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Union victories of the American Civil War
Confederate Heartland OffensiveIn early 1862, Union forces opened the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers to their Navy after victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson.
Second Battle of FredericksburgOn the 1st of May 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee departed Fredericksburg with the bulk of his Army of Northern Virginia.
Battle of Port RoyalSecretary of the Navy Gideon Welles appointed a commission to study the difficulties of blockading the Southern coastline.
Battle of Island Number TenIn the spring of 1862, a small sandbar sat at the base of a tight double turn in the Mississippi River. This location became known as Island Number Ten.
Battle of Stones RiverOn the 26th of December 1862, Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans marched his Army of the Cumberland from Nashville toward Murfreesboro to challenge…
Battle of Yellow TavernIn May 1864, Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant launched an offensive against Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.
Battle of AntietamOn the 3rd of September 1862, Confederate General Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia into the state of Maryland with approximately 55,000 men.
Battle of Five ForksThe 292-day siege of Petersburg began in June 1864 when Union forces failed to seize the city from a small Confederate force.
Battle of West PointOn the 12th of April 1865, Union Brigadier General James H. Wilson captured Montgomery, Alabama. This victory marked a turning point in his campaign through…
Battle of Fort HenryOn the 3rd of September 1861, Confederate Brig. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow occupied Columbus, Kentucky. This action shattered the state's declared neutrality in…
Battle of PerryvilleOn July 31, Confederate leaders met in Chattanooga to devise a plan that would reshape the war's western theater. General Braxton Bragg and General Edmund…
Battle of Philippi (1861)On the 13th of May 1861, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan assumed command of the Department of the Ohio from his headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Battle of Fort DonelsonThe Battle of Fort Donelson began on the 12th of February 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. Union forces had just captured Fort Henry…
Battle of GettysburgOn the 3rd of June 1863, General Robert E. Lee led his Army of Northern Virginia northward from Fredericksburg, Virginia.
Battle of Cedar CreekIn March 1864, Major General Ulysses S. Grant assumed command of all Union armies after being summoned from the Western Theater and promoted to lieutenant…
Battle of NashvilleIn November 1864, Confederate Lieutenant General John Bell Hood moved his Army of Tennessee northwest to disrupt Union supply lines.
Battle of Appomattox Court HouseOn the morning of the 9th of April 1865, Confederate General Robert E. Lee found his Army of Northern Virginia trapped near Appomattox Court House in…
First Battle of MemphisThe Mississippi River ran red with smoke on the morning of the 6th of June 1862. Eight Confederate vessels faced nine Union gunboats just north of Memphis…
Siege of Port HudsonThe American Civil War began in April 1861, and both the Union and Confederacy made controlling the Mississippi River a major part of their strategy.
Battle of ShilohIn February 1862, Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant secured victories at Fort Henry and Fort Donelson along the Tennessee River and Cumberland River.
Battle of Forts Jackson and St. PhilipThe Mississippi River bends sharply south of New Orleans in April 1862. Two stone forts sit on opposite banks, Fort Jackson on the right and Fort St.
Battle of FranklinThe year 1864 marked a turning point for the Confederate States Army. Following his defeat in the Atlanta campaign, Lieutenant General John Bell Hood planned…
Capture of New OrleansIn 1860, New Orleans held a population of 168,675 people. This number made it larger than the four next-largest Southern cities combined.
Battle of Glorieta PassThe southern portion of the New Mexico Territory had been largely neglected by both the federal government and the territorial government in Santa Fe.
Battle of Pea RidgeIn the spring of 1862, Brigadier General Samuel R. Curtis led approximately 10,250 soldiers and fifty artillery pieces into Benton County, Arkansas.