
Confederate victory:
|
Battle of Front Royal
|
01862-05-23-0000May 23, 1862
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Stonewall Jackson threatens the Union rear, forces their retreat.
|
First Battle of Winchester
|
01862-05-25-0000May 25, 1862
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Confederate victory: Stonewall Jackson defeats Nathaniel P. Banks.
|
Battle of Hanover Court House
|
01862-05-27-0000May 27, 1862
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory: Union victory during U.S. Civil War.
|
Battle of Seven Pines
|
01862-05-31-0000May 31 – June 1, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Inconclusive: J.E. Johnston attacks Union forces, wounded, inconclusive
|
Battle of Tranter's Creek
|
01862-06-05-0000June 5, 1862
|
North Carolina
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederate forces retreat after Colonel Singletary is killed.
|
Battle of Memphis
|
01862-06-06-0000June 6, 1862
|
Tennessee
|
B
|
Union victory: Union forces capture the city.
|
First Battle of Chattanooga
|
01862-06-07-0000June 7–8, 1862
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Union victory: Union forces bombard the town.
|
Battle of Cross Keys
|
01862-06-08-0000June 8, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: John C. Fremont defeated by elements of Stonewall Jackson's force.
|
Battle of Port Republic
|
01862-06-09-0000June 9, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Costly victory for Stonewall Jackson.
|
Battle of Secessionville
|
01862-06-16-0000June 16, 1862
|
South Carolina
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Union repulsed, Union commander later court-martialed for disobeying orders.
|
Battle of Saint Charles
|
01862-06-17-0000June 17, 1862
|
Arkansas
|
C
|
Union victory: The USS Mound City is hit by Confederate shore gun and explodes.
|
Battle of Simmon's Bluff
|
01862-06-21-0000June 21, 1862
|
South Carolina
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Oak Grove
|
01862-06-25-0000June 25, 1862
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive: (Seven Days) Indecisive battle between McClellan and Lee.
|
Battle of Beaver Dam Creek
|
01862-06-26-0000June 26, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: (Seven Days) Robert E. Lee defeated.
|
Battle of Gaines' Mill
|
01862-06-27-0000June 27, 1862
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Confederate victory: (Seven Days) Lee defeats McClellan.
|
Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm
|
01862-06-27-0000June 27–28, 1862
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive: (Seven Days) Indecisive battle between Lee and McClellan.
|
Battle of Savage's Station
|
01862-06-29-0000June 29, 1862
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive: (Seven Days) Union forces withdraw.
|
Battle of Tampa
|
01862-06-30-0000June 30 – July 1, 1862
|
Florida
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Union gunboat attacks, but later withdraws.
|
Battle of Glendale
|
01862-06-30-0000June 30, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Inconclusive: (Seven Days) McClellan retreats from Lee's Confederates.
|
Battle of White Oak Swamp
|
01862-06-30-0000June 30, 1862
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Indecisive artillery duel.
|
Battle of Malvern Hill
|
01862-07-01-0000July 1, 1862
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Union victory: (Seven Days) McClellan defeats Lee but withdraws after battle.
|
Battle of Cotton Plant
(Battle of Hill's Plantation)
|
01862-07-07-0000July 7, 1862
|
Arkansas
|
D
|
Union victory: Union victory in Arkansas.
|
First Battle of Murfreesboro
|
01862-07-13-0000July 13, 1862
|
Tennessee
|
C
|
Confederate victory.
|
Battle of Baton Rouge
|
01862-08-05-0000August 5, 1862
|
Louisiana
|
B
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Kirksville
|
01862-08-06-0000August 6–9, 1862
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Union victory: Union forces capture town.
|
First Battle of Donaldsonville
|
01862-08-09-0000August 9, 1862
|
Louisiana
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Cedar Mountain
|
01862-08-09-0000August 9, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Union forces repelled by Confederate counter-attack.
|
First Battle of Independence
|
01862-08-11-0000August 11, 1862
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Confederate victory near Kansas City.
|
Battle of Lone Jack
|
01862-08-15-0000August 15–16, 1862
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Confederate victory, Union commander killed. Rebels forced to withdraw after battle.
|
Battle of Fort Ridgely
|
01862-08-21-0000August 21–22, 1862
|
Minnesota
|
C
|
* Dakota War of 1862: Failed Santee Sioux attack on Union controlled fort.
|
First Battle of Rappahannock Station
|
01862-08-22-0000August 22–25, 1862
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Union supplies destroyed during skirmish.
|
Battle of Manassas Station Ops.
|
01862-08-25-0000August 25–27, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Jackson turns into Pope's rear area; destroys Manassas Station.
|
Second Battle of Bull Run
or Second Manassas
|
01862-08-28-0000August 28–30, 1862
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Confederate victory: Lee defeats Pope's Army of Virginia
|
Battle of Thoroughfare Gap
|
01862-08-28-0000August 28, 1862
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Longstreet defeats small Union force to arrive at Manassas battlefield.
|
Battle of Richmond (Kentucky)
|
01862-08-30-0000August 30, 1862
|
Kentucky
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Edmund Kirby Smith routs Union army under Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson.
|
Battle of Chantilly
|
01862-09-01-0000September 1, 1862
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Inconclusive: Union forces nearly being cut off, Isaac Stevens and Philip Kearny are killed.
|
Battle of Harpers Ferry
|
01862-09-12-0000September 12–15, 1862
|
West Virginia
(Virginia
at the time)[upper-alpha 1]
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Stonewall Jackson captures Union garrison under Dixon S. Miles
|
Battle of Munfordville
|
01862-09-14-0000September 14–17, 1862
|
Kentucky
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Union force surrenders.
|
Battle of South Mountain
|
01862-09-14-0000September 14, 1862
|
Maryland
|
B
|
Union victory: McClellan defeats Lee.
|
Battle of Antietam
|
01862-09-17-0000September 17, 1862
|
Maryland
|
A
|
Tactically inconclusive; strategic Union victory: McClellan ends Lee's invasion of North, bloodiest single day of the war.
|
Battle of Shepherdstown
|
01862-09-19-0000September 19–20, 1862
|
West Virginia
(Virginia
at the time)[upper-alpha 1]
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Confederate brigades counterattack and defeat pursuing Union brigades.
|
Battle of Iuka
|
01862-09-19-0000September 19, 1862
|
Mississippi
|
C
|
Union victory: Rosecrans is victorious over Price near Mississippi town.
|
Battle of Wood Lake
|
01862-09-23-0000September 23, 1862
|
Minnesota
|
C
|
* Dakota War of 1862: Overwhelming defeat of Santee Sioux forces during the Dakota War of 1862.
|
First Battle of Sabine Pass
|
01862-09-24-0000September 24, 1862
|
Texas
|
C
|
Union victory:
|
First Battle of Newtonia
|
01862-09-30-0000September 30, 1862
|
Missouri
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Union forces panic under bombardment from Confederate artillery.
|
Battle of Saint John's Bluff
|
01862-10-01-0000October 1–3, 1862
|
Florida
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Second Battle of Corinth
(Battle of Corinth)
|
01862-10-03-0000October 3–4, 1862
|
Mississippi
|
B
|
Union victory: Confederate attack fails.
|
Battle of Galveston Harbor (1862)
(First Battle of Galveston)
|
01862-10-04-0000October 4, 1862
|
Texas
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Hatchie's Bridge
|
01862-10-05-0000October 5, 1862
|
Tennessee
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Confederate force under Earl Van Dorn escapes across river.
|
Battle of Perryville
|
01862-10-08-0000October 8, 1862
|
Kentucky
|
A
|
Inconclusive: Tactical indecisive battle that ended Bragg's Kentucky campaign.
|
Battle of Old Fort Wayne
|
01862-10-22-0000October 22, 1862
|
Oklahoma
(Indian Territory
at the time)
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Georgia Landing
|
01862-10-27-0000October 27, 1862
|
Louisiana
|
C
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Clark's Mill
|
01862-11-07-0000November 7, 1862
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Union force surrenders to larger Confederate force.
|
Battle of Cane Hill
|
01862-11-28-0000November 28, 1862
|
Arkansas
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Small Confederate force delays Union while larger force escapes.
|
Battle of Prairie Grove
|
01862-12-07-0000December 7, 1862
|
Arkansas
|
B
|
Union victory: Union secures NW Arkansas.
|
Battle of Hartsville
|
01862-12-07-0000December 7, 1862
|
Tennessee
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Disguised in Union uniforms, Confederates infiltrate and defeat Union forces.
|
Battle of Fredericksburg
|
01862-12-13-0000December 13, 1862
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Confederate victory: Lee beats back repeated frontal assaults by Burnside.
|
Battle of Kinston
|
01862-12-14-0000December 14, 1862
|
North Carolina
|
D
|
Union victory: Union forces under Nathan Evans.
|
Battle of White Hall
|
01862-12-16-0000December 16, 1862
|
North Carolina
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Foster fights indecisive battle with Beverly Robertson.
|
Battle of Goldsboro Bridge
|
01862-12-17-0000December 17, 1862
|
North Carolina
|
C
|
Union victory: Foster defeats Confederates and destroys the bridge.
|
Battle of Jackson, Tennessee
|
01862-12-19-0000December 19, 1862
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederate feint to distract Union forces.
|
Battle of Chickasaw Bayou
|
01862-12-26-0000December 26–29, 1862
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Mississippi
|
B
|
Confederate victory: (Vicksburg Campaign) Pemberton defeats Sherman; Union attack on Confederate right flank thwarted.
|
Battle of Parker's Cross Roads
|
01862-12-31-0000December 31, 1862
|
Tennessee
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Confederates repel Union double-pronged assault.
|
Battle of Stones River
(Second Battle of Murfreesboro)
|
01862-12-31-0000December 31, 1862 –
January 2, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
A
|
Inconclusive: Forces fight to draw/Bragg retreats
|
Battle of Galveston
(Second Battle of Galveston)
|
01863-01-01-0000January 1, 1863
|
Texas
|
B
|
Confederate victory: John B. Magruder expels occupying Union troops from Galveston, Texas.
|
Second Battle of Springfield
|
01863-01-08-0000January 8, 1863
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederates enter town, but are unable to take nearby fort.
|
Battle of Fort Hindman (Battle of Arkansas Post)
|
01863-01-09-0000January 9, 1863
|
Arkansas
|
C
|
Union victory: Part of Vicksburg Campaign, fight for control of mouth of Arkansas River.
|
Battle of Hartville
|
01863-01-09-0000January 9–11, 1863
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Confederates are victorious, but unable to continue raid.
|
Bear River Massacre
|
01863-01-29-0000January 29, 1863
|
Idaho
(Washington Territory
at the time)
|
C
|
* Indian Wars: Shoshone forces massacred by Union troops.
|
Battle of Dover
|
01863-02-03-0000February 3, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Union victory: Failed Confederate attack on town.
|
Battle of Fort McAllister (1863)
|
01863-03-05-0000March 5, 1863
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Confederate victory:
|
Battle of Thompson's Station
|
01863-03-05-0000March 5, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
C
|
Confederate victory:
|
Battle of Fort Anderson
|
01863-03-13-0000March 13–15, 1863
|
North Carolina
|
D
|
Union victory: Daniel H. Hill leads unsuccessful Confederate attack on New Bern.
|
Battle of Kelly's Ford
|
01863-03-17-0000March 17, 1863
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Indecisive cavalry battle during Civil War.
|
Battle of Vaught's Hill
|
01863-03-20-0000March 20, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Union victory: Union forces withstand attack by Battle of Brentwood
|
01863-03-25-0000March 25, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Union force surrenders.
|
Battle of Washington, NC
|
01863-03-30-0000March 30 – April 20, 1863
|
North Carolina
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Hill unable to take North Carolina town from Union forces.
|
First Battle of Charleston Harbor
|
01863-04-07-0000April 7, 1863
|
South Carolina
|
C
|
Confederate victory:
|
Battle of Franklin (1863)
|
01863-04-10-0000April 10, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederates withdraw after rearguard defeat.
|
Battle of Suffolk (Hill's Point)
(Battle of Fort Huger)
|
01863-04-11-0000April 11 – May 4, 1863
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive
|
Battle of Suffolk (Norfleet House);
Siege of Suffolk
|
01863-04-11-0000April 11 – May 4, 1863
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Twin battles fought over Suffolk.
|
Battle of Fort Bisland
|
01863-04-12-0000April 12–13, 1863
|
Louisiana
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Irish Bend
|
01863-04-14-0000April 14, 1863
|
Louisiana
|
C
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Vermillion Bayou
|
01863-04-17-0000April 17, 1863
|
Louisiana
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Cape Girardeau
|
01863-04-26-0000April 26, 1863
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederate attack fails.
|
Battle of Grand Gulf
|
01863-04-29-0000April 29, 1863
|
Mississippi
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Unsuccessful naval attack by Grant's forces.
|
Battle of Snyder's Bluff
|
01863-04-29-0000April 29 – May 1, 1863
|
Mississippi
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Union feint during Vicksburg Campaign.
|
Battle of Day's Gap
|
01863-04-30-0000April 30, 1863
|
Alabama
|
C
|
Union victory: Union victory during a raid in Alabama.
|
Battle of Chancellorsville
|
01863-04-30-0000April 30 – May 6, 1863
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Confederate victory: Lee defeats Hooker's Army of Potomac, Jackson mortally wounded.
|
Battle of Port Gibson
|
01863-05-01-0000May 1, 1863
|
Mississippi
|
B
|
Union victory: in Vicksburg campaign, Grant defeats Confederates
|
Battle of Chalk Bluff
|
01863-05-01-0000May 1–2, 1863
|
Arkansas
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Confederates win but can't continue raid.
|
Second Battle of Fredericksburg
|
01863-05-03-0000May 3, 1863
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Union forces under John Sedgwick defeat Confederate forces left to guard the town by Lee.
|
Battle of Salem Church
|
01863-05-03-0000May 3–4, 1863
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Lee defeats Sedgwick.
|
Battle of Raymond
|
01863-05-12-0000May 12, 1863
|
Mississippi
|
B
|
Union victory: Failed Confederate attempt to protect Vicksburg from approaching Federals.
|
Battle of Jackson, Mississippi
|
01863-05-14-0000May 14, 1863
|
Mississippi
|
B
|
Union victory: Sherman, McPherson defeat Johnston
|
Battle of Champion Hill
|
01863-05-16-0000May 16, 1863
|
Mississippi
|
A
|
Union victory: Grant defeats Pemberton.
|
Battle of Big Black River Bridge
|
01863-05-17-0000May 17, 1863
|
Mississippi
|
B
|
Union victory: Confederate forces trapped in Vicksburg.
|
Siege of Vicksburg
|
01863-05-18-0000May 18 – July 4, 1863
|
Mississippi
|
A
|
Union victory: the siege ends; Grant accepts surrender of second Confederate army under Pemberton.
|
Battle of Plains Store
|
01863-05-21-0000May 21, 1863
|
Louisiana
|
C
|
Union victory: Union victory near Baton Rouge.
|
Siege of Port Hudson
|
01863-05-21-0000May 21 – July 9, 1863
|
Louisiana
|
A
|
Union victory: last Confederate stronghold on Mississippi surrenders; Gardner surrenders to Banks.
|
Battle of Milliken's Bend
|
01863-06-07-0000June 7, 1863
|
Louisiana
|
C
|
Union victory: In the largest battle fought between Confederate and Black troops, after nearly two days of close combat, the Confederates were defeated in their attempt to raise the siege of Vicksburg.
|
Battle of Brandy Station
|
01863-06-09-0000June 9, 1863
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Inconclusive: Pleasonton surprises J.E.B. Stuart's cavalrymen in their camps near Brandy Station.
|
Second Battle of Winchester
|
01863-06-13-0000June 13–15, 1863
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Confederate victory paves way for Lee's invasion of the North.
|
Battle of Aldie
|
01863-06-17-0000June 17, 1863
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Indecisive battle during Robert E. Lee's march north.
|
Battle of Middleburg
|
01863-06-17-0000June 17–19, 1863
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive: J.E.B. Stuart retreats from engagement with Union cavalry.
|
Battle of LaFourche Crossing
|
01863-06-20-0000June 20–21, 1863
|
Louisiana
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Upperville
|
01863-06-21-0000June 21, 1863
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Indecisive cavalry battle during Lee's invasion.
|
Battle of Hoover's Gap
|
01863-06-24-0000June 24–26, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
C
|
Union victory: Union victory prevents Confederates in Tennessee from coming to the aid of Vicksburg.
|
Second Battle of Donaldsonville
|
01863-06-28-0000June 28, 1863
|
Louisiana
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Goodrich's Landing
|
01863-06-29-0000June 29–30, 1863
|
Louisiana
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Confederates drive Union Black Regiments off of several plantations.
|
Battle of Hanover
|
01863-06-30-0000June 30, 1863
|
Pennsylvania
|
C
|
Inconclusive: J.E.B. Stuart forced to change his route, delaying his efforts to unite with Lee's force outside Gettysburg.
|
Battle of Cabin Creek
|
01863-07-01-0000July 1–2, 1863
|
Oklahoma
(Indian Territory
at the time)
|
C
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Gettysburg
|
01863-07-01-0000July 1–3, 1863
|
Pennsylvania
|
A
|
Union victory: Lee loses to Meade, Pickett's Charge fails, ends second invasion of North. Confederate army arrived in Gettysburg to resupply army, unaware of Union army nearby.
|
Battle of Helena
|
01863-07-04-0000July 4, 1863
|
Arkansas
|
B
|
Union victory: Confederate assault on river port fails securing eastern Arkansas for Union.
|
Battle of Williamsport
|
01863-07-06-0000July 6–16, 1863
|
Maryland
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Meade and Lee fight indecisive battle.
|
Battle of Boonsboro
|
01863-07-08-0000July 8, 1863
|
Maryland
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Indecisive action at rearguard of Lee's retreat.
|
Battle of Corydon
|
01863-07-09-0000July 9, 1863
|
Indiana
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Confederate raid results in civilian casualties, including a Lutheran minister.
|
Battle of Fort Wagner
|
01863-07-11-0000July 11, 1863
|
South Carolina
|
D
|
Confederate victory: first of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner.
|
Battle of Kock's Plantation
|
01863-07-12-0000July 12–13, 1863
|
Louisiana
|
C
|
Confederate victory:
|
Battle of Grimball's Landing
|
01863-07-16-0000July 16, 1863
|
South Carolina
|
D
|
Inconclusive:
|
Battle of Honey Springs
|
01863-07-17-0000July 17, 1863
|
Oklahoma
(Indian Territory
at the time)
|
B
|
Union victory: In Indian Territory, two largely Black and American Indian forces meet. Union victory.
|
Second Battle of Fort Wagner
(Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island)
|
01863-07-18-0000July 18, 1863
|
South Carolina
|
B
|
Confederate victory: second of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner fails, heroism of the 54th Massachusetts.
|
Battle of Buffington Island
|
01863-07-19-0000July 19, 1863
|
Ohio
|
C
|
Union Victory:
|
Battle of Manassas Gap
|
01863-07-23-0000July 23, 1863
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Indecisive battle by day, Confederates withdraw by night.
|
Battle of Big Mound
|
01863-07-24-0000July 24–25, 1863
|
North Dakota
(Dakota Territory
at the time)
|
C
|
* Dakota War of 1862: Union forces defeat Santee and Teton Sioux forces.
|
Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake
|
01863-07-26-0000July 26, 1863
|
North Dakota
(Dakota Territory
at the time)
|
D
|
* Sioux Wars/Dakota War of 1862: Sibley defeats Sioux forces.
|
Battle of Salineville
|
01863-07-26-0000July 26, 1863
|
Ohio
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan surrenders in Ohio. The northernmost battle in the Civil War.
|
Battle of Stony Lake
|
01863-07-28-0000July 28, 1863
|
North Dakota
(Dakota Territory
at the time)
|
D
|
* Dakota War of 1862: Sioux forces escape Union forces in pursuit.
|
Second Battle of Fort Sumter
|
01863-08-17-0000August 17 –
September 9, 1863
|
South Carolina
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Union's massive bombardment and naval attack fails to retake the fort.
|
Second Battle of Charleston Harbor
|
01863-08-17-0000August 17 –
September 8, 1863
|
South Carolina
|
B
|
Inconclusive:
|
Second Battle of Chattanooga
|
01863-08-21-0000August 21 –
September 8, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Union victory: Union captures town.
|
Lawrence Massacre
(Quantrill's Raid)
|
01863-08-23-0000August 23, 1863
|
Kansas
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Quantrill's Raiders pillage the city.
|
Battle of Devil's Backbone
|
01863-09-01-0000September 1, 1863
|
Arkansas
|
C
|
Union victory: Union victory after heavy fighting.
|
Battle of Whitestone Hill
|
01863-09-03-0000September 3–5, 1863
|
North Dakota
(Dakota Territory
at the time)
|
D
|
* Sioux Wars/Dakota War of 1862: Union forces defeat several American Indian tribes including the Sioux and Blackfeet.
|
Second Battle of Sabine Pass
|
01863-09-08-0000September 8, 1863
|
Texas
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Confederate forces place stakes in river to help aim their guns at Union ships.
|
Battle of Bayou Fourche
|
01863-09-10-0000September 10, 1863
|
Arkansas
|
B
|
Union victory: Union victory allows for capture of Little Rock.
|
Battle of Davis's Cross Roads
|
01863-09-10-0000September 10–11, 1863
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Union victory: Union forces establish defensive positions prior to Chickamauga.
|
Battle of Chickamauga
|
01863-09-19-0000September 19–20, 1863
|
Georgia
|
A
|
Confederate victory: Bragg defeats Rosecrans, George Thomas of US anointed "The Rock of Chickamauga"
|
Battle of Blountville
(Battle of Blountsville)
|
01863-09-22-0000September 22, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Union victory: Union forces capture town.
|
Battle of Stirling's Plantation
|
01863-09-29-0000September 29, 1863
|
Louisiana
|
D
|
Confederate victory:
|
Battle of Baxter Springs
|
01863-10-06-0000October 6, 1863
|
Kansas
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Quantrill's Raiders massacre Union Black Troops during U.S. Civil War.
|
Battle of Blue Springs
|
01863-10-10-0000October 10, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederate forces overrun.
|
First Battle of Auburn
|
01863-10-13-0000October 13, 1863
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Union victory: J.E.B. Stuart escapes by hiding in a ravine.
|
Battle of Bristoe Station
|
01863-10-14-0000October 14, 1863
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Meade defeats elements of Lee's forces, but Confederates destroy railroad during retreat.
|
Second Battle of Auburn
|
01863-10-14-0000October 14, 1863
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Confederates attack Union rearguard, indecisive.
|
Battle of Fort Brooke
|
01863-10-16-0000October 16–18, 1863
|
Florida
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Buckland Mills
|
01863-10-19-0000October 19, 1863
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Union cavalry caught in ambush, defeated.
|
Battle of Pine Bluff
|
01863-10-25-0000October 25, 1863
|
Arkansas
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederate attack fails.
|
Battle of Wauhatchie
|
01863-10-28-0000October 28–29, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
B
|
Union victory: Longstreet defeated by Union forces.
|
Battle of Collierville
|
01863-11-03-0000November 3, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Union victory: Abortive Confederate attack on the town.
|
Battle of Droop Mountain
|
01863-11-06-0000November 6, 1863
|
West Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory:
|
Second Battle of Rappahannock Station
|
01863-11-07-0000November 7, 1863
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Union forces surge across river, forcing Lee to retreat.
|
Battle of Campbell's Station
|
01863-11-16-0000November 16, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederate double-envelopment attempt fails.
|
Chattanooga Campaign
|
01863-11-23-0000November 23–25, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
A
|
Union victory: Grant defeats Braxton Bragg and relieves Union forces besieged in Chattanooga.
|
Battle of Mine Run
|
01863-11-27-0000November 27 –
December 2, 1863
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Inconclusive: Meade bombards Lee's Confederates but then withdraws.
|
Battle of Ringgold Gap
|
01863-11-27-0000November 27, 1863
|
Georgia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Confederates under Patrick Cleburne defeat Union forces under Joseph Hooker.
|
Battle of Fort Sanders
|
01863-11-29-0000November 29, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
B
|
Union victory: Longstreet unable to take fort due to poor quality gunpowder.
|
Battle of Bean's Station
|
01863-12-14-0000December 14, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Union forces withdraw a short distance.
|
Battle of Mossy Creek
|
01863-12-29-0000December 29, 1863
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederate cavalry forced back.
|
Battle of Dandridge
|
01864-01-17-0000January 17, 1864
|
Tennessee
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Union forces withdraw.
|
Battle of Athens
|
01864-01-26-0000January 26, 1864
|
Alabama
|
D
|
Union victory: Union victory in Northern Alabama.
|
Battle of Fair Garden
|
01864-01-27-0000January 27, 1864
|
Tennessee
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Union victory followed by withdrawal.
|
Battle of Morton's Ford
|
01864-02-06-0000February 6–7, 1864
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Diversionary Union attack.
|
Battle of Middle Boggy Depot
|
01864-02-13-0000February 13, 1864
|
Oklahoma
(Indian Territory
at the time)
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Meridian
|
01864-02-14-0000February 14–20, 1864
|
Mississippi
|
C
|
Union victory: Sherman occupies town.
|
Battle of Olustee
|
01864-02-20-0000February 20, 1864
|
Florida
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Union fail to take Florida.
|
Battle of Okolona
|
01864-02-22-0000February 22, 1864
|
Mississippi
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Confederate cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, routed 7,000 cavalry under the command of Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith.
|
First Battle of Dalton
|
01864-02-22-0000February 22–27, 1864
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: After several days of intense skirmishing, Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's troops could repel any assault. However, the intelligence garnered from the Battle of Dalton helped pave the way for a Union victory in the summer.
|
Battle of Walkerton
|
01864-03-02-0000March 2, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: controversy surrounding the Dahlgren Affair.
|
Battle of Fort De Russy
|
01864-03-12-0000March 12–14, 1864
|
Louisiana
|
B
|
Union victory: Fort DeRussy fell and the Red River to Alexandria was open.
|
Battle of Paducah
|
01864-03-25-0000March 25, 1864
|
Kentucky
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Confederate raid by Forrest successful.
|
Battle of Elkin's Ferry
|
01864-04-03-0000April 3–4, 1864
|
Arkansas
|
C
|
Union victory: Confederates unable to prevent Union river crossing.
|
Battle of Mansfield
|
01864-04-08-0000April 8, 1864
|
Louisiana
|
A
|
Confederate victory: Banks Union Red River Campaign halted by the Confederates.
|
Battle of Prairie D'Ane
|
01864-04-09-0000April 9–13, 1864
|
Arkansas
|
B
|
Union victory: Frederick Steele defeats Sterling Price.
|
Battle of Pleasant Hill
|
01864-04-09-0000April 9, 1864
|
Louisiana
|
B
|
Union victory: Confederate attack fails.
|
Battle of Fort Pillow
|
01864-04-12-0000April 12, 1864
|
Tennessee
|
B
|
Confederate victory: N.B. Forrest takes fort, massacres black soldiers.
|
Battle of Blair's Landing
|
01864-04-12-0000April 12–13, 1864
|
Louisiana
|
C
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Plymouth
|
01864-04-17-0000April 17, 1864
|
North Carolina
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Confederate land forces, supported by naval ram, retake two Union forts near Plymouth, North Carolina.
|
Battle of Poison Spring
|
01864-04-18-0000April 18, 1864
|
Arkansas
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas, black troops massacred.
|
Battle of Monett's Ferry
|
01864-04-23-0000April 23, 1864
|
Louisiana
|
C
|
Union victory: Confederate forces driven back.
|
Battle of Marks' Mills
|
01864-04-25-0000April 25, 1864
|
Arkansas
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas.
|
Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
|
01864-04-30-0000April 30, 1864
|
Arkansas
|
C
|
Union victory: Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas.
|
Battle of Albemarle Sound
|
01864-05-05-0000May 5, 1864
|
North Carolina
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Indecisive naval battle during U.S. Civil War.
|
Battle of the Wilderness
|
01864-05-05-0000May 5–7, 1864
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Inconclusive: Grant and Lee meet inconclusively.
|
Battle of Port Walthall Junction
|
01864-05-06-0000May 6–7, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory: Union forces destroy railroad
|
Battle of Rocky Face Ridge
|
01864-05-07-0000May 7–13, 1864
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Union victory: Due to a flanking movement by Union troops under Atlanta.
|
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House
|
01864-05-08-0000May 8–21, 1864
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Inconclusive: Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Grant writes to Halleck "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer".
|
Battle of Swift Creek
|
01864-05-09-0000May 9, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Union forces damage railroad, but are stopped by Confederate forces.
|
Battle of Cloyd's Mountain
|
01864-05-09-0000May 9, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory: Union victory, Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins killed.
|
Battle of Chester Station
|
01864-05-10-0000May 10, 1864
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Union forces under Benjamin Butler pushed back.
|
Battle of Cove Mountain
|
01864-05-10-0000May 10, 1864
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Union victory: Union victory after brief battle.
|
Battle of Yellow Tavern
|
01864-05-11-0000May 11, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory: Union forces win cavalry battle, J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded.
|
Battle of Proctor's Creek
|
01864-05-12-0000May 12–16, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Beauregard defeats Butler.
|
Battle of Resaca
|
01864-05-13-0000May 13, 1864
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Sherman defeats Johnston
|
Battle of New Market
|
01864-05-15-0000May 15, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Confederate forces halt Union army under Franz Sigel from advance up the Shenandoah Valley.
|
Battle of Mansura
|
01864-05-16-0000May 16, 1864
|
Louisiana
|
C
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Adairsville
|
01864-05-17-0000May 17, 1864
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Union victory: Failed Confederate attempt to destroy part of the Union force approaching Atlanta.
|
Battle of Yellow Bayou
|
01864-05-18-0000May 18, 1864
|
Louisiana
|
C
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Ware Bottom Church
|
01864-05-20-0000May 20, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Beauregard boxes Butler in.
|
Battle of North Anna
|
01864-05-23-0000May 23–26, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Inconclusive: Lee outmaneuvers Grant, but because of illness, he is unable to capitalize.
|
Battle of Wilson's Wharf
|
01864-05-24-0000May 24, 1864
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederates under Fitzhugh Lee defeated by two Union black regiments.
|
Battle of New Hope Church
|
01864-05-25-0000May 25–26, 1864
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Hooker's forces defeated.
|
Battle of Dallas (Georgia)
|
01864-05-26-0000May 26 – June 4, 1864
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Union victory: Confederate withdrawal in Georgia.
|
Battle of Pickett's Mill
|
01864-05-27-0000May 27, 1864
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Unsuccessful attack by Sherman on Johnston.
|
Battle of Haw's Shop
|
01864-05-28-0000May 28, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory: Union advance halted.
|
Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
|
01864-05-28-0000May 28–30, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Inconclusive: Union forces pushed back.
|
Battle of Old Church
|
01864-05-30-0000May 30, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory: Union forces drive Confederates back to Cold Harbor.
|
Battle of Cold Harbor
|
01864-05-31-0000May 31 –
June 12, 1864
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Confederate victory: Lee repulses Grant, Confederate general says "This is not war, this is murder".
|
Battle of Piedmont
|
01864-06-05-0000June 5, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Union forces under David Hunter defeat Confederate defenses on march to Staunton, Virginia, upper Shenandoah Valley.
|
Battle of Old River Lake
|
01864-06-06-0000June 6, 1864
|
Arkansas
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Marietta
|
01864-06-06-0000June 6 – July 3, 1864
|
Georgia
|
B
|
Union victory: Sherman defeats Johnston.
|
First Battle of Petersburg
|
01864-06-09-0000June 9, 1864
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Beauregard defeats Butler.
|
Battle of Brice's Crossroads
|
01864-06-10-0000June 10, 1864
|
Mississippi
|
B
|
Confederate victory: N.B. Forrest routs Union force almost three times as large.
|
Battle of Cynthiana
|
01864-06-11-0000June 11–12, 1864
|
Kentucky
|
C
|
Union victory: Union Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan. Most Confederate soldiers were casualties, though Morgan escaped.
|
Battle of Trevilian Station
|
01864-06-11-0000June 11–12, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Confederate victory, George Armstrong Custer nearly surrounded and has to be rescued by Sheridan.
|
Second Battle of Petersburg
|
01864-06-15-0000June 15–18, 1864
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Confederate victory: Lee repulses Grant at back door to Richmond.
|
Battle of Lynchburg
|
01864-06-17-0000June 17–18, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Fake Confederate reinforcements lead to Union retreat.
|
Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road
|
01864-06-21-0000June 21–24, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Inconclusive: Union siege lines extended for Siege of Petersburg.
|
Battle of Kolb's Farm
|
01864-06-22-0000June 22, 1864
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Union victory: Confederate attack fails due to poor terrain conditions.
|
Battle of Saint Mary's Church
|
01864-06-24-0000June 24, 1864
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Union forces fight a successful delaying action.
|
Battle of Staunton River Bridge
|
01864-06-25-0000June 25, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory:
|
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
|
01864-06-27-0000June 27, 1864
|
Georgia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Johnston repulses Sherman.
|
Battle of Sappony Church
|
01864-06-28-0000June 28, 1864
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Confederate victory:
|
First Battle of Ream's Station
|
01864-06-29-0000June 29, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Maj. Gen. William Mahone and Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee defeated Union cavalry raiding Confederate railroads south of Petersburg, Virginia.
|
Battle of Monocacy
(Battle of Monocacy Junction)
|
01864-07-09-0000July 9, 1864
|
Maryland
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Union Gen. Lew Wallace slows up Jubal Early, saving DC.
|
Battle of Fort Stevens
|
01864-07-11-0000July 11–12, 1864
|
District of Columbia
|
B
|
Union victory: Failed Confederate attempt to capture Washington, D.C., President Lincoln, observing the battle, comes under Confederate fire.
|
Battle of Tupelo
|
01864-07-14-0000July 14–15, 1864
|
Mississippi
|
B
|
Union victory: Nathan Bedford Forrest
|
Battle of Cool Spring
|
01864-07-18-0000July 18–19, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory:
|
Battle of Peachtree Creek
|
01864-07-20-0000July 20, 1864
|
Georgia
|
B
|
Union victory: (Atlanta Campaign) First Confederate attack against Union forces north of Atlanta fails.
|
Battle of Rutherford's Farm
|
01864-07-20-0000July 20, 1864
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederates under Jubal Early caught by surprise and defeated.
|
Battle of Atlanta
|
01864-07-22-0000July 22, 1864
|
Georgia
|
B
|
Union victory: (Atlanta Campaign) Sherman turns back Hood's attack east of Atlanta.
|
Second Battle of Kernstown
|
01864-07-24-0000July 24, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Jubal Early defeats Union forces.
|
First Battle of Deep Bottom
|
01864-07-27-0000July 27–29, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory:
|
Battle of Ezra Church
|
01864-07-28-0000July 28, 1864
|
Georgia
|
B
|
Union victory: (Atlanta Campaign) Confederate attack on Union army northwest of Atlanta fails to gain element of surprise, finding entrenched Union forces. Union victory.
|
Battle of Killdeer Mountain
|
01864-07-28-0000July 28–29, 1864
|
North Dakota
(Dakota Territory
at the time)
|
C
|
* Sioux Wars/Dakota War of 1862: Union forces defeat Sioux.
|
Battle of the Crater
|
01864-07-30-0000July 30, 1864
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Confederate victory: Lee defeats Burnside.
|
Battle of Folck's Mill
|
01864-08-01-0000August 1, 1864
|
Maryland
|
D
|
Inconclusive: Indecisive Civil War battle.
|
Battle of Mobile Bay
|
01864-08-02-0000August 2–23, 1864
|
Alabama
|
A
|
Union victory: David Farragut takes port, says "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead".
|
Battle of Utoy Creek
|
01864-08-05-0000August 5–7, 1864
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Inconclusive: (Atlanta Campaign) Indecisive battle on Union right flank near Atlanta.
|
Battle of Moorefield
|
01864-08-07-0000August 7, 1864
|
West Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory:
|
Second Battle of Dalton
|
01864-08-14-0000August 14–15, 1864
|
Georgia
|
D
|
Union victory: Union forces withstand attack until relieved.
|
Second Battle of Deep Bottom
|
01864-08-14-0000August 14–20, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: The Confederates drove back the Union threat, but at a cost of diluting their forces as the Union had hoped.
|
Battle of Guard Hill
|
01864-08-16-0000August 16, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive:
|
Battle of Globe Tavern
|
01864-08-18-0000August 18–21, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Confederate forces lose control of railroads at Petersburg.
|
Battle of Lovejoy's Station
|
01864-08-20-0000August 20, 1864
|
Georgia
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Confederates repel Union raiders attacking the station.
|
Second Battle of Memphis
|
01864-08-21-0000August 21, 1864
|
Tennessee
|
C
|
Union victory: Partially successful Confederate raid.
|
Battle of Summit Point
|
01864-08-21-0000August 21, 1864
|
West Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive:
|
Second Battle of Ream's Station
|
01864-08-25-0000August 25, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Union lines overrun by Confederates.
|
Battle of Smithfield Crossing
|
01864-08-25-0000August 25–29, 1864
|
West Virginia
|
D
|
Inconclusive:
|
Battle of Jonesborough
|
01864-08-31-0000August 31 –
September 1, 1864
|
Georgia
|
A
|
Union victory: William J. Hardee's Confederates defeated, resulting in Atlanta's fall the following day.
|
Battle of Berryville
|
01864-09-03-0000September 3–4, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive: At the same time Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early sent Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw's division to attack Colonel Joseph Thoburn's division of the VIII Corps, and Kershaw initially routed Thoburn's left flank. Darkness ended the fighting. The next morning, Early, seeing the strength of the Union's entrenched line, retreated behind Opequon Creek.
|
Battle of Opequon
(Third Battle of Winchester)
|
01864-09-19-0000September 19, 1864
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Union victory: Sheridan defeats Early, several officers killed or wounded on both sides.
|
Battle of Fisher's Hill
|
01864-09-02-0000September 2–22, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Successful Union frontal assault.
|
Battle of Fort Davidson
|
01864-09-27-0000September 27, 1864
|
Missouri
|
B
|
Union victory: Union forces detonate their own fort after losing to Confederates.
|
Battle of Chaffin's Farm
(New Market Heights)
|
01864-09-29-0000September 29–30, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Union forces victorious, but fail to capture several forts.
|
Battle of Peebles' Farm
|
01864-09-30-0000September 30 – October 2, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Union victory near Petersburg.
|
First Battle of Saltville
|
01864-10-01-0000October 1–3, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Confederates defeat Union Black Cavalry, war crimes committed against captured blacks.
|
Battle of Allatoona
|
01864-10-05-0000October 5, 1864
|
Georgia
|
B
|
Union victory: Union fortifications hold.
|
Battle of Darbytown and New Market
|
01864-10-07-0000October 7, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Tom's Brook
|
01864-10-09-0000October 9, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory: Union cavalry defeats Confederates.
|
Battle of Darbytown Road
|
01864-10-13-0000October 13, 1864
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Federal assault on Confederate fortifications repulsed with heavy casualties.
|
Battle of Glasgow
|
01864-10-15-0000October 15, 1864
|
Missouri
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Union forces surrender.
|
Second Battle of Lexington
|
01864-10-19-0000October 19, 1864
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Union forces driven out of town.
|
Battle of Cedar Creek
|
01864-10-19-0000October 19, 1864
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Union victory: Sheridan defeats Early, drives Confederates from Shenandoah Valley.
|
Battle of Little Blue River
|
01864-10-21-0000October 21, 1864
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Confederate victory in Missouri.
|
Battle of Byram's Ford
|
01864-10-22-0000October 22–23, 1864
|
Missouri
|
B
|
Union victory: Confederates under Marmaduke defeated.
|
Second Battle of Independence
|
01864-10-22-0000October 22, 1864
|
Missouri
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Union forces occupy town.
|
Battle of Westport
|
01864-10-23-0000October 23, 1864
|
Missouri
|
A
|
Union victory: Union forces win decisive battle to take control of Missouri.
|
Battle of Marais des Cygnes
|
01864-10-25-0000October 25, 1864
|
Kansas
|
C
|
Union victory: Price's Confederates pursued into Kansas.
|
Battle of Mine Creek
|
01864-10-25-0000October 25, 1864
|
Kansas
|
C
|
Union victory: Price's army crushed, flees back into Missouri.
|
Battle of Marmiton River
|
01864-10-25-0000October 25, 1864
|
Missouri
|
D
|
Union victory: Price escapes Union pursuit.
|
Battle of Decatur
|
01864-10-26-0000October 26–29, 1864
|
Alabama
|
C
|
Union victory: Confederates unable to cross river.
|
Battle of Boydton Plank Road
|
01864-10-27-0000October 27–28, 1864
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Inconclusive: Union forces take control of road, but withdraw after battle.
|
Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road
|
01864-10-27-0000October 27–28, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory:
|
Second Battle of Newtonia
|
01864-10-28-0000October 28, 1864
|
Missouri
|
B
|
Union victory: James G. Blunt defeats Joseph O. Shelby.
|
Battle of Johnsonville
|
01864-11-04-0000November 4–5, 1864
|
Tennessee
|
B
|
Confederate victory: Confederates bombard Union forces during the night after a fire starts near union positions.
|
Battle of Bull's Gap
|
01864-11-11-0000November 11–13, 1864
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Minor Confederate victory during U.S. Civil War.
|
Battle of Griswoldville
|
01864-11-22-0000November 22, 1864
|
Georgia
|
B
|
Union victory: Sherman's march to the sea continued.
|
Battle of Columbia
|
01864-11-24-0000November 24, 1864
|
Tennessee
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Confederates divert attention.
|
Battle of Buck Head Creek
|
01864-11-28-0000November 28, 1864
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Spring Hill
|
01864-11-29-0000November 29, 1864
|
Tennessee
|
B
|
Union victory: Confederate mistakes allow Federal forces to redeploy, leading to the Battle of Franklin.
|
Sand Creek massacre
|
01864-11-29-0000November 29, 1864
|
Colorado
(Colorado Territory
at the time)
|
B
|
* Colorado War: U.S. forces massacre Cheyenne and Arapaho.
|
Battle of Honey Hill
|
01864-11-30-0000November 30, 1864
|
South Carolina
|
C
|
Confederate victory: The third battle of Sherman's March to the Sea was a failed Union Army expedition under Maj. Gen. John P. Hatch that attempted to cut off the Charleston and Savannah Railroad in support of Sherman's projected arrival in Savannah.
|
Battle of Franklin (1864)
|
01864-11-30-0000November 30, 1864
|
Tennessee
|
A
|
Union victory: Hood attacks Schofield but suffers crushing losses; Pickett's Charge of the West.
|
Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia
|
01864-12-04-0000December 4, 1864
|
Georgia
|
C
|
Union victory: Kilpatrick stops Wheeler from attacking Sherman.
|
Third Battle of Murfreesboro
|
01864-12-05-0000December 5–7, 1864
|
Tennessee
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederate raid mostly unsuccessful.
|
First Battle of Fort Fisher
|
01864-12-07-0000December 7–27, 1864
|
North Carolina
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Failed Union attempt to take fort.
|
Second Battle of Fort McAllister
|
01864-12-13-0000December 13, 1864
|
Georgia
|
B
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Nashville
|
01864-12-15-0000December 15–16, 1864
|
Tennessee
|
A
|
Union victory: Thomas attacks and virtually destroys Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.
|
Battle of Marion
|
01864-12-17-0000December 17December 17–18, 1864
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Second Battle of Saltville
|
01864-12-20-0000December 20–21, 1864
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory: Confederate forces retreated, and General Second Battle of Fort Fisher
|
01865-01-13-0000January 13–15, 1865
|
North Carolina
|
A
|
Union victory: Union takes fort.
|
Battle of Rivers' Bridge
|
01865-02-03-0000February 3, 1865
|
South Carolina
|
D
|
Union victory: Union forces capture river crossing.
|
Battle of Hatcher's Run
|
01865-02-05-0000February 5–7, 1865
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Union force launch unexpected attack.
|
Battle of Wilmington (North Carolina)
|
01865-02-22-0000February 22, 1865
|
North Carolina
|
D
|
Union victory: Last Confederate port falls.
|
Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia
|
01865-03-02-0000March 2, 1865
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Remnants of Confederate Army of the Valley are destroyed.
|
Battle of Natural Bridge
|
01865-03-06-0000March 6, 1865
|
Florida
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Confederate victory in Florida prevents the capture of Tallahassee.
|
Battle of Wyse Fork
|
01865-03-07-0000March 7–10, 1865
|
North Carolina
|
D
|
Union victory: Confederate attacks repelled by Union artillery.
|
Battle of Monroe's Cross Roads
|
01865-03-10-0000March 10, 1865
|
North Carolina
|
D
|
Inconclusive:
|
Battle of Averasborough
|
01865-03-16-0000March 16, 1865
|
North Carolina
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Union and Confederate forces attack one another in turn, both attacks fail.
|
Battle of Bentonville
|
01865-03-19-0000March 19–21, 1865
|
North Carolina
|
A
|
Union victory: Sherman defeats Confederates
|
Battle of Fort Stedman
|
01865-03-25-0000March 25, 1865
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Union victory: Lee attempts to break siege.
|
Battle of Spanish Fort
|
01865-03-27-0000March 27 – April 8, 1865
|
Alabama
|
B
|
Union victory: Union forces capture fort just east of Mobile.
|
Battle of Lewis's Farm
|
01865-03-29-0000March 29, 1865
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory: Union forces capture Confederate earthworks.
|
Battle of White Oak Road
|
01865-03-31-0000March 31, 1865
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Confederate forces under Richard H. Anderson defeated.
|
Battle of Dinwiddie Court House
|
01865-03-31-0000March 31, 1865
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Pickett defeats Sheridan.
|
Battle of Five Forks
|
01865-04-01-0000April 1, 1865
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Union victory: Sheridan routs Confederates.
|
Battle of Selma
|
01865-04-02-0000April 2, 1865
|
Alabama
|
B
|
Union victory: Wilson defeats Forrest.
|
Third Battle of Petersburg
|
01865-04-02-0000April 2, 1865
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Union victory: Grant defeats Lee.
|
Battle of Sutherland's Station
|
01865-04-02-0000April 2, 1865
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Union victory: Lee's supply lines are cut.
|
Battle of Fort Blakely
|
01865-04-02-0000April 2–9, 1865
|
Alabama
|
A
|
Union victory: Union forces capture fort outside of Mobile.
|
Battle of Namozine Church
|
01865-04-03-0000April 3, 1865
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Several Confederates captured, Custer's brother earns Medal of Honor.
|
Battle of Amelia Springs
|
01865-04-05-0000April 5, 1865
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive:
|
Battle of Rice's Station
|
01865-04-06-0000April 6, 1865
|
Virginia
|
D
|
Union victory:
|
Battle of Sayler's Creek
(or Sailor's Creek)
|
01865-04-06-0000April 6, 1865
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Lee realizes his army is on the verge of defeat.
|
Battle of High Bridge
|
01865-04-06-0000April 6–7, 1865
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Inconclusive: Union forces thwart Lee's attempts to burn bridges and to resupply, Grant proposes that Lee surrender, but he refuses.
|
Battle of Cumberland Church
|
01865-04-07-0000April 7, 1865
|
Virginia
|
C
|
Confederate victory: Union forces attack Confederate rearguard, but darkness cuts the attack short.
|
Battle of Appomattox Station
|
01865-04-08-0000April 8, 1865
|
Virginia
|
B
|
Union victory: Union forces thwart Lee's final attempt to resupply.
|
Battle of Appomattox Court House
|
01865-04-09-0000April 9, 1865
|
Virginia
|
A
|
Union victory: Lee's forces surrounded. He subsequently surrenders.
|
Battle of Palmito Ranch
|
01865-05-12-0000May 12–13, 1865
|
Texas
|
D
|
Confederate victory: Confederate victory in Texas during final phases of the Civil War.
|
battles and skirmishes not rated by CWSAC.
This is a chronological summary and record of every engagement between the troops of the Union and of the Confederacy, showing the total losses and casualties in each engagement. It was collated and compiled from the Official Records of the War Department.