Battles During the Civil War
All Civil War battles in Kansas. They are in the order in which they occurred during the Civil War.
Civil War Battles in Kansas
Lawrence
Other Names: Lawrence Massacre
Location: Douglas County
Campaign: Quantrill’s Raid into Kansas […]
All Civil War battles in Indiana. They are in the order in which they occurred during the Civil War.
Civil War Battles in Indiana
Corydon
Other Names: None
Location: Harrison
Campaign: Morgan’s Raid in Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio […]
All Civil War battles in South Carolina. They are in the order in which they occurred during the Civil War.
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Arkansas saw a great deal of fighting during the Civil War. The Union won the vast majority of the battles that took place.
The most well known and largest battle that occurred in Arkansas was the battle of Pea Ridge fought in 1862. Pea Ridge was a Union victory.
This was a […]
There were only two major Civil War battles in Pennsylvania. The turning point of the Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg. Gettysburg is by far the largest and most well-known battle of the civil war.
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The Battle of Wilson’s Creek was one of the minor engagements of the Civil War that sent a clear message to both parties. This would not be over anytime soon. The Confederates were faced with the problem of respecting the state of Kentucky’s right to neutrality.
They needed to […]
The Wilderness Campaign saw General Lee outnumbered and overwhelmed, he knew that the outcome of the battles to come, were certainly in doubt. His army had fought gallantly and without dishonor but this time, this place, Lee would meet his match.
The Wilderness Campaign is the moniker given […]
Jackson’s Valley Campaign earned General ‘Stonewall’ Jackson his metal during his historic campaign in the Shenandoah Valley region of the United States. What he accomplished, in a military sense, went down in Civil War history as one of the greatest feats ever.
The strategy was to create an allusion in […]
When General Bragg was defeated at Perryville in October of 1862, he tried his luck at Stones River against General Rosecrans Union army. The army that was beaten and then retreated under Bragg had been reinforced and renamed the Army of Tennessee. With renewed […]
The battle of Spotsylvania pitted General Robert E. Lee and his Union counter-part, General Ulysses S. Grant against each other. Both did not desire further conflict. The Union and the Confederacy just completed the bloody Battle of the Wilderness and both men, armies, were exhausted.
Yet, […]
