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Battle of Island No. 10
February 28, 1862 – April 8, 1862
Battle of Iuka
September 19, 1862 Fought on September 19, 1862, the Battle of Iuka was an engagement between Union Major General William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Mississippi and Confederate Major General Sterling Price's Army of the West. Union prospects were bright for a successful end of the American Civil War in the early part of 1862.…
Battle of Jackson
May 14, 1863 The Union victory at the Battle of Jackson paved the way for subsequent victories at the Battle of Champion Hill (May 16, 1863), the Battle of Big Black River Bridge (May 17, 1863), and the surrender of Vicksburg (July 4, 1863) following a prolonged siege. On April 29, 1863, Major General Ulysses…
Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road
June 21–23, 1864 Fought from June 21-23, 1864, the Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road was Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's first attempt to cut the Weldon Railroad during the Petersburg Campaign. On March 10, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Ulysses S. Grant as General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States. Grant brought with him,…
Battle of Jonesboro
August 31-September 1, 1864
Battle of Jonesborough
August 31-September 1, 1864 The Battle of Jonesborough (also called the Battle of Jonesboro) was a military engagement between Union forces commanded by Major General William T. Sherman and Confederate forces commanded by General John B. Hood during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The encounter took place in Clayton County, near the…
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
June 27, 1864 In late November 1863, Union forces commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant successfully lifted Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston's siege of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Union victories at Lookout Mountain (November 24) and Missionary Ridge (November 25) forced Johnston to withdraw thirty miles south to near Dalton, Georgia. In late November 1863, Union…
Battle of Kernstown I
March 23, 1862 Fought on March 23, the Battle of Kernstown I was the first engagement of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1862. The battle was also Stonewall Jackson's only defeat as commander of a large force during the Civil War. On February 27, 1862, Major General Nathaniel Banks, Union commander of the Department of…
Battle of Kessler’s Cross Lanes
August 26, 1861 The Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes, also known as the Battle of Cross Lanes and the Battle of Knives and Forks, was fought on August 26, 1861, in Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia). As the possibility of civil war in the United States evolved during the early months of 1861, Virginia…
Battle of Knives and Forks
August 26, 1861