Civil War Timeline

  • New Orleans

    New Orleans
    New Orleans in British. (ˈɔːliːənz , -lənz, ɔːˈliːnz ) a port in SE Louisiana, on the Mississippi River, about 172 km (107 miles) from the sea: the largest city in the state and the second most important port in the US; founded by the French in 1718; belonged to Spain (1763–1803).
  • Cold Harbor

    Cold Harbor
    The battles of Cold Harbor were two American Civil War (1861-65) engagements that took place about 10 miles northeast of Richmond, Virginia, the Confederate capital.
  • Wilson’s Creek

    Wilson’s Creek
    .The Battle of Wilson's Creek, also known as the Battle of Oak Hills, was the first major battle of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War. Fought on August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri, between Federal forces and the Missouri State Guard, it is sometimes called the "Bull Run of the West."
  • 1st Bull Run

    1st Bull Run
    The Second Battle of Bull Run (Manasseh) proved to be the deciding battle in the Civil War campaign waged between Union and Confederate armies in northern Virginia in 1862.
  • Donaldsonville

    Donaldsonville
    The battle of Fort Donelson, which began on February 12, took place shortly after the surrender of Fort Henry, Tennessee, on February 6, 1862.
  • Antietam

    Antietam
    A creek of north-central Maryland emptying into the Potomac River. The bloody and inconclusive Civil War Battle of Antietam (or Sharpsburg, as it is often called in the South) was fought along its banks on September 17, 1862.
  • Fredericksburg

    Fredericksburg
    The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General Ambrose Burnside, as part of the American Civil War.
  • Shiloh

    Shiloh
    From the spring of 1862 until July 1863, during the American Civil War (1861-65), Union forces waged a campaign to take the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which lay on the east bank of the Mississippi River, halfway between Memphis To the northand New Orleans To the south.The capture of Vicksburg ...
  • 2nd Bull Run

    2nd Bull Run
    It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village ofChancellorsville. Two related battles were fought nearby on May 3 in the vicinity of Fredericksburg.
  • Fort Donelson

    Fort Donelson
    he Second Battle of Donaldsonville was an American Civil War battle took place on June 28, 1863 in Ascension Parish, Louisiana
  • Gettysburg

    Gettysburg
    a major battle (1-3 July 1863) during the American Civil War which helped the US to win the war. ... It was fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, between the southern forces under General Robert E Lee and the US soldiers led by General George Meade
  • Chattanooga

    Chattanooga
    The History Place - Battle of Gettysburg. This most famous and most important Civil War Battle occurred over three hot summer days, July 1 to July 3, 1863, around the small market town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as a skirmish but by its end involved 160,000 Americans.
  • Fort Wagner

    Fort Wagner
    The First Battle of Fort Wagner, occurred on July 11, 1863. Only 12 Confederate soldiers were killed, as opposed to 339 losses for the U.S. side.
  • Chancellorsville

    Chancellorsville
    From November 23 to November 25, 1863, during the American Civil War (1861-65), Union forces routed Confederate troops in Tennessee at the battles of Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, known collectively as the Battles for Chattanooga
  • Vicksburg

    Vicksburg
    Battle Of The Wilderness Summary: The Battle of the Wilderness began Lt. Gen Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign against the Confederate army of Northern Virginia that ultimately, after many weeks and horrendous casualties, forced Gen. Robert E. Lee's men back to the defenses at Richmond.
  • Wilderness

    Wilderness
    Battle Of The Wilderness Summary: The Battle of the Wilderness began Lt. Gen Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign against the Confederate army of Northern Virginia that ultimately, after many weeks and horrendous casualties, forced Gen. Robert E. Lee's men back to the defenses at Richmond.
  • Richmond

    Richmond
    Shiloh is an ancient village in Palestine written about in the Bible as a meeting place for the Israelites and the location of the tabernacle where the Ark of the Covenant was kept until about the 4th century.Shiloh is a national military park in southwest Tennessee where a major Civil War battle was fought.
  • Petersburg

    Petersburg
    1. Formerly Leningrad (1924–91)Also called Petrograd (1914–24)a seaport in NW Russian Federation in Europe, in the Gulf of Finland, off the Baltic Sea: founded 1703 by Peter the Great; capital of the Russian Empire (1712-1917).