List of American Civil War battles

The Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861 and May 12–13, 1865 in 23 states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia), the District of Columbia, as well as the following territories: Arizona Territory, Colorado Territory, Dakota Territory, Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma), New Mexico Territory, and Washington Territory, and naval engagements. These battles would change the standing and historical memory of the United States. While the origins of the war are complex, principal among them were the issue of slavery, and the interpretations of the Constitution and the rules, rights, and qualifications that it embodied.

For lists of battles organized by campaign and theater, see:

• Eastern Theater of the American Civil War
• Western Theater of the American Civil War
• Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War
• Pacific Coast Theater of the American Civil War
• Lower Seaboard Theater of the American Civil War
• Category:Battles of the American Civil War

Some battles have more than one name; e.g., the battles known in the North as Battle of Antietam and Second Battle of Bull Run were referred to as the Battle of Sharpsburg and the Battle of Manassas, respectively, by the South. This was because the North tended to name battles after landmarks (often rivers or bodies of water), whereas the South named battles after nearby towns.

For more details, see Names of the American Civil War § Naming the battles and armies.

Battles rated by CWSAC

The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) was established within the United States National Park Service to classify the preservation status of historic battlefield land. In 1993, the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission (CWSAC) reported to Congress and the ABPP on their extensive analysis of significant battles and battlefields. Of the estimated 8,000 occasions in which hostilities occurred in the American Civil War, this table and related articles describe the 384 battles that were classified in CWSAC's Report on the Nation's Civil War Battlefields. In addition to the status of battlefield land preservation (not included in this table) CWSAC rated the military significance of the battles into four classes, as follows:

Class A – Decisive: A general engagement involving field armies in which a commander achieved a vital strategic objective. Such a result might include an indisputable victory on the field or be limited to the success or termination of a campaign offensive. Decisive battles had a direct, observable impact on the direction, duration, conduct, or outcome of the war.

Class B – Major: An engagement of magnitude involving field armies or divisions of the armies in which a commander achieved an important strategic objective within the context of an ongoing campaign offensive. Major battles had a direct, observable impact on the direction, duration, conduct, or outcome of the campaign.

Class C – Formative: An engagement involving divisions or detachments of the field armies in which a commander accomplished a limited campaign objective of reconnaissance, disruption, defense, or occupation. Formative battles had an observable influence on the direction, duration, or conduct of the campaign.

Class D – Limited: An engagement, typically involving detachments of the field armies, in which a commander achieved a limited tactical objective of reconnaissance, defense, or occupation. Limited battles maintained contact between the combatants without observable influence on the direction of the campaign.

Battle	Date	State	CWSAC	Outcome
Battle of Fort Sumter	April 12–14, 1861	South Carolina	A	Confederate victory: Beauregard takes Charleston Federal fort, first battle of American Civil War.
Battle of Sewell's Point	May 18–19, 1861	Virginia	D	Inconclusive: Union gunboats fight inconclusive battle with Confederate artillery.
Battle of Aquia Creek	May 29 – June 1, 1861	Virginia	D	Inconclusive: Confederate artillery hit by naval bombardment, later withdrawn.
Battle of Philippi (West Virginia)	June 3, 1861	West Virginia (Virginia at the time)	D	Union victory: Union forces rout a small Confederate detachment in Western Virginia.
Battle of Big Bethel	June 10, 1861	Virginia	C	Confederate victory: Union attack on Confederate positions near a church repelled.
Battle of Boonville (Missouri)	June 17, 1861	Missouri	C	Union victory: Union forces defeat pro-Confederate governor's Missouri State Guard.
Battle of Hoke's Run	July 2, 1861	West Virginia (Virginia at the time)	D	Union victory: Robert Patterson defeats Jackson's Confederates but fails to capitalize on his victory.
Battle of Carthage	July 5, 1861	Missouri	C	Confederate victory: Confederate victory in Missouri during U.S. Civil War.
Battle of Rich Mountain	July 11, 1861	West Virginia (Virginia at the time)	B	Union victory: Confederate forces under Gen. Robert S. Garnett split in half mid-battle by Union forces under Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan. One half surrenders; the other escapes.
Battle of Blackburn's Ford	July 18, 1861	Virginia	C	Confederate victory: Irvin McDowell's recon-in-force defeated at Manassas.
First Battle of Bull Run or First Manassas	July 21, 1861	Virginia	A	Confederate victory: McDowell loses to J.E. Johnston, Beauregard; Jackson named "Stonewall".
Battle of Wilson's Creek or Oak Hills	August 10, 1861	Missouri	A	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 Kessler's Cross Lanes	August 26, 1861	West Virginia (Virginia at the time)	D	Confederate victory: Confederates under John B. Floyd surprise and defeat Union forces under Erastus B. Tyler.
Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries	August 28–29, 1861	North Carolina	C	Union victory: Union forces capture two North Carolina forts.
Battle of Dry Wood Creek	September 2, 1861	Missouri	D	Confederate victory: Union cavalry from Kansas defeated by Missouri State Guard.
Battle of Carnifex Ferry	September 10, 1861	West Virginia (Virginia at the time)	B	Union victory: Confederates withdraw by night after several hours of fighting.
Battle of Cheat Mountain	September 12–15, 1861	West Virginia (Virginia at the time)	B	Union victory: 300 Union troops withstand uncoordinated Confederate attacks.
First Battle of Lexington	September 13–20, 1861	Missouri	C	Confederate victory: Union forces badly defeated by Missouri State Guard.
Battle of Liberty	September 17, 1861	Missouri	D	Confederate victory: Minor Missouri State Guard victory.
Battle of Barbourville	September 19, 1861	Kentucky	D	Confederate victory:Zollicoffer raided a Federal recruitment camp and brought a counter-thrust.
Battle of Greenbrier River	October 3, 1861	West Virginia (Virginia at the time)	D	Inconclusive: Confederates withdraw after inconclusive battle.
Battle of Santa Rosa Island	October 9, 1861	Florida	C	Union victory: Union forces repel Confederate attempt to capture island.
Battle of Camp Wildcat	October 21, 1861	Kentucky	C	Union victory: Confederates chased from Cumberland Gap
Battle of Fredericktown	October 21, 1861	Missouri	D	Union victory: Missouri State Guard defeated.
Battle of Ball's Bluff or Leesburg	October 21, 1861	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: 550 Union soldiers captured.
First Battle of Springfield	October 25, 1861	Missouri	D	Union victory: Union forces capture town.
Battle of Belmont	November 7, 1861	Missouri	C	Inconclusive: Grant captures and destroys Confederate supplies near Cairo, Illinois.
Battle of Ivy Mountain	November 8, 1861	Kentucky	D	Union victory:
Battle of Round Mountain	November 19, 1861	Oklahoma (Indian Territory at the time)	D	Confederate victory: Opothleyahola's Unionist Creeks and Seminoles defeated near present-day Stillwater.
Battle of Chusto-Talasah	December 9, 1861	Oklahoma (Indian Territory at the time)	D	Confederate victory: Opothleyahola defeated near present-day Tulsa.
Battle of Camp Allegheny	December 13, 1861	West Virginia (Virginia at the time)	C	Inconclusive: Confederates withstand Union attack.
Battle of Rowlett's Station	December 17, 1861	Kentucky	D	Inconclusive: Union soldiers hold area, but do not launch any counter thrusts. Confederates and Texas Rangers retreat.
Battle of Dranesville	December 20, 1861	Virginia	C	Union victory: Union defeats Confederate forces under J.E.B. Stuart.
Battle of Chustenahlah	December 26, 1861	Oklahoma (Indian Territory at the time)	B	Confederate victory: Opothleyahola defeated, flees to Kansas.
Battle of Mount Zion Church	December 28, 1861	Missouri	D	Union victory: Union victory in Northeastern Missouri.
Battle of Cockpit Point	January 3, 1862	Virginia	C	Inconclusive: Inconclusive Civil War battle in Virginia.
Battle of Hancock	January 5–6, 1862	Maryland	D	Inconclusive: Unsuccessful Confederate attack on Maryland town.
Battle of Roan's Tan Yard	January 8, 1862	Missouri	D	Union victory: Confederates routed.
Battle of Middle Creek	January 10, 1862	Kentucky	C	Union victory: Union forces under James A. Garfield defeat Confederates under Humphrey Marshall.
Battle of Mill Springs	January 19, 1862	Kentucky	B	Union victory: Felix Zollicoffer killed.
Battle of Fort Henry	February 6, 1862	Tennessee	B	Union victory: Ulysses S. Grant and Foote's gunboats gain control of Tennessee River by defeating Lloyd Tilghman
Battle of Roanoke Island	February 7–8, 1862	North Carolina	B	Union victory: Union forces under Ambrose E. Burnside capture island from Henry A. Wise
Battle of Fort Donelson	February 11–16, 1862	Tennessee	A	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)	B	Confederate victory: Union forces routed in New Mexico Territory.
Battle of Island Number Ten (Battle of New Madrid)	February 28 – April 8, 1862	Missouri	A	Union victory: Union victory by Pope over John P. McCown.
Battle of Pea Ridge or Elkhorn Tavern	March 6–8, 1862	Arkansas	A	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	B	Inconclusive: USS Monitor battles CSS Virginia, battle ends in a draw.
Battle of New Bern	March 14, 1862	North Carolina	B	Union victory: Union troops disembark from ships and capture the town.
First Battle of Kernstown	March 23, 1862	Virginia	B	Union victory: Union forces defeat Confederates under "Stonewall" Jackson.
Battle of Fort Macon	March 23 – April 26, 1862	North Carolina	C	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)	A	Confederate tactical victory. Union strategic victory. Dubbed the "Gettysburg of the West".
Siege of Yorktown (1862) (Battle of Yorktown)	April 5 – May 4, 1862	Virginia	B	Inconclusive: Union troops win skirmish near site of decisive Revolutionary War battle.
Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing	April 6–7, 1862	Tennessee	A	Union victory: Grant and reinforcements under Buell repulse Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard, but the Union lost more men.
Battle of Fort Pulaski	April 10–11, 1862	Georgia	B	Union victory: Union blockade closes Savannah, Georgia. Parrott rifle makes masonry forts obsolete.
Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip	April 18–28, 1862	Louisiana	A	Union victory: Decisive battle for possession of New Orleans.
Battle of South Mills	April 19, 1862	North Carolina	D	Inconclusive: Confederates thwart attempt to destroy a canal.
Capture of New Orleans	April 25 – May 1, 1862	Louisiana	B	Union victory: Union forces capture city.
Siege of Corinth	April 29 – May 30, 1862	Mississippi	A	Union victory: Union forces capture town, Beauregard tricks Union in order to escape to Tupelo.
Battle of Williamsburg	May 5, 1862	Virginia	B	Inconclusive: McClellan and Longstreet fight inconclusive battle.
Battle of Eltham's Landing	May 7, 1862	Virginia	D	Inconclusive: Inconclusive Civil War battle in Virginia.
Battle of McDowell	May 8, 1862	Virginia	C	Confederate victory: Stonewall Jackson's Confederates defeat Union forces.
Battle of Drewry's Bluff	May 15, 1862	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: Union naval attack repelled by Confederate artillery.
Battle of Princeton Court House	May 15–17, 1862	West Virginia (Virginia at the time)	C	Confederate victory:
Battle of Front Royal	May 23, 1862	Virginia	C	Confederate victory: Stonewall Jackson threatens the Union rear, forces their retreat.
First Battle of Winchester	May 25, 1862	Virginia	A	Confederate victory: Stonewall Jackson defeats Nathaniel P. Banks.
Battle of Hanover Court House	May 27, 1862	Virginia	C	Union victory: Union victory during U.S. Civil War.
Battle of Seven Pines	May 31 – June 1, 1862	Virginia	B	Inconclusive: J.E. Johnston attacks Union forces, wounded, inconclusive
Battle of Tranter's Creek	June 5, 1862	North Carolina	D	Union victory: Confederate forces retreat after Colonel Singletary is killed.
Battle of Memphis	June 6, 1862	Tennessee	B	Union victory: Union forces capture the city.
First Battle of Chattanooga	June 7–8, 1862	Tennessee	D	Union victory: Union forces bombard the town.
Battle of Cross Keys	June 8, 1862	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: John C. Fremont defeated by elements of Stonewall Jackson's force.
Battle of Port Republic	June 9, 1862	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: Costly victory for Stonewall Jackson.
Battle of Secessionville	June 16, 1862	South Carolina	B	Confederate victory: Union repulsed, Union commander later court-martialed for disobeying orders.
Battle of Saint Charles	June 17, 1862	Arkansas	C	Union victory: The USS Mound City is hit by Confederate shore gun and explodes.
Battle of Simmon's Bluff	June 21, 1862	South Carolina	D	Union victory
Battle of Oak Grove	June 25, 1862	Virginia	D	Inconclusive: (Seven Days Battles) Indecisive battle between McClellan and Lee.
Battle of Beaver Dam Creek or Mechanicsville	June 26, 1862	Virginia	B	Union victory: (Seven Days) Robert E. Lee defeated.
Battle of Gaines' Mill or Chickahominy River	June 27, 1862	Virginia	A	Confederate victory: (Seven Days) Lee defeats McClellan.
Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farm	June 27–28, 1862	Virginia	D	Inconclusive: (Seven Days) Indecisive battle between Lee and McClellan.
Battle of Savage's Station	June 29, 1862	Virginia	C	Inconclusive: (Seven Days) Union forces withdraw.
Battle of Tampa	June 30 – July 1, 1862	Florida	D	Confederate victory: Union gunboat attacks, but later withdraws.
Battle of Glendale	June 30, 1862	Virginia	B	Inconclusive: (Seven Days) McClellan retreats from Lee's Confederates.
Battle of White Oak Swamp	June 30, 1862	Virginia	C	Inconclusive: Indecisive artillery duel.
Battle of Malvern Hill	July 1, 1862	Virginia	A	Union victory: (Seven Days) McClellan defeats Lee but withdraws after battle.
Battle of Cotton Plant (Battle of Hill's Plantation)	July 7, 1862	Arkansas	D	Union victory: Union victory in Arkansas.
First Battle of Murfreesboro	July 13, 1862	Tennessee	C	Confederate victory.
Battle of Baton Rouge	August 5, 1862	Louisiana	B	Union victory: Union troops repulse attempt to recapture Baton Rouge.
Battle of Kirksville	August 6–9, 1862	Missouri	D	Union victory: Union forces capture town.
First Battle of Donaldsonville	August 9, 1862	Louisiana	D	Union victory:
Battle of Cedar Mountain	August 9, 1862	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: Union forces repelled by Confederate counter-attack.
First Battle of Independence	August 11, 1862	Missouri	D	Confederate victory: Confederate victory near Kansas City.
Battle of Lone Jack	August 15–16, 1862	Missouri	D	Confederate victory: Confederate victory, Union commander killed. Rebels forced to withdraw after battle.
Battle of Fort Ridgely	August 21–22, 1862	Minnesota	C	* Dakota War of 1862: Failed Santee Sioux attack on Union controlled fort.
First Battle of Rappahannock Station	August 22–25, 1862	Virginia	D	Inconclusive: Union supplies destroyed during skirmish.
Battle of Manassas Station Ops.	August 25–27, 1862	Virginia	B	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	A	Confederate victory: Lee defeats Pope's Army of Virginia
Battle of Thoroughfare Gap	August 28, 1862	Virginia	C	Confederate victory: Longstreet defeats small Union force to arrive at Manassas battlefield.
Battle of Richmond (Kentucky)	August 30, 1862	Kentucky	B	Confederate victory: Edmund Kirby Smith routs Union army under Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson.
Battle of Chantilly or Ox Hill	September 1, 1862	Virginia	B	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)	B	Confederate victory: Stonewall Jackson captures Union garrison under Dixon S. Miles
Battle of Munfordville	September 14–17, 1862	Kentucky	B	Confederate victory: Union force surrenders.
Battle of South Mountain or Boonsboro	September 14, 1862	Maryland	B	Union victory: McClellan defeats Lee.
Battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg	September 17, 1862	Maryland	A	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)	C	Confederate victory: Confederate brigades counterattack and defeat pursuing Union brigades.
Battle of Iuka	September 19, 1862	Mississippi	C	Union victory: Rosecrans is victorious over Price near Mississippi town.
Battle of Wood Lake	September 23, 1862	Minnesota	C	* Dakota War of 1862: Overwhelming defeat of Santee Sioux forces during the Dakota War of 1862.
First Battle of Sabine Pass	September 24, 1862	Texas	C	Union victory:
First Battle of Newtonia	September 30, 1862	Missouri	C	Confederate victory: Union forces panic under bombardment from Confederate artillery.
Battle of Saint John's Bluff	October 1–3, 1862	Florida	D	Union victory:
Second Battle of Corinth (Battle of Corinth)	October 3–4, 1862	Mississippi	B	Union victory: Confederate attack fails.
Battle of Galveston Harbor (1862) (First Battle of Galveston)	October 4, 1862	Texas	D	Union victory:
Battle of Hatchie's Bridge	October 5, 1862	Tennessee	C	Inconclusive: Confederate force under Earl Van Dorn escapes across river.
Battle of Perryville or Chaplin Hills	October 8, 1862	Kentucky	A	Inconclusive: Tactical indecisive battle that ended Bragg's Kentucky campaign.
Battle of Old Fort Wayne	October 22, 1862	Oklahoma (Indian Territory at the time)	D	Union victory:
Battle of Georgia Landing	October 27, 1862	Louisiana	C	Union victory:
Battle of Clark's Mill	November 7, 1862	Missouri	D	Confederate victory: Union force surrenders to larger Confederate force.
Battle of Cane Hill	November 28, 1862	Arkansas	C	Confederate victory: Small Confederate force delays Union while larger force escapes.
Battle of Prairie Grove	December 7, 1862	Arkansas	B	Union victory: Union secures NW Arkansas.
Battle of Hartsville	December 7, 1862	Tennessee	C	Confederate victory: Disguised in Union uniforms, Confederates infiltrate and defeat Union forces.
Battle of Fredericksburg	December 13, 1862	Virginia	A	Confederate victory: Lee beats back repeated frontal assaults by Burnside.
Battle of Kinston	December 14, 1862	North Carolina	D	Union victory: Union forces under John G. Foster defeat Confederates under Nathan Evans.
Battle of White Hall	December 16, 1862	North Carolina	D	Inconclusive: Foster fights indecisive battle with Beverly Robertson.
Battle of Goldsboro Bridge	December 17, 1862	North Carolina	C	Union victory: Foster defeats Confederates and destroys the bridge.
Battle of Jackson, Tennessee	December 19, 1862	Tennessee	D	Union victory: Confederate feint to distract Union forces.
Battle of Chickasaw Bayou	December 26–29, 1862	Mississippi	B	Confederate victory: (Vicksburg Campaign) Pemberton defeats Sherman; Union attack on Confederate right flank thwarted.
Battle of Parker's Cross Roads	December 31, 1862	Tennessee	C	Confederate victory: Confederates repel Union double-pronged assault.
Battle of Stones River (Second Battle of Murfreesboro)	December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863	Tennessee	A	Union victory: Bragg forced to withdraw after losing 11,739 men.
Battle of Galveston (Second Battle of Galveston)	January 1, 1863	Texas	B	Confederate victory: John B. Magruder expels occupying Union troops from Galveston, Texas.
Second Battle of Springfield	January 8, 1863	Missouri	D	Union victory: Confederates enter town, but are unable to take nearby fort.
Battle of Arkansas Post (Battle of Fort Hindman)	January 9, 1863	Arkansas	C	Union victory: Part of Vicksburg Campaign, fight for control of mouth of Arkansas River.
Battle of Hartville	January 9–11, 1863	Missouri	D	Confederate victory: Confederates are victorious, but unable to continue raid.
Bear River Massacre	January 29, 1863	Idaho (Washington Territory at the time)	C	American Indian Wars: Shoshone forces massacred by Union troops.
Battle of Dover	February 3, 1863	Tennessee	D	Union victory: Failed Confederate attack on town.
Battle of Fort McAllister (1863)	March 5, 1863	Georgia	C	Confederate victory:
Battle of Thompson's Station	March 5, 1863	Tennessee	C	Confederate victory:
Battle of Fort Anderson	March 13–15, 1863	North Carolina	D	Union victory: Daniel H. Hill leads unsuccessful Confederate attack on New Bern.
Battle of Kelly's Ford	March 17, 1863	Virginia	C	Confederate victory: Indecisive cavalry battle during Civil War.
Battle of Vaught's Hill	March 20, 1863	Tennessee	D	Union victory: Union forces withstand attack by John Hunt Morgan's Confederates.
Battle of Brentwood	March 25, 1863	Tennessee	D	Confederate victory: Union force surrenders.
Battle of Washington, NC	March 30 – April 20, 1863	North Carolina	D	Inconclusive: Hill unable to take North Carolina town from Union forces.
First Battle of Charleston Harbor	April 7, 1863	South Carolina	C	Confederate victory:
Battle of Franklin (1863)	April 10, 1863	Tennessee	D	Union victory: Confederates withdraw after rearguard defeat.
Battle of Suffolk (Hill's Point) (Battle of Fort Huger)	April 11 – May 4, 1863	Virginia	C	Inconclusive
Battle of Suffolk (Norfleet House); Siege of Suffolk	April 11 – May 4, 1863	Virginia	C	Inconclusive: Twin battles fought over Suffolk.
Battle of Fort Bisland	April 12–13, 1863	Louisiana	D	Union victory:
Battle of Irish Bend	April 14, 1863	Louisiana	C	Union victory:
Battle of Vermillion Bayou	April 17, 1863	Louisiana	D	Union victory:
Battle of Cape Girardeau	April 26, 1863	Missouri	D	Union victory: Confederate attack fails.
Battle of Grand Gulf	April 29, 1863	Mississippi	C	Confederate victory: Unsuccessful naval attack by Grant's forces.
Battle of Snyder's Bluff	April 29 – May 1, 1863	Mississippi	D	Confederate victory: Union feint during Vicksburg Campaign.
Battle of Day's Gap	April 30, 1863	Alabama	C	Union victory: Union victory during a raid in Alabama.
Battle of Chancellorsville	April 30 – May 6, 1863	Virginia	A	Confederate victory: Lee defeats Hooker's Army of Potomac, Jackson mortally wounded.
Battle of Port Gibson	May 1, 1863	Mississippi	B	Union victory: in Vicksburg campaign, Grant defeats Confederates
Battle of Chalk Bluff	May 1–2, 1863	Arkansas	D	Confederate victory: Confederates win but can't continue raid.
Second Battle of Fredericksburg	May 3, 1863	Virginia	B	Union victory: Union forces under John Sedgwick defeat Confederate forces left to guard the town by Lee.
Battle of Salem Church	May 3–4, 1863	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: Lee defeats Sedgwick.
Battle of Raymond	May 12, 1863	Mississippi	B	Union victory: Failed Confederate attempt to protect Vicksburg from approaching Federals.
Battle of Jackson, Mississippi	May 14, 1863	Mississippi	B	Union victory: Sherman, McPherson defeat Johnston
Battle of Champion Hill	May 16, 1863	Mississippi	A	Union victory: Grant defeats Pemberton.
Battle of Big Black River Bridge	May 17, 1863	Mississippi	B	Union victory: Confederate forces trapped in Vicksburg.
Siege of Vicksburg	May 18 – July 4, 1863	Mississippi	A	Union victory: the siege ends; Grant accepts surrender of second Confederate army under Pemberton.
Battle of Plains Store	May 21, 1863	Louisiana	C	Union victory: Union victory near Baton Rouge.
Siege of Port Hudson	May 21 – July 9, 1863	Louisiana	A	Union victory: last Confederate stronghold on Mississippi surrenders; Gardner surrenders to Banks.
Battle of Milliken's Bend	June 7, 1863	Louisiana	C	Union victory: In the largest battle fought between Confederate and Black troops, after nearly two days of close combat, the Confederates were defeated in their attempt to raise the siege of Vicksburg.
Battle of Brandy Station	June 9, 1863	Virginia	B	Inconclusive: Pleasonton surprises J.E.B. Stuart's cavalrymen in their camps near Brandy Station.
Battle of Lake Providence	June 9, 1863	Louisiana	D	Union victory.
Second Battle of Winchester	June 13–15, 1863	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: Confederate victory paves way for Lee's invasion of the North.
Battle of Aldie	June 17, 1863	Virginia	C	Inconclusive: Indecisive battle during Robert E. Lee's march north.
Battle of Middleburg	June 17–19, 1863	Virginia	C	Inconclusive: J.E.B. Stuart retreats from engagement with Union cavalry.
Battle of LaFourche Crossing	June 20–21, 1863	Louisiana	D	Union victory:
Battle of Upperville	June 21, 1863	Virginia	C	Inconclusive: Indecisive cavalry battle during Lee's invasion.
Battle of Hoover's Gap	June 24–26, 1863	Tennessee	C	Union victory: Union victory prevents Confederates in Tennessee from coming to the aid of Vicksburg.
Second Battle of Donaldsonville	June 28, 1863	Louisiana	D	Union victory:
Battle of Goodrich's Landing	June 29–30, 1863	Louisiana	D	Inconclusive: Confederates drive Union Black Regiments off of several plantations.
Battle of Hanover	June 30, 1863	Pennsylvania	C	Inconclusive: J.E.B. Stuart forced to change his route, delaying his efforts to unite with Lee's force outside Gettysburg.
Battle of Cabin Creek	July 1–2, 1863	Oklahoma (Indian Territory at the time)	C	Union victory:
Battle of Gettysburg	July 1–3, 1863	Pennsylvania	A	Union victory: Lee loses to Meade, Pickett's Charge fails, ends second invasion of North. Confederate army arrived in Gettysburg to resupply army, unaware of Union army nearby.
Battle of Helena	July 4, 1863	Arkansas	B	Union victory: Confederate assault on river port fails securing eastern Arkansas for Union.
Battle of Williamsport	July 6–16, 1863	Maryland	C	Inconclusive: Meade and Lee fight indecisive battle.
Battle of Boonsboro	July 8, 1863	Maryland	D	Inconclusive: Indecisive action at rearguard of Lee's retreat.
Battle of Corydon	July 9, 1863	Indiana	C	Confederate victory: Confederate raid results in civilian casualties, including a Lutheran minister.
Battle of Fort Wagner	July 11, 1863	South Carolina	D	Confederate victory: first of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner.
Battle of Kock's Plantation	July 12–13, 1863	Louisiana	C	Confederate victory:
Battle of Grimball's Landing	July 16, 1863	South Carolina	D	Inconclusive:
Battle of Honey Springs	July 17, 1863	Oklahoma (Indian Territory at the time)	B	Union victory: In Indian Territory, two largely Black and American Indian forces meet. Union victory.
Second Battle of Fort Wagner (Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island)	July 18, 1863	South Carolina	B	Confederate victory: second of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner fails, heroism of the 54th Massachusetts.
Battle of Buffington Island	July 19, 1863	Ohio	C	Union Victory:
Battle of Manassas Gap	July 23, 1863	Virginia	D	Inconclusive: Indecisive battle by day, Confederates withdraw by night.
Battle of Big Mound	July 24–25, 1863	North Dakota (Dakota Territory at the time)	C	* Dakota War of 1862: Union forces defeat Santee and Teton Sioux forces.
Battle of Dead Buffalo Lake	July 26, 1863	North Dakota (Dakota Territory at the time)	D	* Sioux Wars/Dakota War of 1862: Sibley defeats Sioux forces.
Battle of Salineville	July 26, 1863	Ohio	D	Union victory: Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt Morgan surrenders in Ohio. The northernmost battle in the Civil War.
Battle of Stony Lake	July 28, 1863	North Dakota (Dakota Territory at the time)	D	* Dakota War of 1862: Sioux forces escape Union forces in pursuit.
Second Battle of Fort Sumter	August 17 – September 9, 1863	South Carolina	B	Confederate victory: Union's massive bombardment and naval attack fails to retake the fort.
Second Battle of Charleston Harbor	August 17 – September 8, 1863	South Carolina	B	Inconclusive:
Second Battle of Chattanooga	August 21 – September 8, 1863	Tennessee	D	Union victory: Union captures town.
Lawrence Massacre (Quantrill's Raid)	August 23, 1863	Kansas	C	Confederate victory: Quantrill's Raiders pillage the city.
Battle of Devil's Backbone	September 1, 1863	Arkansas	C	Union victory: Union victory after heavy fighting.
Battle of Whitestone Hill	September 3–5, 1863	North Dakota (Dakota Territory at the time)	D	* Sioux Wars/Dakota War of 1862: Union forces defeat several American Indian tribes including the Sioux and Blackfeet.
Second Battle of Sabine Pass	September 8, 1863	Texas	B	Confederate victory: Confederate forces place stakes in river to help aim their guns at Union ships.
Battle of Bayou Fourche	September 10, 1863	Arkansas	B	Union victory: Union victory allows for capture of Little Rock.
Battle of Davis's Cross Roads	September 10–11, 1863	Georgia	C	Union victory: Union forces establish defensive positions prior to Chickamauga.
Battle of Chickamauga	September 19–20, 1863	Georgia	A	Confederate victory: Bragg defeats Rosecrans, George Thomas of US anointed "The Rock of Chickamauga"
Battle of Blountville (Battle of Blountsville)	September 22, 1863	Tennessee	D	Union victory: Union forces capture town.
Battle of Stirling's Plantation	September 29, 1863	Louisiana	D	Confederate victory:
Battle of Baxter Springs	October 6, 1863	Kansas	C	Confederate victory: Quantrill's Raiders massacre Union Black Troops during U.S. Civil War.
Battle of Blue Springs	October 10, 1863	Tennessee	D	Union victory: Confederate forces overrun.
First Battle of Auburn	October 13, 1863	Virginia	D	Union victory: J.E.B. Stuart escapes by hiding in a ravine.
Battle of Bristoe Station	October 14, 1863	Virginia	B	Union victory: Meade defeats elements of Lee's forces, but Confederates destroy railroad during retreat.
Second Battle of Auburn	October 14, 1863	Virginia	D	Inconclusive: Confederates attack Union rearguard, indecisive.
Battle of Fort Brooke	October 16–18, 1863	Florida	D	Union victory:
Battle of Buckland Mills	October 19, 1863	Virginia	D	Confederate victory: Union cavalry caught in ambush, defeated.
Battle of Pine Bluff	October 25, 1863	Arkansas	D	Union victory: Confederate attack fails.
Battle of Wauhatchie	October 28–29, 1863	Tennessee	B	Union victory: Longstreet defeated by Union forces.
Battle of Collierville	November 3, 1863	Tennessee	D	Union victory: Abortive Confederate attack on the town.
Battle of Droop Mountain	November 6, 1863	West Virginia	C	Union victory:
Second Battle of Rappahannock Station	November 7, 1863	Virginia	B	Union victory: Union forces surge across river, forcing Lee to retreat.
Battle of Campbell's Station	November 16, 1863	Tennessee	D	Union victory: Confederate double-envelopment attempt fails.
Chattanooga Campaign	November 23–25, 1863	Tennessee	A	Union victory: Grant defeats Braxton Bragg and relieves Union forces besieged in Chattanooga.
Battle of Mine Run	November 27 – December 2, 1863	Virginia	B	Inconclusive: Meade bombards Lee's Confederates but then withdraws.
Battle of Ringgold Gap	November 27, 1863	Georgia	B	Confederate victory: Confederates under Patrick Cleburne defeat Union forces under Joseph Hooker.
Battle of Fort Sanders	November 29, 1863	Tennessee	B	Union victory: Longstreet unable to take fort due to poor quality gunpowder.
Battle of Bean's Station	December 14, 1863	Tennessee	D	Confederate victory: Union forces withdraw a short distance.
Battle of Mossy Creek	December 29, 1863	Tennessee	D	Union victory: Confederate cavalry forced back.
Battle of Dandridge	January 17, 1864	Tennessee	C	Confederate victory: Union forces withdraw.
Battle of Athens	January 26, 1864	Alabama	D	Union victory: Union victory in Northern Alabama.
Battle of Fair Garden	January 27, 1864	Tennessee	C	Inconclusive: Union victory followed by withdrawal.
Battle of Morton's Ford	February 6–7, 1864	Virginia	D	Inconclusive: Diversionary Union attack.
Battle of Middle Boggy Depot	February 13, 1864	Oklahoma (Indian Territory at the time)	D	Union victory:
Battle of Meridian	February 14–20, 1864	Mississippi	C	Union victory: Sherman occupies town.
Battle of Olustee	February 20, 1864	Florida	B	Confederate victory: Union fails to take Florida.
Battle of Okolona	February 22, 1864	Mississippi	B	Confederate victory: Confederate cavalry, commanded by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest, routed 7,000 cavalry under the command of Brig. Gen. William Sooy Smith.
First Battle of Dalton	February 22–27, 1864	Georgia	C	Confederate victory: After several days of intense skirmishing, Maj. Gen. George H. Thomas's army withdrew upon realizing Gen. Joseph E. Johnston's troops could repel any assault. However, the intelligence garnered from the Battle of Dalton helped pave the way for a Union victory in the summer.
Battle of Walkerton	March 2, 1864	Virginia	C	Confederate victory: controversy surrounding the Dahlgren Affair.
Battle of Fort De Russy	March 12–14, 1864	Louisiana	B	Union victory: Fort DeRussy fell and the Red River to Alexandria was open.
Battle of Paducah	March 25, 1864	Kentucky	C	Confederate victory: Confederate raid by Forrest successful.
Battle of Elkin's Ferry	April 3–4, 1864	Arkansas	C	Union victory: Confederates unable to prevent Union river crossing.
Battle of Mansfield or Sabine Cross Roads	April 8, 1864	Louisiana	A	Confederate victory: Banks Union Red River Campaign halted by the Confederates.
Battle of Prairie D'Ane	April 9–13, 1864	Arkansas	B	Union victory: Frederick Steele defeats Sterling Price.
Battle of Pleasant Hill	April 9, 1864	Louisiana	B	Union victory: Confederate attack fails.
Battle of Fort Pillow	April 12, 1864	Tennessee	B	Confederate victory: N.B. Forrest takes fort, massacres black soldiers.
Battle of Blair's Landing	April 12–13, 1864	Louisiana	C	Union victory:
Battle of Plymouth	April 17, 1864	North Carolina	C	Confederate victory: Confederate land forces, supported by naval ram, retake two Union forts near Plymouth, North Carolina.
Battle of Poison Spring	April 18, 1864	Arkansas	C	Confederate victory: Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas, black troops massacred.
Battle of Monett's Ferry	April 23, 1864	Louisiana	C	Union victory: Confederate forces driven back.
Battle of Marks' Mills	April 25, 1864	Arkansas	D	Confederate victory: Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas.
Battle of Jenkins' Ferry	April 30, 1864	Arkansas	C	Union victory: Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas.
Battle of Albemarle Sound	May 5, 1864	North Carolina	C	Inconclusive: Indecisive naval battle during U.S. Civil War.
Battle of the Wilderness	May 5–7, 1864	Virginia	A	Inconclusive: Grant and Lee meet inconclusively.
Battle of Port Walthall Junction	May 6–7, 1864	Virginia	C	Union victory: Union forces destroy railroad
Battle of Rocky Face Ridge	May 7–13, 1864	Georgia	C	Union victory: Due to a flanking movement by Union troops under Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, Confederates led by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston were forced to evacuate their strong position near Atlanta.
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House	May 8–21, 1864	Virginia	A	Inconclusive: Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Grant writes to Halleck "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer".
Battle of Swift Creek	May 9, 1864	Virginia	C	Inconclusive: Union forces damage railroad, but are stopped by Confederate forces.
Battle of Cloyd's Mountain	May 9, 1864	Virginia	C	Union victory: Union victory, Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins killed.
Battle of Chester Station	May 10, 1864	Virginia	D	Inconclusive: Union forces under Benjamin Butler pushed back.
Battle of Cove Mountain	May 10, 1864	Virginia	D	Union victory: Union victory after brief battle.
Battle of Yellow Tavern	May 11, 1864	Virginia	C	Union victory: Union forces win cavalry battle, J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded.
Battle of Proctor's Creek	May 12–16, 1864	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: Beauregard defeats Butler.
Battle of Resaca	May 13, 1864	Georgia	C	Inconclusive: Sherman defeats Johnston
Battle of New Market	May 15, 1864	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: Confederate forces halt Union army under Franz Sigel from advance up the Shenandoah Valley.
Battle of Mansura	May 16, 1864	Louisiana	C	Union victory:
Battle of Adairsville	May 17, 1864	Georgia	C	Union victory: Failed Confederate attempt to destroy part of the Union force approaching Atlanta.
Battle of Yellow Bayou	May 18, 1864	Louisiana	C	Union victory:
Battle of Ware Bottom Church	May 20, 1864	Virginia	C	Confederate victory: Beauregard boxes Butler in.
Battle of North Anna	May 23–26, 1864	Virginia	B	Inconclusive: Lee outmaneuvers Grant, but because of illness, he is unable to capitalize.
Battle of Wilson's Wharf	May 24, 1864	Virginia	D	Union victory: Confederates under Fitzhugh Lee defeated by two Union black regiments.
Battle of New Hope Church	May 25–26, 1864	Georgia	C	Confederate victory: Hooker's forces defeated.
Battle of Dallas (Georgia)	May 26 – June 4, 1864	Georgia	C	Union victory: Confederate withdrawal in Georgia.
Battle of Pickett's Mill	May 27, 1864	Georgia	C	Confederate victory: Unsuccessful attack by Sherman on Johnston.
Battle of Haw's Shop	May 28, 1864	Virginia	C	Union victory: Union advance halted.
Battle of Totopotomoy Creek	May 28–30, 1864	Virginia	B	Inconclusive: Union forces pushed back.
Battle of Old Church	May 30, 1864	Virginia	C	Union victory: Union forces drive Confederates back to Cold Harbor.
Battle of Cold Harbor	May 31 – June 12, 1864	Virginia	A	Confederate victory: Lee repulses Grant, Confederate general says "This is not war, this is murder".
Battle of Piedmont	June 5, 1864	Virginia	B	Union victory: Union forces under David Hunter defeat Confederate defenses on march to Staunton, Virginia, upper Shenandoah Valley.
Battle of Old River Lake	June 6, 1864	Arkansas	D	Union victory:
Battle of Marietta	June 6 – July 3, 1864	Georgia	B	Union victory: Sherman defeats Johnston.
First Battle of Petersburg	June 9, 1864	Virginia	D	Confederate victory: Beauregard defeats Butler.
Battle of Brice's Crossroads	June 10, 1864	Mississippi	B	Confederate victory: N.B. Forrest routs Union force almost three times as large.
Battle of Cynthiana	June 11–12, 1864	Kentucky	C	Union victory: Union Brig. Gen. Stephen Gano Burbridge defeated Confederate Brig. Gen. John Hunt Morgan. Most Confederate soldiers were casualties, though Morgan escaped.
Battle of Trevilian Station	June 11–12, 1864	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: Confederate victory, George Armstrong Custer nearly surrounded and has to be rescued by Sheridan.
Second Battle of Petersburg	June 15–18, 1864	Virginia	A	Confederate victory: Lee repulses Grant at back door to Richmond.
Battle of Lynchburg	June 17–18, 1864	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: Fake Confederate reinforcements lead to Union retreat.
Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road	June 21–24, 1864	Virginia	B	Inconclusive: Union siege lines extended for Siege of Petersburg.
Battle of Kolb's Farm	June 22, 1864	Georgia	C	Union victory: Confederate attack fails due to poor terrain conditions.
Battle of Saint Mary's Church	June 24, 1864	Virginia	D	Inconclusive: Union forces fight a successful delaying action.
Battle of Staunton River Bridge	June 25, 1864	Virginia	C	Confederate victory:
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain	June 27, 1864	Georgia	B	Confederate victory: Johnston repulses Sherman.
Battle of Sappony Church	June 28, 1864	Virginia	D	Confederate victory:
First Battle of Ream's Station	June 29, 1864	Virginia	C	Confederate victory: Maj. Gen. William Mahone and Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee defeated Union cavalry raiding Confederate railroads south of Petersburg, Virginia.
Battle of Monocacy (Battle of Monocacy Junction)	July 9, 1864	Maryland	B	Confederate victory: Union Gen. Lew Wallace slows up Jubal Early, saving DC.
Battle of Fort Stevens	July 11–12, 1864	District of Columbia	B	Union victory: Failed Confederate attempt to capture Washington, D.C., President Lincoln, observing the battle, comes under Confederate fire.
Battle of Tupelo	July 14–15, 1864	Mississippi	B	Union victory: Confederate forces under Stephen D. Lee are defeated and Nathan Bedford Forrest is wounded in action.
Battle of Cool Spring	July 18–19, 1864	Virginia	C	Confederate victory:
Battle of Peachtree Creek	July 20, 1864	Georgia	B	Union victory: (Atlanta Campaign) First Confederate attack against Union forces north of Atlanta fails.
Battle of Rutherford's Farm	July 20, 1864	Virginia	D	Union victory: Confederates under Jubal Early caught by surprise and defeated.
Battle of Atlanta	July 22, 1864	Georgia	B	Union victory: (Atlanta Campaign) Sherman turns back Hood's attack east of Atlanta.
Second Battle of Kernstown	July 24, 1864	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: Jubal Early defeats Union forces.
First Battle of Deep Bottom	July 27–29, 1864	Virginia	C	Confederate victory:
Battle of Ezra Church	July 28, 1864	Georgia	B	Union victory: (Atlanta Campaign) Confederate attack on Union army northwest of Atlanta fails to gain element of surprise, finding entrenched Union forces. Union victory.
Battle of Killdeer Mountain	July 28–29, 1864	North Dakota (Dakota Territory at the time)	C	* Sioux Wars/Dakota War of 1862: Union forces defeat Sioux.
Battle of the Crater	July 30, 1864	Virginia	A	Confederate victory: Lee defeats Burnside.
Battle of Folck's Mill	August 1, 1864	Maryland	D	Inconclusive: Indecisive Civil War battle.
Battle of Mobile Bay	August 2–23, 1864	Alabama	A	Union victory: David Farragut takes port, says "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead".
Battle of Utoy Creek	August 5–7, 1864	Georgia	C	Inconclusive: (Atlanta Campaign) Indecisive battle on Union right flank near Atlanta.
Battle of Moorefield	August 7, 1864	West Virginia	C	Union victory:
Second Battle of Dalton	August 14–15, 1864	Georgia	D	Union victory: Union forces withstand attack until relieved.
Second Battle of Deep Bottom	August 14–20, 1864	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: The Confederates drove back the Union threat, but at a cost of diluting their forces as the Union had hoped.
Battle of Guard Hill	August 16, 1864	Virginia	C	Inconclusive:
Battle of Globe Tavern	August 18–21, 1864	Virginia	B	Union victory: Confederate forces lose control of railroads at Petersburg.
Battle of Lovejoy's Station	August 20, 1864	Georgia	D	Confederate victory: Confederates repel Union raiders attacking the station.
Second Battle of Memphis	August 21, 1864	Tennessee	C	Union victory: Partially successful Confederate raid.
Battle of Summit Point	August 21, 1864	West Virginia	D	Inconclusive:
Second Battle of Ream's Station	August 25, 1864	Virginia	B	Confederate victory: Union lines overrun by Confederates.
Battle of Smithfield Crossing	August 25–29, 1864	West Virginia	D	Inconclusive:
Battle of Jonesborough	August 31 – September 1, 1864	Georgia	A	Union victory: William J. Hardee's Confederates defeated, resulting in Atlanta's fall the following day.
Battle of Berryville	September 3–4, 1864	Virginia	C	Inconclusive: At the same time Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early sent Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Kershaw's division to attack Colonel Joseph Thoburn's division of the VIII Corps, and Kershaw initially routed Thoburn's left flank. Darkness ended the fighting. The next morning, Early, seeing the strength of the Union's entrenched line, retreated behind Opequon Creek.
Battle of Opequon (Third Battle of Winchester)	September 19, 1864	Virginia	A	Union victory: Sheridan defeats Early, several officers killed or wounded on both sides.
Battle of Fisher's Hill	September 2–22, 1864	Virginia	B	Union victory: Successful Union frontal assault.
Battle of Fort Davidson	September 27, 1864	Missouri	B	Union victory: Union forces detonate their own fort after losing to Confederates.
Battle of Chaffin's Farm (New Market Heights)	September 29–30, 1864	Virginia	B	Union victory: Union forces victorious, but fail to capture several forts.
Battle of Peebles' Farm	September 30 – October 2, 1864	Virginia	B	Union victory: Union victory near Petersburg.
First Battle of Saltville	October 1–3, 1864	Virginia	C	Confederate victory: Confederates defeat Union Black Cavalry, war crimes committed against captured blacks.
Battle of Allatoona	October 5, 1864	Georgia	B	Union victory: Union fortifications hold.
Battle of Darbytown and New Market	October 7, 1864	Virginia	C	Union victory:
Battle of Tom's Brook	October 9, 1864	Virginia	C	Union victory: Union cavalry defeats Confederates.
Battle of Darbytown Road	October 13, 1864	Virginia	D	Confederate victory: Federal assault on Confederate fortifications repulsed with heavy casualties.
Battle of Glasgow	October 15, 1864	Missouri	C	Confederate victory: Union forces surrender.
Second Battle of Lexington	October 19, 1864	Missouri	D	Confederate victory: Union forces driven out of town.
Battle of Cedar Creek	October 19, 1864	Virginia	A	Union victory: Sheridan defeats Early, drives Confederates from Shenandoah Valley.
Battle of Little Blue River	October 21, 1864	Missouri	D	Confederate victory: Confederate victory in Missouri.
Battle of Byram's Ford	October 22–23, 1864	Missouri	B	Union victory: Confederates under Marmaduke defeated.
Second Battle of Independence	October 22, 1864	Missouri	C	Confederate victory: Union forces occupy town.
Battle of Westport	October 23, 1864	Missouri	A	Union victory: Union forces win decisive battle to take control of Missouri.
Battle of Marais des Cygnes	October 25, 1864	Kansas	C	Union victory: Price's Confederates pursued into Kansas.
Battle of Mine Creek	October 25, 1864	Kansas	C	Union victory: Price's army crushed, flees back into Missouri.
Battle of Marmiton River	October 25, 1864	Missouri	D	Union victory: Price escapes Union pursuit.
Battle of Decatur	October 26–29, 1864	Alabama	C	Union victory: Confederates unable to cross river.
Battle of Boydton Plank Road	October 27–28, 1864	Virginia	B	Inconclusive: Union forces take control of road, but withdraw after battle.
Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road	October 27–28, 1864	Virginia	C	Confederate victory:
Second Battle of Newtonia	October 28, 1864	Missouri	B	Union victory: James G. Blunt defeats Joseph O. Shelby.
Battle of Johnsonville	November 4–5, 1864	Tennessee	B	Confederate victory: Confederates bombard Union forces during the night after a fire starts near union positions.
Battle of Bull's Gap	November 11–13, 1864	Tennessee	D	Confederate victory: Minor Confederate victory during U.S. Civil War.
Battle of Griswoldville	November 22, 1864	Georgia	B	Union victory: Sherman's march to the sea continued.
Battle of Columbia	November 24, 1864	Tennessee	C	Confederate victory: Confederates divert attention.
Battle of Buck Head Creek	November 28, 1864	Georgia	C	Union victory:
Battle of Spring Hill	November 29, 1864	Tennessee	B	Union victory: Confederate mistakes allow Federal forces to redeploy, leading to the Battle of Franklin.
Sand Creek massacre	November 29, 1864	Colorado (Colorado Territory at the time)	B	* Colorado War: U.S. forces massacre Cheyenne and Arapaho.
Battle of Honey Hill	November 30, 1864	South Carolina	C	Confederate victory: The third battle of Sherman's March to the Sea was a failed Union Army expedition under Maj. Gen. John P. Hatch that attempted to cut off the Charleston and Savannah Railroad in support of Sherman's projected arrival in Savannah.
Battle of Franklin (1864)	November 30, 1864	Tennessee	A	Union victory: Hood attacks Schofield but suffers crushing losses; Pickett's Charge of the West.
Battle of Waynesboro, Georgia	December 4, 1864	Georgia	C	Union victory: Kilpatrick stops Wheeler from attacking Sherman.
Third Battle of Murfreesboro	December 5–7, 1864	Tennessee	D	Union victory: Confederate raid mostly unsuccessful.
First Battle of Fort Fisher	December 7–27, 1864	North Carolina	C	Confederate victory: Failed Union attempt to take fort.
Second Battle of Fort McAllister	December 13, 1864	Georgia	B	Union victory:
Battle of Nashville	December 15–16, 1864	Tennessee	A	Union victory: Thomas attacks and virtually destroys Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee.
Battle of Marion	December 17–18, 1864	Virginia	D	Union victory:
Second Battle of Saltville	December 20–21, 1864	Virginia	C	Union victory: Confederate forces retreated, and General George Stoneman's troops entered the town and destroyed the saltworks.
Second Battle of Fort Fisher	January 13–15, 1865	North Carolina	A	Union victory: Union takes fort.
Battle of Rivers' Bridge	February 3, 1865	South Carolina	D	Union victory: Union forces capture river crossing.
Battle of Hatcher's Run	February 5–7, 1865	Virginia	B	Union victory: Union force launch unexpected attack.
Battle of Wilmington (North Carolina)	February 22, 1865	North Carolina	D	Union victory: Last Confederate port falls.
Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia	March 2, 1865	Virginia	B	Union victory: Remnants of Confederate Army of the Valley are destroyed.
Battle of Natural Bridge	March 6, 1865	Florida	C	Confederate victory: Confederate victory in Florida prevents the capture of Tallahassee.
Battle of Wyse Fork	March 7–10, 1865	North Carolina	D	Union victory: Confederate attacks repelled by Union artillery.
Battle of Monroe's Cross Roads	March 10, 1865	North Carolina	D	Inconclusive:
Battle of Averasborough	March 16, 1865	North Carolina	C	Inconclusive: Union and Confederate forces attack one another in turn, both attacks fail.
Battle of Bentonville	March 19–21, 1865	North Carolina	A	Union victory: Sherman defeats Confederates
Battle of Fort Stedman	March 25, 1865	Virginia	A	Union victory: Lee attempts to break siege.
Battle of Spanish Fort	March 27 – April 8, 1865	Alabama	B	Union victory: Union forces capture fort just east of Mobile.
Battle of Lewis's Farm	March 29, 1865	Virginia	C	Union victory: Union forces capture Confederate earthworks.
Battle of White Oak Road	March 31, 1865	Virginia	B	Union victory: Confederate forces under Richard H. Anderson defeated.
Battle of Dinwiddie Court House	March 31, 1865	Virginia	C	Confederate victory: Pickett defeats Sheridan.
Battle of Five Forks	April 1, 1865	Virginia	A	Union victory: Sheridan routs Confederates.
Battle of Selma	April 2, 1865	Alabama	B	Union victory: Wilson defeats Forrest.
Third Battle of Petersburg	April 2, 1865	Virginia	A	Union victory: Grant defeats Lee.
Battle of Sutherland's Station	April 2, 1865	Virginia	C	Union victory: Lee's supply lines are cut.
Battle of Namozine Church	April 3, 1865	Virginia	D	Confederate victory: Several Confederates captured, Custer's brother earns Medal of Honor.
Battle of Amelia Springs	April 5, 1865	Virginia	C	Inconclusive:
Battle of Rice's Station	April 6, 1865	Virginia	D	Union victory:
Battle of Sayler's Creek (or Sailor's Creek)	April 6, 1865	Virginia	B	Union victory: Lee realizes his army is on the verge of defeat.
Battle of High Bridge	April 6–7, 1865	Virginia	C	Inconclusive: Union forces thwart Lee's attempts to burn bridges and to resupply, Grant proposes that Lee surrender, but he refuses.
Battle of Cumberland Church	April 7, 1865	Virginia	C	Confederate victory: Union forces attack Confederate rearguard, but darkness cuts the attack short.
Battle of Appomattox Station	April 8, 1865	Virginia	B	Union victory: Union forces thwart Lee's final attempt to resupply.
Battle of Appomattox Court House	April 9, 1865	Virginia	A	Union victory: Lee's forces surrounded. He subsequently surrenders.
Battle of Fort Blakeley	April 9, 1865	Alabama	A	Union victory: Union forces capture fort east of Mobile.
Battle of Palmito Ranch	May 12–13, 1865	Texas	D	Confederate victory: Last battle in Texas during final phases of the Civil War.

Other USA/CSA battles

Other non-Indian wars battles and skirmishes not rated by CWSAC.

Battle	Date	State	Outcome
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 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 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 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.
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 Charleston (1861) (Missouri)	August 19, 1861	Missouri	Union victory: Union force destroys Confederate camp.
Battle of Canada Alamosa	September 24–25, 1861	New Mexico (New Mexico Territory at the time)	Confederate victory: One of several small cavalry skirmishes in Confederate Arizona near the border with Union New Mexico Territory.
Battle of Cockle Creek	October 5, 1861	Virginia	Union victory: ends Confederate smuggling up the Chincoteague Bay.
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 Port Royal	November 7, 1861	South Carolina	Union victory: Union fleet under S. F. Du Pont capture Confederate forts at Hilton Head, South Carolina.
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 Elizabeth City	February 10, 1862	North Carolina	Union victory: Destruction of the Mosquito Fleet.
Stanwix Station	March 30, 1862	Arizona (New Mexico Territory at the time)	Union victory: Westernmost skirmish of the war.
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 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.
First Battle of Pocotaligo	May 29, 1862	South Carolina	Union victory: Mission objective fulfilled – Charleston & Savannah railroad bridge damaged.
Battle of Compton's Ferry	August 11, 1862	Missouri	Union victory:
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 Crampton's Gap	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 Pocotaligo	October 22, 1862	South Carolina	Confederate victory: Union troops repulsed after minimally damaging the Charleston & Savannah railroad.
Skirmish at Island Mound	October 27–29, 1862	Missouri	Union victory:
Yazoo Pass Expedition	February 3 – April 12, 1863	Mississippi	Confederate victory: Elaborate amphibious Union flanking maneuver is thwarted by Confederates at Fort Pemberton during the Vicksburg campaign.
Battle of Crooked Creek	April 30, 1863	Alabama	Nathan Bedford Forrest and Union Col. Abel Streight fight Cavalry action for several hours.
Battle of Portland Harbor	June 27, 1863	Maine	Union victory: Naval engagement.
Battle of Sporting Hill	June 30, 1863	Pennsylvania	Inconclusive: Small skirmish during the Gettysburg Campaign was the northernmost engagement of Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War.
Battle of Carlisle	July 1, 1863	Pennsylvania	Inconclusive: Small, but strategically important skirmish during the Gettysburg Campaign.
Battle of Hunterstown	July 2, 1863	Pennsylvania	Inconclusive: Minor cavalry engagement during the Gettysburg Campaign
Battle of Fairfield	July 3, 1863	Pennsylvania	Confederate victory: Cavalry engagement during the Gettysburg Campaign secured the important Hagerstown Road.
Jackson Expedition	July 5–25, 1863	Mississippi	Union victory: Forces under General William T. Sherman clear General Joseph E. Johnston's relief effort from the Vicksburg area.
Battle of Funkstown	July 10, 1863	Maryland	Inconclusive: Action during Lee's retreat to Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg.
Draft Riots	July 13–16, 1863	New York	–
Battle of Bayou Meto (Battle of Reed's Bridge)	August 27, 1863	Arkansas	Confederate Victory: Confederate forces delay the Union advance on Little Rock.
Battle of Bayou Bourbeux	November 3, 1863	Louisiana	Confederate victory: Confederate District of Western Louisiana troops attack the isolated rear guard during Union withdrawal from Opelousas.
Battle of Laredo	March 18, 1864	Texas	Confederate victory: Union force sent to destroy 05,000 bales of cotton
Battle of Salyersville	April 13–14, 1864	Kentucky	Union victory: Confederates were driven into Salyersville with heavy losses.
Battle of Cherbourg (1864) (Sinking of CSS Alabama)	June 19, 1864	(Naval engagement) Cherbourg, France	Union victory: USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama
Battle of Camden Point	July 13, 1864	Missouri	Union victory:
Battle of Brown's Mill	July 30, 1864	Georgia	Confederate victory: cavalry engagement during Atlanta campaign
Battle of Fort Smith	July 31, 1864	Arkansas	Union victory: Federal troops maintain control of western Arkansas
Battle of Gainesville	August 17, 1864	Florida	Confederate victory:
Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle	September 23–25, 1864	Alabama	Confederate victory: Raid to disrupt Sherman's supply line
Battle of Marianna	September 27, 1864	Florida	Union victory: Cavalry raid into Florida panhandle.
St. Albans raid	October 19, 1864	Vermont	Confederate victory: Northernmost land action of the American Civil War
Battle of Anthony's Hill (Battle of King's Hill)	December 24, 1864	Tennessee	Confederate victory: Forrest turns back Union pursuers after the Battle of Nashville.
Battle of Broxton Bridge	February 2, 1865	South Carolina	–
Battle of Aiken	February 11, 1865	South Carolina	Cavalry action between Union Maj. Gen. Hugh Judson Kilpatrick and Confederate Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler.
Battle of Fort Myers	February 20, 1865	Florida	Union victory: Southernmost land battle of the war.
Battle of Morrisville	April 13–15, 1865	North Carolina	Union victory: Last cavalry battle of the War.
Battle of West Point	April 16, 1865	Georgia	Union victory: Union victory during final phase of U.S. Civil War.
Battle of Columbus (1865) (Battle of Girard)	April 16, 1865	Georgia	Union victory: during final phase of war.
Battle of Anderson	May 1, 1865	South Carolina	Inconclusive: Minor skirmish.

Other battles in the American Indian Wars

Other battles and skirmishes, not rated by CWSAC, of the American Indian Wars between either USA or CSA forces and the Apache, Arapaho, Cheyenne, Comanche, Dakota, Kiowa, Navajo, and Shoshone which occurred during the American Civil War – including: the Apache Wars, Colorado War, Dakota War of 1862, Navajo Wars, and Texas–Indian wars.

Battle	Date	State	Outcome
Siege of Tubac	August 1861	Arizona (New Mexico Territory at the time)	Apache victory. Confederate militia and townspeople flee to Tucson.
First Battle of Dragoon Springs	May 5, 1862	Arizona (New Mexico Territory at the time)	Apache victory. Westernmost Confederate battle fatalities.
Second Battle of Dragoon Springs	May 9, 1862	Arizona (New Mexico Territory at the time)	Confederate victory. Livestock recaptured.
Battle of Apache Pass	July 15–16, 1862	Arizona (New Mexico Territory at the time)	Apache Wars: Union soldiers fight with Apache warriors.
Battles of New Ulm	August 19 and 23, 1862	Minnesota	Dakota War of 1862: Two battles in the Dakota War of 1862.
Battle of Birch Coulee	September 2, 1862	Minnesota	Dakota War of 1862: Worst defeat of Union forces during the Dakota War of 1862.
Battle of Bear River	January 29, 1863	Idaho (Washington Territory at the time)	Also known as the Bear River Massacre. Resulted in the scattering of several Shoshoni bands and ended Shoshoni control of northern Utah Territory.
Battle of Canyon de Chelly	January 12–14, 1864	Arizona (Arizona Territory at the time)	US victory
First Battle of Adobe Walls	November 25, 1864	Texas	Texas–Indian wars: Kit Carson fights Kiowa forces to a draw, but manages to destroy their settlement.
Battle of Dove Creek	January 8, 1865	Texas	Kickapoo victory: Texas State Militia and CS troops are defeated by Kickapoo Indians.
Battle of Fort Buchanan	February 17, 1865	Arizona (Arizona Territory at the time)	Apache victory. Fort Buchanan destroyed.

Troop engagements

This is a chronological summary and record of every engagement between the troops of the Union and of the Confederacy, showing the total losses and casualties in each engagement. It was collated and compiled from the Official Records of the War Department.

This summary has been divided by year:

• 1861
• 1862
• 1863
• 1864
• 1865

See also

• List of costliest American Civil War land battles
• Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War
• Bibliography of the American Civil War
• Bibliography of Ulysses S. Grant

References

Sources

• Lossing, Benson J., LL.D. A History of the Civil War 1861–65: And the Causes that Led Up to the Great Conflict. New York: The War Memorial Association, 1912.