Campaigns, Battles and Events of the American Civil War, 1861–1865

12 April 1861 - Rebel attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina
21 July 1861 – Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)
8 February 1862 - US Flag Officer Andrew Foote takes Fort Henry, Tennessee
15 - 16 February 1862 - US General Grant takes Fort Donelson, Tennessee
7 March 1862 – Battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas
6 - 7 April 1862 – Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing), Tennessee
24 April 1862 - New Orleans, Louisiana
4 May 1862 - end of the Siege of Yorktown, Virginia
5 May 1862 - Action at Williamsburg, Virginia
31 May 1862 – Battle of Fair Oaks, Virginia
26 June 1862 – Battle of Mechanicsville
27 June 1862 – Battle of Gaines’ Mill
30 June 1862 - Frayser’s Farm
29 - 30 August 1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run
17 September 1862 – Battle of Antietam (Sharpsburg)
8 October 1862 – Battle of Perryville, Kentucky
13 December 1862 – Battle of Fredericksburg, Virginia
31 December 1862 und 2 Januar 1863 – Battle of Murfreesboro (Stones River)
1 - 2 May 1863 – Battle of Chancellorsville
3 May 1863 - Union attack against Marye’s Heights, Fredericksburg, Virginia
5 May 1863 - Salem Church
3 - 5 July 1863 – Battle of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
4 July 1863 - General Grant takes Vicksburg
19 - 20 September 1863 – Battle of Chickamauga
23 November 1863 - Orchard Knob, Chattanooga, Tennessee
24 November 1863 - Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tennessee
25 November 1863 - Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Tennessee
5 - 6 May 1864 – The Wilderness
12 May 1864 – Battle of Spotsylvania, The Wilderness
25 May 1864 – Battle of New Hope Church, Georgia
27 May 1864 – Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, Georgia
3 June 1864 – Battle of Cold Harbor
10 June 1864 - Action at Brice’s Crossroad, Mississippi
22 July 1864 – Battle of Atlanta, Georgia
30 July 1864 – The Crater, Petersburg, Virginia
19 September 1864 – Battle of Winchester
23 October 1864 – Battle of Westport, Missouri
29 November 1864 – Battle of Spring Hill, Tennessee
30 November 1864 – Battle of Franklin, Tennessee
15.-16 December 1864 – Battle of Nashville, Tennessee
25 March 1865 - Attack on Fort Stedman, Petersburg, Virginia
31 March - 1 April 1865 – Battle of Five Forks, Virginia
- Reenactment of the Battle of Five Forks
3 April 1865 - Union Army enters Richmond, Virginia
9 April 1865 - Surrender at Appomatox Court House, Virginia

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