American Civil War
April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865 · Eastern United States
Result Union victory
War in the United States from 12 April 1861 to 26 May 1865 between the Union (the North) and the Confederacy (the South), formed in 1861 by states that seceded to preserve slavery after Abraham Lincoln's 1860 election victory; it began when the Confederacy bombarded Fort Sumter. Union victory dissolved the Confederacy and abolished slavery, freeing four million African Americans.
Union
Confederacy
Other
Abraham Lincoln
belligerent leader
Ulysses S. Grant
George B. McClellan
George Meade
Andrew Johnson
Military Governor of Tennessee
Winfield Scott
John Schofield
Nathaniel Lyon
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William Tecumseh Sherman
Major General, Captured Atlanta; March to the Sea
David Farragut
Admiral, Captured New Orleans; won at Mobile Bay
George H. Thomas
Major General, Army of the Cumberland; won at Nashville
Philip Henry Sheridan
Major General, Cavalry commander; Shenandoah Valley campaign of 1864
Edwin Stanton
Secretary of War
Jefferson Davis
Robert E. Lee
John Bell Hood
Stonewall Jackson
Lieutenant General, Shenandoah Valley campaign; killed after Chancellorsville
P. G. T. Beauregard
General, Fired on Fort Sumter; commanded at First Bull Run
Joseph E. Johnston
General, Commanded in Virginia, the West and the Carolinas
James Longstreet
Lieutenant General, Corps commander under Lee
Braxton Bragg
General, Army of Tennessee at Stones River and Chickamauga
Strength and losses
United States Strength 2,213,363 · Killed 140,414 · Deaths 364,511 · Wounded 281,881
- Strength
- 750,000–1,000,000
- Casualties
- 864,000
- Deaths
- 290,000
- Wounded
- 137,000
- Captured
- 436,658
Confederate States of America Strength c. 1,050,000 · Killed c. 74,524 · Deaths c. 133,821
- Killed
- c. 618,000
Units
5th New York State Militia
Army of Arkansas
Army of Georgia
Henry W. Slocum
3rd Cavalry Division (Military Division of the Mississippi)
Judson Kilpatrick
Army of Northeastern Virginia
Irvin McDowell
Army of Virginia
Army of West Mississippi
Army of West Virginia
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Army of the Cumberland
William S. Rosecrans
George H. Thomas
Cavalry Corps (Army of the Cumberland)
Robert B. Mitchell
Eli Long
Washington Elliott
IV Corps (Union Army)
Also under Army of the Ohio
Gordon Granger
Oliver O. Howard
David S. Stanley
Reserve Corps (Army of the Cumberland)
Gordon Granger
XIV Corps (Union Army)
Also under Army of Georgia
William S. Rosecrans
George H. Thomas
John M. Palmer
Jefferson C. Davis
Richard W. Johnson
14th Ohio Infantry Regiment
2nd Ohio Infantry Regiment
XX Corps (Union Army)
Also under Army of Georgia
Joseph Hooker
Alpheus S. Williams
Henry W. Slocum
Alpheus S. Williams
Joseph A. Mower
XX Corps (Union Army, 1863)
Alexander McDowell McCook
XXI Corps (Union Army, 1863)
Thomas Leonidas Crittenden
Cavalry Division, Army of the Cumberland
David S. Stanley
Provisional Detachment (District of the Etowah)
James B. Steedman
Army of the Frontier
Army of the Gulf
Benjamin Franklin Butler
Nathaniel P. Banks
Corps d'Afrique
Daniel Ullman
1st Louisiana Native Guard (Union)
Army of the James
Benjamin Franklin Butler
E. O. C. Ord
Terry's Provisional Corps
Alfred Howe Terry
XVIII Corps (Union army)
John G. Foster
William Farrar Smith
E. O. C. Ord
Godfrey Weitzel
XXIV Corps (Union army)
Alfred Howe Terry
First Division, XXIV Corps
Second Division, XXIV Corps
Adelbert Ames
XXV Corps (Union army)
Godfrey Weitzel
Third Division, XXV Corps
Charles J. Paine
Army of the Mississippi
John Alexander McClernand
XIII Corps (Union army)
Ulysses S. Grant
John Alexander McClernand
George W. Morgan
John Alexander McClernand
E. O. C. Ord
XV Corps (Union Army)
William Tecumseh Sherman
Francis P. Blair Jr.
John A. Logan
Morgan L. Smith
John A. Logan
Peter J. Osterhaus
John A. Logan
William B. Hazen
Army of the Ohio
Don Carlos Buell
Ambrose Burnside
John G. Foster
John Schofield
Jacob D. Cox
John Schofield
John Schofield
XXIII Corps (Union Army)
George L. Hartsuff
Mahlon D. Manson
John Schofield
Jacob D. Cox
John Schofield
Jacob D. Cox
John Schofield
Jacob D. Cox
Army of the Potomac
George B. McClellan
Ambrose Burnside
Joseph Hooker
George Meade
Cavalry Corps (Union Army)
Also under Army of the Shenandoah (Union)
George Stoneman
Alfred Pleasonton
Philip Henry Sheridan
David McMurtrie Gregg
Wesley Merritt
Center Grand Division, Army of the Potomac
Joseph Hooker
III Corps (Union Army)
Samuel P. Heintzelman
George Stoneman
Daniel Sickles
David B. Birney
Daniel Sickles
David B. Birney
William H. French
David B. Birney
William H. French
V Corps (Union Army)
Fitz John Porter
Joseph Hooker
Daniel Butterfield
George Meade
Charles Griffin
George Sykes
George Meade
Andrew A. Humphreys
George Meade
George Sykes
Samuel W. Crawford
George Sykes
Gouverneur Kemble Warren
Samuel W. Crawford
Gouverneur Kemble Warren
Charles Griffin
20th Maine Infantry Regiment
IV Corps (Union Army)
Erasmus D. Keyes
IX Corps (Union Army)
Also under Army of the Ohio, Right Grand Division, Army of the Potomac, and Army of the Tennessee
Ambrose Burnside
Jesse L. Reno
Jacob D. Cox
Orlando B. Willcox
John G. Parke
John G. Parke
Ambrose Burnside
John G. Parke
Left Grand Division, Army of the Potomac
William Buel Franklin
I Corps (Union Army)
Irvin McDowell
Irvin McDowell
James B. Ricketts
Joseph Hooker
Joseph Hooker
George Meade
John F. Reynolds
Abner Doubleday
John Newton
Iron Brigade
Also under V Corps (Union Army) and Army of Virginia
Rufus King
John Gibbon
Solomon Meredith
Reserve Grand Division, Army of the Potomac
Franz Sigel
Right Grand Division, Army of the Potomac
Edwin V. Sumner
II Corps (Union Army)
Edwin V. Sumner
Darius N. Couch
John Sedgwick
Oliver O. Howard
Darius N. Couch
Winfield Scott Hancock
John Gibbon
Winfield Scott Hancock
Alexander Hays
Gouverneur Kemble Warren
Winfield Scott Hancock
David B. Birney
Winfield Scott Hancock
Andrew A. Humphreys
Irish Brigade (Union Army)
Thomas Francis Meagher
1st Minnesota Infantry Regiment
Cavalry Division, Army of the Potomac
George Stoneman
Alfred Pleasonton
VI Corps (Union Army)
Also under Army of the Shenandoah (Union) and Left Grand Division, Army of the Potomac
William Buel Franklin
William Farrar Smith
John Newton
John Sedgwick
James B. Ricketts
John Sedgwick
Horatio Gouverneur Wright
Horatio Gouverneur Wright
James B. Ricketts
George W. Getty
Horatio Gouverneur Wright
Horatio Gouverneur Wright
George W. Getty
Horatio Gouverneur Wright
XI Corps (Union Army)
Also under Army of the Cumberland and Reserve Grand Division, Army of the Potomac
Franz Sigel
Carl Schurz
Franz Sigel
Carl Schurz
Oliver O. Howard
Carl Schurz
Oliver O. Howard
Carl Schurz
Oliver O. Howard
XII Corps (Union Army)
Also under Army of the Cumberland and Reserve Grand Division, Army of the Potomac
Alpheus S. Williams
Joseph K. Mansfield
Alpheus S. Williams
Henry W. Slocum
Alpheus S. Williams
Henry W. Slocum
Alpheus S. Williams
Henry W. Slocum
XIX Corps (Union army)
Nathaniel P. Banks
Army of the Shenandoah (Union)
Philip Henry Sheridan
Army of the Southwest
Army of the Tennessee
Ulysses S. Grant
William Tecumseh Sherman
James B. McPherson
John A. Logan
Oliver O. Howard
John A. Logan
XVI Corps (Union army)
Andrew J. Smith
Thomas E. G. Ransom
Andrew J. Smith
XVII Corps (Union Army)
James B. McPherson
Francis P. Blair Jr.
Thomas E. G. Ransom
Francis P. Blair Jr.
Detachment, Army of the Tennessee
Andrew J. Smith
Army of the West (Union)
Nathaniel Lyon
Samuel D. Sturgis
First Brigade, Army of the West
Samuel D. Sturgis
Fourth Brigade, Army of the West
George Deitzler
Second Brigade, Army of the West
Franz Sigel
Third Brigade, Army of the West
George L. Andrews
1st Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union)
Denver City Home Guard
Department of Pennsylvania
Department of West Virginia
Benjamin Franklin Kelley
Franz Sigel
David Hunter
George Crook
Department of the Ohio
George B. McClellan
Department of the South
Quincy Adams Gillmore
X Corps (Union army)
Quincy Adams Gillmore
Second Division, X Corps
Truman Seymour
Strong's Brigade
George Crockett Strong
Home Guard (United States)
Union Army Balloon Corps
Union Army of Kentucky
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Utah Territorial Militia
1st Missouri US Reserve Corps Infantry Regiment
Cavalry Corps, Military Division of the Mississippi
James H. Wilson
VII Corps (Union army)
VIII Corps (Union army)
Veteran Corps of Artillery
Kanawha Division
Republican Blues
10th Infantry Regiment (United States)
11th Maine Infantry Regiment
11th United States Colored Infantry Regiment (New)
122nd Illinois Infantry Regiment
147th Regiment (United States)
14th Infantry Regiment (United States)
14th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment
16th Infantry Regiment (United States)
16th Ohio Infantry Regiment
18th Infantry Regiment (United States)
199th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment
19th Infantry Regiment (United States)
1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment
1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)
1st Colorado Infantry Regiment
1st Maine Cavalry Regiment
1st Maine Infantry Regiment
1st Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment
1st West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1st West Virginia Infantry Regiment
21st Ohio Infantry Regiment
22nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
23rd Infantry Regiment (United States)
2nd Air Defense Artillery Regiment
2nd Cavalry Regiment (United States)
2nd Colorado Infantry Regiment
2nd Florida Cavalry Regiment (Union)
2nd Infantry Regiment (United States)
2nd Missouri Infantry Regiment (Union)
2nd New York Cavalry Regiment
2nd United States Colored Infantry Regiment
2nd West Virginia Infantry Regiment
33rd Ohio Infantry Regiment
3rd Cavalry Regiment (United States)
3rd New York Cavalry Regiment
3rd West Virginia Cavalry Regiment
42nd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
46th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
4th Cavalry Regiment (United States)
4th Infantry Regiment (United States)
54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment
Robert Gould Shaw
5th Cavalry Regiment
5th Infantry Regiment (United States)
5th Minnesota Infantry Regiment
5th United States Colored Cavalry Regiment
62nd Ohio Infantry Regiment
67th Ohio Infantry Regiment
6th Indiana Infantry Regiment
6th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
7th Indiana Infantry Regiment
7th Infantry Regiment (United States)
8th Ohio Cavalry Regiment
8th Regiment Heavy Artillery U.S. Colored Troops
9th Illinois Infantry Regiment
9th Indiana Infantry Regiment
9th New York Infantry Regiment
Chatham Artillery
1st U.S. Artillery, Battery E
Fort Sumter Garrison
Robert Anderson
East Gulf Blockading Squadron
Mississippi River Squadron
Andrew Hull Foote
Charles Henry Davis
David Dixon Porter
North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
David Dixon Porter
USS Monitor
South Atlantic Blockading Squadron
John Adolphus Dahlgren
USS Housatonic
West Gulf Blockading Squadron
David Farragut
USS Hartford
CSS General Sumter
USS General Bragg
USS Kearsarge
John Ancrum Winslow
Army of Mississippi (1862)
Army of Missouri
Army of Northern Virginia
Joseph E. Johnston
Gustavus Woodson Smith
Robert E. Lee
Cavalry Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
J. E. B. Stuart
Wade Hampton III
Fitzhugh Lee
First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
James Longstreet
Charles William Field
Richard Herron Anderson
James Longstreet
Pickett's Division
George Pickett
Texas Brigade
Also under Army of Northern Virginia and Army of the Potomac (Confederate)
Louis T. Wigfall
John Bell Hood
Fourth Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Richard Herron Anderson
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Left Wing, Army of Northern Virginia
Gustavus Woodson Smith
Stonewall Jackson
Reserve, Army of Northern Virginia
John B. Magruder
Right Wing, Army of Northern Virginia
James Longstreet
Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
Also under Army of the Valley
Stonewall Jackson
A. P. Hill
Richard S. Ewell
Jubal Early
John B. Gordon
A. P. Hill's Light Division
A. P. Hill
Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia
A. P. Hill
Jubal Early
Stonewall Brigade
Also under Army of the Valley and Army of the Potomac (Confederate)
Stonewall Jackson
Army of Tennessee
Braxton Bragg
Joseph E. Johnston
John Bell Hood
Joseph E. Johnston
First Corps, Army of Tennessee
Leonidas Polk
Benjamin F. Cheatham
William J. Hardee
Benjamin F. Cheatham
William J. Hardee
Patrick Cleburne
William J. Hardee
Benjamin F. Cheatham
William B. Bate
Cleburne's Division
Patrick Cleburne
Reserve Corps (Army of Tennessee)
William H. T. Walker
Second Corps, Army of Tennessee
Braxton Bragg
William J. Hardee
Daniel Harvey Hill
John C. Breckinridge
John Bell Hood
Stephen D. Lee
Daniel Harvey Hill
Third Corps, Army of Tennessee
Simon Bolivar Buckner
Leonidas Polk
Alexander P. Stewart
William W. Loring
Edward C. Walthall
Army of Western Louisiana
Army of the Potomac (Confederate)
P. G. T. Beauregard
Joseph E. Johnston
Army of the Shenandoah (Confederate)
Joseph E. Johnston
Army of the South
Joseph E. Johnston
Cavalry Command, Army of the South
Wade Hampton III
Wheeler's Cavalry Corps
Joseph Wheeler
Army of the Valley
Confederate Army of the Northwest
Robert S. Garnett
Henry R. Jackson
William W. Loring
Confederate States Marine Corps
Department No. 1
Mansfield Lovell
Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana
John C. Pemberton
Army of Vicksburg
John C. Pemberton
Bowen's Division
John Stevens Bowen
Forney's Division
John H. Forney
Smith's Division
Martin L. Smith
Stevenson's Division
Carter L. Stevenson
District of East Louisiana
Franklin Gardner
Center Wing, Port Hudson
William N. R. Beall
Left Wing, Port Hudson
Isaiah G. W. Steedman
Right Wing, Port Hudson
William R. Miles
Department of North Carolina
Braxton Bragg
District of Cape Fear
William H. C. Whiting
Fort Fisher Garrison
William Lamb
Hoke's Division
Robert Hoke
Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia
P. G. T. Beauregard
Department of Richmond
Richard S. Ewell
Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida
P. G. T. Beauregard
William J. Hardee
Fort Wagner Garrison
William Booth Taliaferro
Department of Western Virginia
John C. Breckinridge
John C. Breckinridge
Missouri State Guard
Sterling Price
Fourth Division, Missouri State Guard
William Y. Slack
Second Division, Missouri State Guard
James S. Rains
Seventh Division, Missouri State Guard
James H. McBride
Sixth Division, Missouri State Guard
Mosby M. Parsons
Third Division, Missouri State Guard
John Bullock Clark Jr.
Provisional Confederate Forces at Charleston
P. G. T. Beauregard
Western Army
Benjamin McCulloch
Pearce's Division, Arkansas State Troops
Nicholas Bartlett Pearce
McCulloch's Brigade
Benjamin McCulloch
Forrest's Cavalry Corps
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Shelby's Iron Brigade
11th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
14th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Confederate)
1st Maryland Cavalry Battalion (Confederate)
1st Virginia Cavalry Regiment
24th Virginia Infantry Regiment
25th Virginia Infantry Regiment
2nd Florida Cavalry Regiment (Confederate)
2nd Maryland Cavalry Battalion
2nd Virginia Cavalry Regiment
31st Virginia Infantry Regiment
3rd Virginia Cavalry Regiment
4th North Carolina Infantry Regiment
4th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
5th Virginia Cavalry Regiment
8th Confederate Cavalry Regiment
1st Georgia Sharpshooter Battalion
Kilcrease Light Artillery
Fort Hindman Garrison
Thomas James Churchill
Deshler's Brigade
James Deshler
Dunnington's Brigade
John W. Dunnington
Garland's Brigade
Robert R. Garland
Confederate States Navy
River Defense Fleet
James Edward Montgomery
CSS Little Rebel
Colonel Lovell
General Beauregard
General Earl Van Dorn
General M. Jeff Thompson
Laurent Millaudon
CSS Alabama
Raphael Semmes
CSS Louisiana
Charles F. McIntosh
CSS Tennessee
Franklin Buchanan
CSS Virginia
Catesby ap Roger Jones
H. L. Hunley
Battles and events 310
Key events
- Battle of Fort Sumter April 12–13, 1861 · Confederate victory
- First Battle of Bull Run July 21, 1861 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Shiloh April 6–7, 1862 · Union victory
- Seven Days Battles June 25 – July 1, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Second Battle of Bull Run August 28–30, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Fredericksburg December 11–15, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Chancellorsville April 30 – May 6, 1863 · Confederate victory
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Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3, 1863 · Union victory
- Pickett's Charge July 3, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Chickamauga September 18–20, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Battle of the Wilderness May 5–7, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865 · Union victory
1861
- Battle of Fort Sumter April 12–13, 1861 · Confederate victory
- 1861 Baltimore riot April 19, 1861
- Camp Jackson affair May 10, 1861
- Battle of Sewell's Point May 18–19, 1861 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Aquia Creek May 29 – June 1, 1861 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Fairfax Court House (1861) June 1, 1861 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Philippi June 3, 1861 · Union victory
- Battle of Big Bethel June 10, 1861 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Boonville June 17, 1861 · Union victory
- Battle of Vienna, Virginia June 17, 1861 · Confederate Victory
- Battle of Hoke's Run July 2, 1861 · Union victory
- Battle of Carthage, Missouri July 5, 1861 · Confederate victory
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Battle of Rich Mountain July 11, 1861 · Union victory
- Battle of Corrick's Ford July 13, 1861 · Union victory
- Battle of Corrick's Ford July 13, 1861 · Union victory
- Battle of Blackburn's Ford July 18, 1861 · Confederate victory
- First Battle of Bull Run July 21, 1861 · Confederate victory
- First Battle of Mesilla July 25, 1861 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Wilson's Creek August 10, 1861 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries August 28–29, 1861 · Union victory
- Battle of Carnifex Ferry September 10, 1861 · Union victory
- Battle of Cheat Mountain September 12–15, 1861 · Union victory
- First Battle of Lexington September 13–20, 1861 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Barbourville September 19, 1861 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Greenbrier River October 3, 1861 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Santa Rosa Island October 9, 1861 · Union victory
- Battle of the Head of Passes October 12, 1861 · Confederate States victory
- Battle of Ball's Bluff October 21, 1861 · Confederate victory
- First Battle of Springfield October 25, 1861 · Union victory
- Battle of Port Royal November 7, 1861 · United States victory
- Battle of Belmont November 7, 1861
- Battle of Round Mountain November 19, 1861 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Camp Allegheny December 13, 1861 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Dranesville December 20, 1861 · Union victory
1862
- Battle of Cockpit Point January 3, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Hancock January 6, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Mill Springs January 19, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Fort Henry February 6, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Roanoke Island February 7–8, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Elizabeth City February 10, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Fort Donelson February 11–16, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Valverde February 20–21, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Island Number Ten February 28 – April 8, 1862 · Union victory
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Peninsula campaign March 1862 – July 1862 · Confederate victory
- Siege of Yorktown (1862) April 5 – May 4, 1862
- Battle of Pea Ridge March 7–8, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Hampton Roads March 8–9, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Battle of New Bern March 14, 1862 · Union victory
- First Battle of Kernstown March 23, 1862 · Union victory
- Siege of Fort Macon March 23 – April 26, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Glorieta Pass March 26–28, 1862 · Union victory
- New Mexico campaign April 1862 · Confederate tactical victory, Union strategic victory
- Battle of Shiloh April 6–7, 1862 · Union victory
- Siege of Fort Pulaski April 10–11, 1862 · Union victory
- Great Locomotive Chase April 12, 1862 · Confederate victory, The General recaptured
- Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip April 18–28, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of South Mills April 19, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Capture of New Orleans April 25, 1862 · Union victory
- Siege of Corinth April 29 – May 30, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Williamsburg May 5, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Eltham's Landing May 7, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Battle of McDowell May 8, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Plum Point Bend May 10, 1862 · Confederate Victory
- Battle of Drewry's Bluff May 15, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Front Royal May 23, 1862 · Confederate victory
- First Battle of Winchester May 25, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Hanover Court House May 27, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Seven Pines May 31 – June 1, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Tranter's Creek June 5, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Memphis June 6, 1862 · Union victory
- First Battle of Chattanooga June 7–8, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Cross Keys June 8, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Port Republic June 9, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Secessionville June 16, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Seven Days Battles June 25 – July 1, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Oak Grove June 25, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Beaver Dam Creek June 26, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Gaines' Mill June 27, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Garnett's & Golding's Farms June 27–28, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Savage's Station June 29, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Battle of White Oak Swamp June 30, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Glendale June 30, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Malvern Hill July 1, 1862 · Union victory
- First Battle of Murfreesboro July 13, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Baton Rouge (1862) August 5, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9, 1862 · Confederate victory
- First Battle of Donaldsonville August 9, 1862 · Union victory
- First Battle of Independence August 11, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Confederate Heartland Offensive August 14 – October 10, 1862 · Confederate withdrawal
- Battle of Lone Jack August 15–16, 1862 · Confederate victory
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Dakota War of 1862 August 17 – December 26, 1862 · United States victory
- Attack at the Lower Sioux Agency August 18, 1862 · Santee Sioux victory
- Battles of New Ulm August 19, 1862 · Santee Sioux defeat (attacks repulsed; city temporarily evacuated following day)
- Battle of Fort Ridgely August 20–22, 1862 · United States victory
- Battle of Wood Lake September 23, 1862 · United States victory
- First Battle of Rappahannock Station August 22–25, 1862 · Confederate Victory
- Manassas Station Operations August 25–27, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Second Battle of Bull Run August 28–30, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Thoroughfare Gap August 28, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Richmond August 29–30, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Northern Virginia campaign September 1, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Chantilly September 1, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Maryland campaign September 4–20, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Harpers Ferry September 12–15, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of South Mountain September 14, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Munfordville September 14–17, 1862
- Battle of Crampton's Gap September 14, 1862 · Draw
- Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Shepherdstown September 19–20, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Iuka September 19, 1862 · Union victory
- First Battle of Sabine Pass September 24–25, 1862 · Union victory
- First Battle of Newtonia September 30, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Second Battle of Corinth October 3–4, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Hatchie Bridge October 5, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Perryville October 8, 1862
- Battle of Cane Hill November 28, 1862 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Hartsville December 7, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Prairie Grove December 7, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Fredericksburg December 11–15, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Kinston December 14, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of White Hall December 16, 1862 · Draw
- Battle of Goldsborough Bridge December 17, 1862 · Union victory
- Battle of Chickasaw Bayou December 26–29, 1862 · Confederate victory
- Vicksburg campaign December 29, 1862 – July 4, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Stones River December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863 · Tactically Inconclusive; strategic Union victory due to Confederate withdrawal
1863
- Battle of Galveston January 1, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Second Battle of Springfield January 8, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Arkansas Post January 9–11, 1863 · Union victory
- First Battle of Fort McAllister January 27 – March 3, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Kelly's Ford March 17, 1863 · Inconclusive
- First Battle of Charleston Harbor April 7, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Siege of Suffolk April 11 – May 4, 1863 · Inconclusive
- Stoneman's 1863 raid April 13 – May 10, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Irish Bend April 14, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Cape Girardeau April 26, 1863 · Strategic (Union) victory
- Battle of Grand Gulf April 29, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Chancellorsville April 30 – May 6, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Chalk Bluff May 1–2, 1863 · Confederate pyrrhic victory
- Battle of Port Gibson May 1, 1863 · Union victory
- Second Battle of Fredericksburg May 3, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Salem Church May 3–4, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Raymond May 12, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Jackson May 14, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Champion Hill May 16, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Big Black River Bridge May 17, 1863 · Union victory
- Siege of Vicksburg May 18 – July 4, 1863 · Union victory
- Siege of Port Hudson May 22 – July 9, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Middleburg June 1863 – June 19, 1863 · Inconclusive
- Gettysburg campaign June 3 – July 24, 1863 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Milliken's Bend June 7, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Brandy Station June 9, 1863
- Morgan's Raid June 11 – July 26, 1863 · Union victory
- Second Battle of Winchester June 13–15, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Aldie June 17, 1863 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Upperville June 21, 1863 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Hanover June 30, 1863 · Inconclusive
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Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3, 1863 · Union victory
- Pickett's Charge July 3, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Carlisle July 1, 1863 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Fairfield July 3, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Fight at Monterey Pass July 4–5, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Helena July 4, 1863 · Union victory
- Jackson expedition July 5–25, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Williamsport July 6–16, 1863 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Boonsboro July 8, 1863 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Corydon July 9, 1863 · Confederate victory
- First Battle of Fort Wagner July 10–11, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Honey Springs July 17, 1863 · Union victory
- Second Battle of Fort Wagner July 18, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Second Battle of Charleston Harbor July 18 – September 7, 1863 · Inconclusive
- Knoxville campaign August 1863 – December 14, 1863 · Union victory
- Lawrence Massacre August 21, 1863
- Battle of the Cumberland Gap (1863) September 7–9, 1863 · Union victory
- Second Battle of Fort Sumter September 8, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Second Battle of Sabine Pass September 8, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Chickamauga September 18–20, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Stirling's Plantation September 29, 1863 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Baxter Springs October 6, 1863 · Confederate victory; Union holds fort
- First Battle of Auburn October 13, 1863 · Inconclusive
- Second Battle of Auburn October 14, 1863 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Bristoe Station October 14, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Wauhatchie October 28–29, 1863 · Union victory
- Second Battle of Rappahannock Station November 7, 1863 · Union victory
- Second Battle of Chattanooga November 23–25, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Lookout Mountain November 24, 1863 · Union victory
- Chattanooga campaign November 25, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Missionary Ridge November 25, 1863 · Union victory
- Battle of Mine Run November 27 – December 2, 1863 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Fort Sanders November 29, 1863 · Union victory
1864
- Battle of Athens (1864) January 26, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Morton's Ford February 6–7, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Sinking of USS Housatonic February 17, 1864
- Battle of Olustee February 20, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Red River Campaign March 10 – May 22, 1864
- Battle of Fort DeRussy March 14, 1864 · Union victory
- Camden Expedition March 23 – May 3, 1864 · Union failure
- Battle of Paducah March 25, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Mansfield April 8, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Pleasant Hill April 9, 1864
- Battle of Fort Pillow April 12, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Poison Spring April 18, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Marks' Mills April 25, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Jenkins' Ferry April 30, 1864 · Union victory
- Valley campaigns of 1864 May 1864 – October 1864 · Union victory
- Overland Campaign May 4 – June 24, 1864
- Battle of the Wilderness May 5–7, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Albemarle Sound May 5, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Port Walthall Junction May 6–7, 1864 · Union victory
- Atlanta campaign May 7 – September 2, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Spotsylvania May 8–21, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Swift Creek May 9, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Cloyd's Mountain May 9, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Chester Station May 10, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Yellow Tavern May 11, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Proctor's Creek May 12–16, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Resaca May 13–15, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of New Market May 15, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Adairsville May 17, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Ware Bottom Church May 20, 1864 · CSA (Confederate) victory
- Battle of Wilson's Wharf May 24, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of New Hope Church May 25–26, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of North Anna May 26, 1864
- Battle of Dallas May 26 – June 1, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Pickett's Mill May 27, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Totopotomoy Creek May 28–30, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Haw's Shop May 28, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Old Church May 30, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Cold Harbor May 31 – June 12, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Piedmont June 5, 1864 · Union victory
- Siege of Petersburg June 9, 1864 – March 25, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Marietta June 9 – July 3, 1864 · Union victory
- First Battle of Petersburg June 9, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Brice's Cross Roads June 10, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Trevilian Station June 11–12, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Second Battle of Petersburg June 15–18, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Lynchburg June 17–18, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Cherbourg (1864) June 19, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road June 21–23, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Kolb's Farm June 22, 1864 · Union tactical victory
- Battle of Saint Mary's Church June 24, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Kennesaw Mountain June 27, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Monocacy July 9, 1864
- Battle of Fort Stevens July 11–12, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Tupelo July 14–15, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Peachtree Creek July 20, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Rutherford's Farm July 20, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Atlanta July 22, 1864 · Union victory
- Second Battle of Kernstown July 24, 1864 · Confederate victory
- First Battle of Deep Bottom July 27–29, 1864 · Strategic Union Victory
- Battle of Ezra Church July 28, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of the Crater July 30, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Mobile Bay August 5, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Utoy Creek August 5–7, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Moorefield August 7, 1864 · Union victory
- Second Battle of Deep Bottom August 14–20, 1864
- Second Battle of Dalton August 14–15, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Guard Hill August 16, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Globe Tavern August 18–21, 1864 · Union victory
- Second Battle of Memphis August 21, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Summit Point August 21, 1864 · Inconclusive
- Second Battle of Ream's Station August 25, 1864
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Price's Missouri Expedition August 29 – December 2, 1864
- Battle of Glasgow, Missouri October 15, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Jonesborough August 31 – September 1, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Berryville September 3–4, 1864 · Inconclusive
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Franklin–Nashville campaign September 18 – December 27, 1864 · Union victory; end of large-scale fighting in the Western Theater
- Battle of Johnsonville November 4–5, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Third Battle of Winchester September 19, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Fisher's Hill September 21–22, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Fort Davidson September 27, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Chaffin's Farm September 29–30, 1864 · Union victory
- First Battle of Saltville October 2, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Allatoona October 5, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Tom's Brook October 9, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Cedar Creek October 19, 1864 · Union victory
- Second Battle of Lexington October 19, 1864 · Confederate victory
- St. Albans Raid October 19, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Second Battle of Independence October 22, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Byram's Ford October 22–23, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Westport October 23, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Marais des Cygnes October 25, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Mine Creek October 25, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Decatur October 26–29, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Johnsonville November 4–5, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Sherman's March to the Sea November 15 – December 21, 1864
- Battle of Griswoldville November 22, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Columbia November 24–29, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Spring Hill November 29, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Franklin November 30, 1864
- Battle of Honey Hill November 30, 1864 · Confederate victory
- Third Battle of Murfreesboro December 5–7, 1864 · Union victory; see battle
- Second Battle of Fort McAllister December 13, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Nashville December 15–16, 1864 · Union victory
- Battle of Marion December 17–18, 1864 · Union victory
- First Battle of Fort Fisher December 23–27, 1864 · Confederate victory
1865
- Carolinas campaign January 1 – April 26, 1865
- Second Battle of Fort Fisher January 13–15, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Hatcher's Run February 5–7, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Wilmington February 11–22, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Waynesboro (1865) March 2, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Natural Bridge March 6, 1865 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Wyse Fork March 7–10, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Monroe's Crossroads March 10, 1865 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Averasborough March 16, 1865 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Bentonville March 19–21, 1865 · Union victory
- Wilson's Raid March 22 – April 20, 1865
- Battle of Fort Stedman March 25, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Lewis's Farm March 29, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Dinwiddie Court House March 31, 1865 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Five Forks April 1, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Fort Blakeley April 2–9, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Selma April 2, 1865 · Union victory
- Third Battle of Petersburg April 2, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Sailor's Creek April 6, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of High Bridge April 6–7, 1865 · Inconclusive
- Battle of Cumberland Church April 7, 1865 · Confederate victory
- Battle of Appomattox Station April 8, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Appomattox Court House April 9, 1865 · Union victory
- Battle of Palmito Ranch May 12–13, 1865 · Confederate victory
Before and after
- Followed from
- Kansas–Nebraska Act May 30, 1854
Dred Scott v. Sandford March 6, 1857
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry October 16–18, 1859 - Led to
- Emancipation Proclamation January 1, 1863
Reconstruction era April 9, 1865 – January 20, 1877
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- Walter Q. Gresham
- Clara Barton
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- J. E. B. Stuart
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- Franz Sigel
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- Alfred Howe Terry
- Gouverneur Kemble Warren
- Fitzhugh Lee
- Horatio Gouverneur Wright
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- Henry Halleck
- Alexander H. Stephens
- Albert Sidney Johnston
- Nathan Bedford Forrest
- Frederick Douglass
- Harriet Tubman
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- Gordon Granger
- Lloyd Tilghman
- John E. Wool
- Elwell Stephen Otis
- Thomas M. Anderson
- Nathan Kimball
- Erastus B. Tyler
- Turner Ashby
- Lew Wallace
- Truman Seymour
- Joseph Finegan
- William Rufus Shafter
- Joseph Wheeler
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- George Armstrong Custer
- William S. Harney
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- Stapleton Crutchfield
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- Stephen Elliott, Jr.
- Josiah Tattnall
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- George Crockett Strong
- Bowman H. McCalla
- Robert F. Stockton
- Winfield Scott Schley
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- John B. Gordon
- Stephen Dodson Ramseur
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- Samuel Baldwin Marks Young
- Thomas Fletcher
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- Thomas H. Ruger
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- John Ross
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- Jacob H. Smith
- John C. Frémont
- William Henry Hudson Southerland
- John Gibbon
- John T. Wilder
- John Stevens Bowen
- Samuel P. Heintzelman
- Isaac H. Duval
- Edward Dickinson Baker
- Edward Canby
- Leonidas Polk
- Alfred Pleasonton
- Thomas Leonidas Crittenden
- Johnson K. Duncan
- Prince Felix of Salm-Salm
- Nathan George Evans
- Philip Kearny
- Charles Pomeroy Stone
- Marcus Reno
- James J. Andrews
- William N. Pendleton
- Samuel D. Sturgis
- Daniel Tyler
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- John Pegram
- Julius White
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- William H. Emory
- Isaac Stevens
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