1865American Civil War
Battle of Appomattox Court House
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Lee surrenders
War effectively ends
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American Civil War battles
37 battles from 1861 to 1865 — who fought whom, what it decided, the cost, and where it happened on the map.
37 battles · American Civil War
1865American Civil War
Battle of Five Forks
Part of the American Civil War
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Battle of Atlanta
Military Division of the Mississippi, Army of Tennessee
Part of the American Civil War
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Battle of Cold Harbor Begins
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Grant's worst defeat
~16,000 Union, 4,000 Confederate Cold Harbor, Virginia, USA
Grant: 'I have always regretted last assault at Cold Harbor'
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Battle of Franklin
USA vs Confederacy
Union crushes Army of Tennessee
~9,000 Confederate, 2,300 Union Franklin, Tennessee, USA
6 Confederate generals killed
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Battle of Mobile Bay Begins
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Farragut takes last Confederate port on Gulf
~1,500 Mobile Bay, Alabama, USA
Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead
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Battle of Nashville Begins
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Army of Tennessee destroyed
~6,000 Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Thomas the Rock of Chickamauga destroys Hood
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Battle of Spotsylvania Begins
USA vs Confederacy
Bloody stalemate, Bloody Angle
~30,000 Spotsylvania, Virginia, USA
22 hours hand-to-hand at Bloody Angle
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Battle of Yellow Tavern
USA vs Confederacy
Union cavalry victory, JEB Stuart killed
~1,000 Yellow Tavern, Virginia, USA
JEB Stuart mortally wounded - Lee loses eyes
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Battle of the Wilderness
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Inconclusive, Grant advances anyway
~28,000 Wilderness, Virginia, USA
Grant vs Lee first meeting, forest fire kills wounded
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Siege of Petersburg Begins
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
10-month siege begins
~70,000 total siege Petersburg, Virginia, USA
Trench warfare preview of WWI
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Battle of Chancellorsville Begins
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Lee's greatest victory but Jackson killed
~30,000 Chancellorsville, Virginia, USA
Stonewall Jackson shot by own troops, dies May 10
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Battle of Chattanooga Begins - Lookout Mountain
USA vs Confederacy
Union victory, gateway to Deep South
~12,000 Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA
Battle Above the Clouds
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Battle of Chickamauga - Day 1
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Confederate victory in West
~34,000 total Chickamauga, Georgia, USA
Bloodiest battle in Western Theater
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Battle of Gettysburg - Day 1
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Turning point
~51,000 total Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Reynolds killed
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Battle of Stones River - Day 2
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Union victory
~24,000 Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA
Bragg retreats
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Siege of Vicksburg Begins
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Union controls Mississippi River
~9,000 + 30,000 surrendered Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
Grant's masterpiece, Confederacy split
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Battle of Antietam
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the Maryland Campaign
Bloodiest single day US history
~22,727 Sharpsburg, Maryland, USA
Emancipation Proclamation
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Battle of Chantilly
USA vs Confederacy
Confederate strategic win but generals killed
~1,300 Chantilly, Virginia, USA
Generals Kearny and Stevens killed - Union
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Battle of Fort Donelson
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Union victory, Grant gets nickname Unconditional Surrender
~2,700 Dover, Tennessee, USA
12,000 Confederates surrender
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Battle of Fort Henry
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Union victory, Tennessee River open
Grant's first major victory
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Battle of Fredericksburg Begins
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Confederate crushing victory
~17,900 Fredericksburg, Virginia, USA
Burnside's folly, Marye's Heights
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Battle of Hampton Roads
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the American Civil War
Ironclads clash first time
Virginia sinks 2 ships
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Battle of Harpers Ferry
USA vs Confederacy
Jackson captures 12,500 Union troops
~12,500 captured Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USA
Largest Union surrender until Bataan
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Battle of Island No.10
USA vs Confederacy
Union controls Mississippi River
~1,000 New Madrid, Missouri, USA
Mississippi River campaign
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Battle of Pea Ridge
USA vs Confederacy
Union controls Missouri
~2,600 Pea Ridge, Arkansas, USA
Van Dorn fails
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Battle of Seven Pines
Part of the American Civil War
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Battle of Seven Pines / Fair Oaks
USA vs Confederacy
Indecisive, Johnston wounded
~11,000 Henrico County, Virginia, USA
Joseph E. Johnston wounded, Lee takes command
1862American Civil War
Battle of Shiloh - Day 1
USA vs Confederacy
Part of the Western theater of the American Civil War
Bloody wake-up
~23,000 Shiloh, Tennessee, USA
Albert Sidney Johnston killed
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Battle of South Mountain
USA vs Confederacy
Union victory, Lee's invasion found
Prelude to Antietam, Lost Order 191
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