American Civil War timeline
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Battle of Athens - Union Victory in Northern Alabama
Description: Confederate cavalry, numbering about 600 men, attacked Athens, held by about 100 Union troops, around 4:00 am on the morning of... Read more
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Battle of Fair Garden
Description: Since the Battle of Dandridge, the Union cavalry had moved to the south side of the French Broad River and had disrupted Confederate... Read more
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Battle of Meridian
Description: From Vicksburg, Mississippi, Sherman launched a campaign to take the important railroad center at Meridian and, if the situation was... Read more
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Battle of Olustee - Union Fails to Take Florida
Description: In February 1864, the commander of the Department of the South, Maj. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore, launched an expedition into Florida to... Read more
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First Battle of Dalton
Other Names: None Location: Whitfield County Campaign: Demonstration on Dalton (1864) Date(s): February 22-27, 1864 Principal... Read more
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Battle of West Point, Mississippi
Confederate General Nathan Bedford Forrest routs a Union force three times the size of his army in a battle that helped end Union General William... Read more
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Battle of Okolona
Description: From Vicksburg, Mississippi, Sherman launched a campaign to take the important railroad center at Meridian, Mississippi, and if the... Read more
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Anna Elinor Jones Imprisoned on Confederate Spy Accusations
Jones was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and educated in the common schools. Following the start of the Civil War in early 1861, she left home... Read more
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Battle of Walkerton - the Dahlgren Affair
Description: On February 28, Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick left his encampment at Stevensburg with 4,000 picked men to raid Richmond. Col. Ulric... Read more
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Battle of Fort De Russy
Other Names: None Location: Avoyelles Parish Campaign: Red River Campaign (1864) Date(s): March 14, 1864 Principal Commanders: Brig.... Read more
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Battle of Paducah
Description: In March 1864, Forrest set out from Columbus, Mississippi, with a force of less than 3,000 men on a multipurpose expedition (recruit,... Read more
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Battle of Elkin's Ferry - Confederates Unable to Prevent Union River Crossing
Description: During the expedition, Union forces sought a ford to cross the Little Missouri River because other roads were impassible. They reached... Read more
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Battle of Mansfield - Confederates Halt Red River Campaign
Little attention has been paid nationally to the Battle of Mansfield or the Red River Campaign, perhaps because it was the last decisive... Read more
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Battle of Pleasant Hill - Confederate Attack Fails
Description: By April 1864, Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks’s Red River Expedition had advanced about 150 miles up Red River. Maj. Gen. Richard... Read more
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Battle of Prairie D'Ane
Description: On April 10, Maj. Gen. Fred Steele’s Union forces, combined with Brig. Gen. John M. Thayer’s division, marched south from the... Read more
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Battle of Blair's Landing
Other Names: Pleasant Hill Landing Location: Red River Parish Campaign: Red River Campaign (1864) Date(s): April 12-13, 1864 Principal... Read more
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Battle of Fort Pillow - Controversy Surrounds Massacre
Fort Pillow marked one of the bleakest, saddest events of American military history. Read more
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Battle of Plymouth - Confederates Retake Union Forts
Description: In a combined operation with the CSS ram Albemarle, Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. R.F. Hoke, attacked the Federal garrison at... Read more
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Battle of Poison Spring - Black Troops Massacred
Description: Dwindling supplies for his army at Camden forced Maj. Gen. Fred Steele to send out a foraging party to gather corn that the... Read more
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Battle of Monett's Ferry
The Battle of Monett's Ferry was fought on April 23, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces. The Union army was led by Nathaniel P. Banks. They... Read more
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Battle of Marks' Mills - Confederates Rout Union Forces
The Battle of Marks' Mills (sometimes referred to as the Battle of Marks' Mill) occurred on April 25, 1864, in Cleveland County, Arkansas as part... Read more
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Battle of Jenkins' Ferry
Description: Maj. Gen. Fred Steele’s forces retreated from Camden after being mauled at Marks’ Mills and Poison Spring. On the afternoon of April... Read more
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Battle of the Wilderness - Grant and Lee Meet
The Battle of the Wilderness was fought on May 5-6, 1864. It was the beginning of the Overland Campaign, the bloodiest campaign in American history... Read more
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Battle of Albemarle Sound
Description: On May 5, CSS Albemarle fought seven blockading Union ships to a draw at the mouth of the Roanoke River. Federals recaptured the... Read more
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Battle of Calcasieu Pass
The Battle of Calcasieu Pass was a minor skirmish fought on May 6, 1864, in southwestern Louisiana, at the mouth of the Calcasieu River, during the... Read more