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1861

Battle of Fort Sumter — April 12–14, 1861 South Carolina Beauregard takes Charleston Federal fort, first battle of American Civil War. Battle of Gloucester Point — May 7, 1861 Virginia Inconclusive: Earliest exchange of gunfire between the Union Navy and organized Rebel forces after the surrender of Fort Sumter Battle of Sewell's Point — May 18–19, 1861 Virginia Union gunboats fight inconclusive battle with Confederate artillery. Battle of Aquia Creek — May 29–June 1, 1861 Virginia Confederate artillery hit by naval bombardment, later withdrawn. Battle of Philippi (West Virginia) — June 3, 1861 West Virginia (Virginia at the time)Union victory: Union forces rout a small Confederate detachment in Western Virginia. Battle of Pig Point — June 5, 1861 Virginia Confederate victory: Early skirmish between Union gunboat USS Harriet Lane and a shore battery and rifle company of CSA defenders at Pig Point in Portsmouth, Virginia near Hampton Roads, Virginia. Battle of Big Bethel — June 10, 1861 Virginia Confederate victory: Union attack on Confederate positions near a church repelled. Battle of Boonville (Missouri) — June 17, 1861 Missour Union victory: Union forces defeat pro-Confederate governor's Missouri State Guard. Battle of Cole Camp — June 19, 1861 Missouri Confederate victory: Pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard defeat pro-Union Missouri Home Guard at Cole Camp Battle of Mathias Point — June 27, 1861 Virginia Confederate victory: Confederates repulse the Union attack and kill Commander James H. Ward of the Union Potomac Flotilla, the first Union Navy officer killed during the Civil War. Battle of Hoke's Run — July 2, 1861 West Virginia (Virginia at the time) Union victory: Robert Patterson defeats Jackson's Confederates but fails to capitalize on his victory. Battle of Carthage — July 5, 1861 Missouri Confederate victory: Confederate victory in Missouri during U.S. Civil War. Battle of Rich Mountain — July 11, 1861 West Virginia (Virginia at the time) Union victory: Confederate forces under Gen. Robert S. Garnett split in half mid-battle by Union forces under Maj. Gen. George S. McClellan. One half surrenders; the other escapes. Battle of Corrick's Ford — July 13, 1861 West Virginia(Virginia at the time) Union victory: Confederate Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett is the first general killed in the Civil War. Battle of Blackburn's Ford — July 18, 1861 Virginia Confederate victory: Irvin McDowell's recon-in-force defeated at Manassas. First Battle of Bull Run — July 21, 1861 Virginia Confederate victory: McDowell loses to J.E. Johnston, Beauregard; Jackson named Stonewall. First Battle of Mesilla — July 25, 1861 New Mexico (New Mexico Territory at the time) Confederate victory: Confederate victory secures the southern part of the New Mexico Territory for the CSA. Battle of Athens — August 5, 1861 Missouri Union victory: Union victory in small skirmish in Missouri Battle of Wilson's Creek — August 10, 1861 Missouri Confederate victory: Union forces under Nathaniel Lyon and Samuel D.Sturgis lose to Confederates under Sterling Price and Benjamin McCulloch. Lyon is killed. First major battle west of the Mississippi. Battle of Charleston (1861) (Missouri) — August 19, 1861 Missouri Union victory: Union force destroys Confederate camp. Battle of Kessler's Cross Lane — August 26, 1861 West Virginia (Virginia at the time) Confederate victory: Confederates under John B. Floyd surprised and defeated Union forces under Erastus B. Tyler Battle of Dry Wood Creek — September 2, 186 Missouri Confederate victory: Union cavalry from Kansas defeated by Missouri State Guard.	Battle of Carnifex Ferry — September 10, 1861 West Virginia (Virginia at the time) Union victory: Confederates withdraw by night after several hours of fighting. Battle of Cheat Mountai — September 12-15, 1861 West Virginia (Virginia at the time) Union victory: 300 Union troops withstand uncoordinated Confederate attacks. First Battle of Lexington — September 13-20, 1861 Missouri Confederate victory: Union forces badly defeated by Missouri State Guard. Battle of Liberty — September 17, 1861 Missouri Confederate victory: Minor Missouri State Guard victory. Battle of Barbourville — September 19, 1861 Kentucky Confederate victory: Felix Zollicoffer raided a Federal recruitment camp and brought a counter-thrust. Battle of Greenbrier River — October 3, 1861 West Virginia (Virginia at the time) Inconclusive: Confederates withdraw after inconclusive battle. Battle of Cockle Creek — October 5, 1861 Virginia Union victory: ends Confederate smuggling up the Chincoteague Bay. Battle of Santa Rosa Island — October 9, 1861 Florida Union victory: Confederates chased from Cumberland Gap Battle of the Head of Passes — October 12, 1861 Louisiana Confederate victory: Naval forces square-off at the mouth of the Mississippi River. Battle of Camp Wildcat October 21, 1861 Kentucky — October 21, 1861 Kentucky Union victory: Confederates chased from Cumberland Gap Battle of Fredericktown — October 21, 1861 Missouri Union victory: Missouri State Guard defeated. Battle of Ball's Bluff or Leesburg — October 21, 1861 Virginia Confederate victory: 550 Union soldiers captured. First Battle of Springfield — October 25, 1861 Missouri Union victory: Union forces capture town. Battle of Belmont — November 7, 1861 Missouri Inconclusive: Grant captures and destroys Confederate supplies near Cairo, Illinois. Battle of Ivy Mountain — November 8, 1861 Kentucky Union victory. Battle of Port Royal — November 7, 1861 South Carolina Union victory: Union fleet under S. F. Du Pont capture Confederate forts at Hilton Head, South Carolina. Battle of Round Mountain — November 19, 1861 Oklahoma ( Indian Territory at the time) Confederate victory: Opothleyahola's Unionist Creeks and Seminoles defeated near present-day Stillwater. Battle of Chusto-Talasah — December 9, 1861 Oklahoma ( Indian Territoryat the time Confederate victory: Opothleyahola defeated near present-day Tulsa. Battle of Camp Allegheny — December 13, 1861 West Virginia (Virginia at the time) Inconclusive: Confederates withstand Union attack Battle of Rowlett's Station — December 17, 1861 Kentucky Inconclusive: Union soldiers hold area, but do not launch any counter thrusts. Confederates and Texas Rangers retreat. Skirmish at Blackwater Creek — December 19, 1861 Missouri Union victory: Union forces under General Pope capture a newly recruited Missouri State Guard regiment. Battle of Dranesville — December 20, 1861 Virginia Union victory: Union defeats Confederate forces under J.E.B. Stuart. Battle of Chustenahlah — December 26, 1861 Oklahoma ( Indian Territory at the time) Confederate victory: Opothleyahola defeated, flees to Kansas. Battle of Mount Zion Church — December 28, 1861 Missouri Union victory: Union victory in Northeastern Missouri.

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Battle of Cockpit Point — January 3, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: Inconclusive Civil War battle in Virginia. Battle of Hancock — January 5–6, 1862 Maryland Inconclusive: Unsuccessful Confederate attack on Maryland town. Battle of Roan's Tan Yard — January 8, 1862 Missouri Union victory: Confederates routed. Battle of Middle Creek — January 10, 1862 Kentucky Union victory: Union forces under James A. Garfield defeat Confederates under Humphrey Marshall. Battle of Mill Springs — January 19, 1862 Kentucky Union victory: Felix Zollicoffer killed. Battle of Fort Henry — February 6, 1862 Tennessee Union victory: Grant and Foote's gunboats gain control of Tennessee River by defeating Lloyd Tilghman Battle of Roanoke Island — February 7–8, 1862 North Carolina Union victory: Union forces under Ambrose E. Burnside capture island from Henry A. Wise Battle of Elizabeth City — February 10, 1862 North Carolina Union victory: Destruction of the Mosquito Fleet. Battle of Fort Donelson — February 11–16, 1862 Tennessee Union victory: Confederate army under Simon Bolivar Buckner surrenders to Grant, Union gains control of Cumberland River Battle of Valverde — February 20–21, 1862 New Mexico (New Mexico Territory at the time) Confederate victory: Union forces routed in New Mexico Territory. Battle of Island Number Ten (Battle of New Madrid) — February 28 – April 8, 1862 Missouri Union victory: Union victory by Pope over John P. McCown. Battle of Pea Ridge or Elkhorn Tavern — March 6–8, 1862 Arkansas Union victory: Union victory by Samuel Ryan Curtis over Earl Van Dorn ensured continued Union control of Missouri. Battle of Hampton Roads — March 8–9, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: USS Monitor battles CSS Virginia, battle ends in a draw. Battle of New Bern — March 14, 1862 North Carolina Union victory: Union troops disembark from ships and capture the town. First Battle of Kernstown — March 23, 1862 Virginia Union victory: Union forces defeat Confederates under "Stonewall" Jackson. Battle of Fort Macon — March 23 – April 26, 1862 North Carolina Union victory: Confederate fort surrenders after Union artillery bombardment. Battle of Glorieta Pass — March 26–28, 1862 New Mexico (New Mexico Territory at the time) Confederate tactical victory. Union strategic victory. Dubbed the "Gettysburg of the West". Stanwix Station — March 30, 1862 Arizona (New Mexico Territory at the time) Union victory: Westernmost skirmish of the war. Siege of Yorktown (1862) (Battle of Yorktown) — April 5 – May 4, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: Union troops win skirmish near site of decisive Revolutionary War battle. Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing — April 6–7, 1862 Tennessee Union victory: Grant and reinforcements under Buell repulse Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauaregard, but the Union lost more men. Battle of Fort Pulaski — April 10–11, 1862 Georgia Union victory: Union blockade closes Savannah, Georgia. Parrott rifle makes masonry forts obsolete. Battle of Peralta — April 14, 1862 New Mexico (New Mexico Territory at the time) Union victory: Union forces defeat the 5th Texas Mounted Volunteers. Battle of Picacho Pass — April 15, 1862 Arizona (New Mexico Territory at the time) Confederate victory: Confederate pickets defeat Union cavalry patrol. Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip — April 18–28, 1862 Louisiana Union victory: Decisive battle for possession of New Orleans. Battle of South Mills — April 19, 1862 North Carolina Inconclusive: Confederates thwart attempt to destroy a canal. Capture of New Orleans — April 25 – May 1, 1862 Louisiana Union victory: Union forces capture city. Siege of Corinth — April 29 – May 30, 1862 Mississippi Union victory: Union forces capture town, Beauregard tricks Union in order to escape to Tupelo. Battle of Williamsburg — May 5, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: McClellan and Longstreet fight inconclusive battle. Battle of Eltham's Landing — May 7, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: Inconclusive Civil War battle in Virginia. Battle of McDowell — May 8, 1862 Virginia Confederate victory: Stonewall Jackson's Confederates defeat Union forces. Battle of Drewry's Bluff — May 15, 1862 Virginia Confederate victory: Union naval attack repelled by Confederate artillery. Battle of Princeton Court House — May 15–17, 1862 West Virginia (Virginia at the time) Confederate victory: Battle of Whitney's Lane — May 19, 1862 Arkansas Union victory: Union campaign towards Little Rock, Arkansas halted. Capture of Tucson (1862) — May 20, 1862 Arizona (New Mexico Territory at the time) Union victory: A Union force of 2,000 took the city from ten Tucson militiamen without a shot fired. Battle of Front Royal — May 23, 1862 Virginia Confederate victory: Stonewall Jackson threatens the Union rear, forces their retreat. First Battle of Winchester — May 25, 1862 Virginia Confederate victory: Stonewall Jackson defeats Nathaniel P. Banks. Battle of Hanover Court House — May 27, 1862 Virginia Union victory: Union victory during U.S. Civil War. First Battle of Pocotaligo — May 29, 1862 South Carolina Union victory: Mission objective fulfilled – Charleston & Savannah railroad bridge damaged. Battle of Seven Pines — May 31 – June 1, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: J.E. Johnston attacks Union forces, wounded, inconclusive Battle of Tranter's Creek — June 5, 1862 North Carolina Union victory: Confederate forces retreat after Colonel Singletary is killed. First Battle of Memphis — June 6, 1862 Tennessee Union victory: Union forces capture the city. First Battle of Chattanooga — June 7–8, 1862 Tennessee Union victory: Union forces bombard the town. Battle of Cross Keys — June 8, 1862 Virginia Confederate victory: John C. Fremont defeated by elements of Stonewall Jackson's force. Battle of Port Republic — June 9, 1862 Virginia Confederate victory: Costly victory for Stonewall Jackson. Battle of Secessionville — June 16, 1862 South Carolina Confederate victory: Union repulsed, Union commander later court-martialed for disobeying orders. Battle of Saint Charles — June 17, 1862 Arkansas Union victory: The USS Mound City is hit by Confederate shore gun and explodes. Battle of Simmon's Bluff — June 21, 1862 South Carolina Union victory Battle of Oak Grove — June 25, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: (Seven Days Battles) Indecisive battle between McClellan and Lee. Battle of Beaver Dam Creek or Mechanicsville — June 26, 1862 Virginia Union victory: (Seven Days) Robert E. Lee defeated. Battle of Gaines' Mill or Chickahominy River — June 27, 1862 Virginia Confederate victory: (Seven Days) Lee defeats McClellan. Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm — June 27, 1862–28, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: (Seven Days) Indecisive battle between Lee and McClellan. Battle of Savage's Station — June 29, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: (Seven Days) Union forces withdraw. Battle of Tampa — June 30 – July 1, 1862 Florida Confederate victory: Union gunboat attacks, but later withdraws.	Battle of Glendale — June 30, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: (Seven Days) McClellan retreats from Lee's Confederates. Battle of White Oak Swamp — June 30, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: Indecisive artillery duel. Battle of Malvern Hill — July 1, 1862 Virginia Union victory: (Seven Days) McClellan defeats Lee but withdraws after battle. Battle of Cotton Plant (Battle of Hill's Plantation) — July 7, 1862 Arkansas Union victory: Union victory in Arkansas. First Battle of Murfreesboro — July 13, 1862 Tennessee Confederate victory. Battle of Baton Rouge — August 5, 1862 Louisiana Union victory: Union troops repulse attempt to recapture Baton Rouge. Battle of Kirksville — August 6–9, 1862 Missouri Union victory: Union forces capture town. First Battle of Donaldsonville — August 9, 1862 Louisiana Union victory: Battle of Cedar Mountain — August 9, 1862 Virginia Confederate victory: Union forces repelled by Confederate counter-attack. First Battle of Independence — August 11, 1862 Missouri Confederate victory: Confederate victory near Kansas City. Battle of Compton's Ferry — August 11, 1862 Missouri Union victory Battle of Lone Jack — August 15–16, 1862 Missouri Confederate victory: Confederate victory, Union commander killed. Rebels forced to withdraw after battle. Battle of Fort Ridgely — August 21–22, 1862 Minnesota Dakota War of 1862: Failed Santee Sioux attack on Union controlled fort. First Battle of Rappahannock Station — August 22–25, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: Union supplies destroyed during skirmish. Battle of Manassas Station Ops. — August 25–27, 1862 Virginia Confederate victory: Jackson turns into Pope's rear area; destroys Manassas Station. Second Battle of Bull Run or Second Manassas — August 28–30, 1862 Virginia Confederate victory: Lee defeats Pope's Army of Virginia Battle of Thoroughfare Gap — August 28, 1862 Virginia Confederate victory: Longstreet defeats small Union force to arrive at Manassas battlefield. Battle of Richmond (Kentucky) — August 30, 1862 Kentucky Confederate victory: Edmund Kirby Smith routs Union army under Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson. Battle of Chantilly or Ox Hill — September 1, 1862 Virginia Inconclusive: Union forces nearly being cut off, Isaac Stevens and Philip Kearny are killed. Battle of Harpers Ferry — September 12–15, 1862 West Virginia (Virginia at the time) Confederate victory: Stonewall Jackson captures Union garrison under Dixon S. Miles Battle of Crampton's Gap (Battle of Burkittsville) — September 14, 1862 Maryland Union victory: Union broke the Confederate line and drove through the gap. Confederates were strategically successful in stalling the Union advance and protecting the rear of their forces engaged at Harpers Ferry. Battle of Charleston (1862) — September 13, 1862 West Virginia (Virginia at the time) Confederate victory: Confederate troops occupy Charleston during Kanawha Valley offensive. Battle of Munfordville — September 14–17, 1862 Kentucky Confederate victory: Union force surrenders. Battle of South Mountain or Boonsboro — September 14, 1862 Maryland Union victory: McClellan defeats Lee. Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg — September 17, 1862 Maryland Tactically inconclusive; strategic Union victory: McClellan ends Lee's first invasion of North, bloodiest single day of the war. Battle of Shepherdstown — September 19–20, 1862 West Virginia (Virginia at the time) Confederate victory: Confederate brigades counterattack and defeat pursuing Union brigades. Battle of Iuka — September 19, 1862 Mississippi Union victory: Rosecrans is victorious over Price near Mississippi town. Battle of Wood Lake — September 23, 1862 Minnesota Dakota War of 1862: Overwhelming defeat of Santee Sious forces during the Dakota War of 1862. First Battle of Sabine Pass — September 24, 1862 Texas Union victory: First Battle of Newtonia — September 30, 1862 Missouri Confederate victory: Union forces panic under bombardment from Confederate artillery. Battle of Saint Johns Bluff — October 1–3, 1862 Florida Union victory: Second Battle of Corinth (Battle of Corinth) — October 3–4, 1862 Mississippi Union victory: Confederate attack fails. Battle of Galveston Harbor (1862) (First Battle of Galveston) — October 4, 1862 Texas Union victory: Battle of Hatchie's Bridge — October 5, 1862 Tennessee Inconclusive: Confederate force under Earl Van Dorn escapes across river. Battle of Perryville or Chaplin Hills — October 8, 1862 Kentucky Inconclusive: Tactical indecisive battle that ended Bragg's Kentucky campaign. Battle of Old Fort Wayne — October 22, 1862 Oklahoma (Indian Territory at the time) Union victory: Battle of Pocotaligo — October 22, 1862 South Carolina Confederate victory: Union troops repulsed after minimally damaging the Charleston & Savannah railroad. Battle of Georgia Landing — October 27, 1862 Louisiana Union victory: Skirmish at Island Mound — October 27–29, 1862 Missouri Union victory: Battle of Clark's Mill — November 7, 1862 Missouri Confederate victory: Union force surrenders to larger Confederate force. Battle of Cane Hill — November 28, 1862 Arkansas Confederate victory: Small Confederate force delays Union while larger force escapes. Battle of Prairie Grove — December 7, 1862 Arkansas Union victory: Union secures NW Arkansas. Battle of Hartsville — December 7, 1862 Tennessee Confederate victory: Disguised in Union uniforms, Confederates infiltrate and defeat Union forces. Battle of Fredericksburg — December 13, 1862 Virginia Confederate victory: Lee beats back repeated frontal assaults by Burnside. Battle of Kinston — December 14, 1862 North Carolina Union victory: Union forces under John G. Foster defeat Confederates under Nathan Evans. Battle of White Hall — December 16, 1862 North Carolina Inconclusive: Foster fights indecisive battle with Beverly Robertson. Battle of Goldsboro Bridge — December 17, 1862 North Carolina Union victory: Foster defeats Confederates and destroys the bridge. Battle of Jackson, Tennessee — December 19, 1862 Tennessee Union victory: Confederate feint to distract Union forces. Battle of Chickasaw Bayou — December 26–29, 1862 Mississippi Confederate victory: (Vicksburg) Pemberton defeats Sherman; Union attack on Confederate right flank thwarted. Battle of Parker's Cross Roads — December 31, 1862 Tennessee Confederate victory: Confederates repel Union double-pronged assault. Battle of Stones River (Second Battle of Murfreesboro) — December 31 – January 2, 1863 Tennessee Union victory: Bragg forced to withdraw after losing 11,739 men.