Browse all Entries in the Civil War Battles topic.
Battle of the Green River Bridge
September 14–17, 1862
Battle of the Ironclads
March 8 – 9, 1862
Battle of the Monitor and the Merrimack
March 8 – 9, 1862
Battle of the Wilderness
May 5–7, 1864 Fought between May 5 and 7, 1864, the Battle of the Wilderness was the first major battle in Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant's Overland 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, from his successes…
Battle of Tom’s Brook
October 9, 1864 On March 12, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Ulysses S. Grant as General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States. Upon his arrival in Washington, DC, Grant drafted a plan to have the various Union armies in the field to act in concert and to strike the Confederacy from several directions. On…
Battle of Totopotomoy Creek
May 29–30, 1864 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, from his successes in the western theater of the war, a reputation for the doggedness Lincoln was seeking. On March 10, 1864, President Abraham Lincoln appointed Ulysses S.…
Battle of Trevilian Station
June 11 – June 12, 1864 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, from his successes in the western theater of the war, a reputation for the doggedness Lincoln was seeking. Unlike previous Union generals, whose leadership was…
Battle of Upperville
June 21, 1863 The Battle of Upperville, which took place on June 21, 1863, was the fifth engagement of Robert E. Lee's Gettysburg Campaign. In early May 1863, Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia soundly defeated Major General Joseph Hooker's Army of the Potomac at the Battle of Chancellorsville. Despite the Rebel…
Battle of Utoy Creek
August 5-7, 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…