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Union victories of the American Civil War
- Confederate Heartland OffensiveThe Confederate Heartland Offensive lasted from the 14th of August to the 10th of October, 1862, and it posed a question that General Braxton Bragg believed…
- Second Battle of FredericksburgThe Second Battle of Fredericksburg unfolded on the 3rd of May 1863, when a Union force under Major General John Sedgwick stormed a ridge in Virginia that…
- Battle of Port RoyalThe Battle of Port Royal opened with a single gun in Fort Walker firing on a fleet of warships at 09:26 on the 7th of November, 1861.
- Battle of Island Number TenThe Battle of Island Number Ten, fought across five weeks in early 1862, ended with thousands of Confederate soldiers in Union hands.
- Battle of Stones RiverOn the last night of 1862, two armies camped within 700 yards of each other in Middle Tennessee, separated by little more than a field's width and the…
- Battle of Yellow TavernThe Battle of Yellow Tavern was fought on the 11th of May, 1864, at a crossroads six miles north of Richmond, Virginia. The location was little more than an…
- Battle of AntietamThe Battle of Antietam, fought on the 17th of September 1862, produced more American casualties in a single day than any other engagement before or since.
- Battle of Five ForksOn the 1st of April, 1865, a Union general named Philip Sheridan sat down to eat a shad caught from the Nottoway River, cooked over a fire north of Hatcher's…
- Battle of West PointThe Battle of West Point, Georgia, was fought on the 16th of April, 1865 - seven days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, though word had not yet spread to…
- Battle of Fort HenryOn the morning of the 6th of February, 1862, Brig. Gen. Lloyd Tilghman stood inside a fort that was more than half underwater.
- Battle of PerryvilleThe Battle of Perryville began before dawn on the 8th of October 1862. Men of the 10th Indiana pushed toward a nearly dry stretch of Doctor's Creek, west of…
- Battle of Philippi (1861)The Battle of Philippi began before any Union officer gave the signal to attack. Just before dawn on the 3rd of June, 1861, Confederate sympathizer Mrs.
- Battle of Fort DonelsonThe Battle of Fort Donelson, fought in February 1862 along the Cumberland River, produced one of the most famous surrender demands in American military…
- Battle of GettysburgThe Battle of Gettysburg lasted just three days in July 1863, yet it produced more casualties than any battle in American military history up to that point.
- 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 NashvilleThe Battle of Nashville began, in a sense, with a scene about death rather than fighting. In the bitter cold of December 1864, Confederate soldiers outside…
- Battle of Appomattox Court HouseOn the morning of the 9th of April, 1865, Robert E. Lee rode out to meet Ulysses S. Grant. He wore his ceremonial uniform.
- 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 Siege of Port Hudson lasted 48 days, and when it finally ended on the 9th of July 1863, it had been the longest siege in American military history.
- Battle of ShilohThe Battle of Shiloh began not with a grand charge but with a midnight decision by a junior officer who disobeyed orders.
- Battle of Forts Jackson and St. PhilipThe Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip decided who would hold New Orleans, the largest city in the Confederacy. Two Confederate forts stood on the…
- Battle of FranklinThe Battle of Franklin, fought on the 30th of November 1864 in Franklin, Tennessee, lasted only a few hours but produced a catastrophe that echoed through…
- Capture of New OrleansThe Capture of New Orleans, fought from the 25th of April to the 1st of May 1862, decided the fate of the Confederacy's largest and most prosperous city in a…
- Battle of Glorieta PassThe Battle of Glorieta Pass was fought over three days in late March 1862, high in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains of New Mexico Territory.
- Battle of Pea RidgeThe Battle of Pea Ridge lasted just two days in March 1862, but its outcome settled the fate of Missouri for the rest of the Civil War.