Surrender at Bennett Place
April 17 – 26, 1865 On April 26, 1865 Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston and Union General William T. Sherman negotiated the largest surrender … Read more
Tullahoma Campaign
June 24 – July 3, 1863 The Tullahoma Campaign, also known as the Middle Tennessee Campaign, was a series of military engagements fought in … Read more
U.S.-Mexican War
April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848
Union Medicine
1861–1865 During the American Civil War, the Union had the equivalent of 1,556,678 three-year enlistments, compared with roughly 1,083,000 for the Confederacy. Over 620,000 … Read more
Utah Expedition
1857-1858
Vicksburg Campaign
December 26, 1862 – July 4, 1863 The Vicksburg Campaign was a series of operations and battles conducted by Union forces during the American … Read more
Washington Peace Conference
1861 Proposed by Virginia and chaired by former U.S. President John Tyler, the Washington Peace Conference was an unsuccessful eleventh-hour attempt to save the … Read more
Western Virginia Campaign
June–October, 1861 Also known as the Rich Mountain Campaign, or simply Operations in Western Virginia, the Western Virginia Campaign was a struggle between Union … Read more
Wilderness Campaign
May 5-June 24, 1864