battles of civil war

  • New orleans

    The Battle of New Orleans was the last major battle of the War of 1812
  • Fort Sumter

    The Battle of Fort Sumter was the first battle of the American Civil War
  • 1st battle of bull run

    It was the first major battle of the Civil War and resulted in a Confederate victory
  • Ft. Henry

    it was the first important victory for the Union and Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater.
  • ft. Donelson

    Kentucky border opened the Cumberland River, an important avenue for the invasion of the South.
  • Shiloh

    was the bloodiest Civil War battle in Civil War
  • Chattanooga

    The Battle Of Chattanooga, Tennessee, was an important Union victory in the The Civil War
  • Seven Days

    important because, despite heavy losses, the Confederate army under Robert E. Lee not
  • 2nd battle of bull run

    The Battle of Second Bull Run was fought over several days
  • antietam

    Battle of Antietam, making it the bloodiest day in American history
  • Chancellorsville

    was a major Confederate victory and one of the most lopsided defeats of the Civil War for Union forces
  • Murfreesboro

    The First Battle of Murfreesboro was fought on July 13, 1862, in Rutherford County,
  • Fayetteville Nc

    Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman led his army into North Carolina in the first part of March 1865 with a goal of advancing toward Goldsboro and on to a potential linkup with Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Potomac
  • Vicksburg

    This was the culmination of one of the most brilliant military campaigns of the war
  • Gettysburg

    Union victory that stopped Confederate General Robert E. Lee's second invasion of the North. More than 50,000 men fell
  • Wilderness

    after many weeks and horrendous casualties, forced Gen. Robert E. Lee's men back to the defenses at Richmond.
  • Cold harbor

    It was the last major battle of Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign
  • Bentonville

    The Battle of Bentonville (March 19–21, 1865) was fought in Bentonville, North Carolina, near the town of Four Oaks, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War.