Battles of the Civil War

  • Battle of Fort Sumter

    General P.G.T. Beauregard, in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston Harbor, opened fire on the Union garrison holding Fort Sumter. April 13 at 2:30 pm Major Robert Anderson, garrison commander, surrendered the fort and was evacuated the next day.
  • First Battle of Manasses

    Battle of First Manassas, was fought in Prince William County, Virginia, just north of the city of Manassas and about 25 miles west-southwest of Washington, D.C.
  • Battle of Fort Macon

    on the Outer Banks of Carteret County, North Carolina. It was part of Union Army General Ambrose E. Burnside's North Carolina Expedition during the American Civil War.
  • Battle of Shiloh

    was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought in southwestern Tennessee.
  • Battle of hampton roads

    was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies. It was fought over two days
  • Antietam

    particularly in the South, was fought near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign.
  • Vicksburg

    he Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
  • Gettysburg

    The Battle of Gettysburg was fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.
  • First Battle of Fort Fisher

    was a naval siege in the American Civil War, when the Union tried to capture the fort guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, the South's last major Atlantic port.
  • Battle of Appomattox Court House

    Fought in the morning , was one of the last battles of the American Civil War.