Civil War Battles Timeline

Bttle of Fort Sumter

Period: Apr 12, 1861 to Apr 13, 1861

-Took place at Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina
-Started the Civil War
-Union(North) surrendered to the Confederates(South)

Blockade of Galveston Island

Period: Jul 2, 1861 to Oct 4, 1862

-Union(North) won
-Near Galveston Island, Texas

First Battle of Bull Run

Jul 21, 1861

-Took place in Fair Fax County and Prince William County
-First major land battle of the Civil War
-Confederates(South) won because Union(North) retreated

Battle of Sabine Pass

Sep 25, 1861

-Union(North) won
-Took place near Sabine Pass, Texas
-Town of Sabine Pass surrendered to the Union

Battle of Glorieta Pass

Period: Mar 28, 1862 to Mar 30, 1862

-Union(North) won because Confederates(South) retreated
-Fought at Glorieta Pass in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in what is now New Mexico
-Considered the Gettysburg of the West by some historians

Battle of Shiloh

Period: Apr 6, 1862 to Apr 7, 1862

-Confederates(South) achieved considerable success on the first day but were ultimately defeated on the second day
-Fought on the Tennessee River in Tennessee
-Union(North) won since they let the Confederates(Confederates) retreat

Second Battle of Bull Run

Period: Aug 28, 1862 to Aug 30, 1862

-Took place in Fair Fax County and Prince William County
-Confederates(South) won

Battle of Antietam

Sep 17, 1862

-Also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg
-Near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek
-First major battle of the Civil War on Northern soil
-It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American History
-Union(North) won because Confederate(South) began to retreat

Battle of Fredricksburg

Period: Dec 11, 1862 to Dec 15, 1862

-Took place at Fredricksburg, Virginia
-Confederates(South) won

Battle of Galveston Island

Jan 1, 1863

-Union(North) won
-Confederates(South) retreated
-Took place near Galveston Island, Texas

Siege of Vicksburg

Period: May 25, 1863 to Jul 5, 1863

-Took place at Vicksburg, Mississippi
-Union(North) gained control of the Mississippi River
-Confederates(South) surrendered after 40 days

Battle of Gettysburg

Period: Jul 1, 1863 to Jul 3, 1863

-Union(North) won
-Fought in and around Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
-Battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War
-Is often described as the war's turning point
-Union(North) won because General Lee retreated
-In November President Lincoln used the dedication ceremony for the Gettysburg National Cemetery to honor the fallen and, in his historic Gettysburg Address, redefine the purpose of the war

Siege of Atlanta

Period: May 5, 1864 to Aug 31, 1864

-Union(North) won
-Confederates(South) retreated
-Took place in and near Atlanta, Georgia

Surrender at Appomattox Courthouse

Apr 9, 1865

-The Confederates(South) surrendered to, and fought, the Union
-The Union(North) won the war
-Took place in Appomattox, Virginia

Battle of Palmito Ranch

Period: May 12, 1865 to May 13, 1865

-Fought on the banks of the Rio Grande about 12 miles east of Brownsville, Texas
-Confederates(South) won