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Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia [A]), the District of Columbia, and six territories (Arizona ...
Battle of Ball's Bluff; Battle of Baxter Springs; Battle of Bayou Bourbeux; Battle of Bayou Meto; Battle of Bean's Station; Beefsteak Raid; Battle of Big Bethel; Battle of Blackburn's Ford; Action at Blue Mills Landing; Battle of Brentwood; Battle of Brice's Cross Roads; Battle of Brown's Mill; Battle of Buckland Mills; Bull Run campaign; First ...
Map of Peebles' Farm Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program.. The Battle of Peebles' Farm (or Poplar Springs Church or Poplar Grove Church) was the western part of a simultaneous Union offensive against the Confederate works guarding Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia, during the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.
The Battle of Mill Springs, also known as the Battle of Fishing Creek in the Confederacy, and the Battle of Logan's Cross Roads or Battle of Somerset in the Union, was fought in Wayne and Pulaski counties, near the current unincorporated community of Nancy, Kentucky, on January 19, 1862, as part of the American Civil War.
Scene of the old battleground of Valverde, on the Rio Grande, as it looked in 1885 Soldier's sketch of the Battle of Valverde. Confederate brigadier general Henry Hopkins Sibley envisioned invading New Mexico with his army, defeating Union forces, capturing the capital city of Santa Fe, and then marching westward to conquer California for the Confederacy.
The Battle of St. John's Bluff was fought from October 1–3, 1862, between Union and Confederate forces in Duval County, Florida, during the American Civil War. The battle resulted in a significant Union victory, helping secure their control of the Jacksonville area.
The Seven Days Battles were a series of seven battles over seven days from June 25 to July 1, 1862, near Richmond, Virginia, during the American Civil War. Confederate General Robert E. Lee drove the invading Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, away from Richmond and into a retreat down the Virginia Peninsula.
Grant's troops won the Battle of Port Gibson on May 1, the Battle of Raymond on May 12, and the Battle of Jackson on May 14. [132] Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's army was badly mauled by Grant's at the Battle of Champion Hill on May 16, and Grant won another victory at the Battle of Big Black River Bridge the next day. The ...