campaigns and battles

CIVIL WAR

western theater of the american civil war
battles of the american civil war : theater/year


Manassas campaign 
Virginia (june 10 – october 12 1861)

forts Henry and Donelson campaign 
fort Henry and Donelson campaign (february 1862)

Shiloh campaign 
battle of Shiloh 1862
Shiloh (april 6 1862)
Shiloh (april 7 1862)
 

peninsula campaign 
‘Texas fury’ by Dan Nance
seven days battle : phase 1 (june 1862)
the peninsula campaign

northern Virginia campaign 
second Manassas (Bull Run) campaign : phase 1 (14 july – 27 august 1862)
second Manassas : phase 2 (august 28-30 1862)

Maryland campaign 
Antietam campaign : phase 1 (september 4-20 1862)
Antietam campaign sept 3-17, 1862
battle of Antietam (september 17 1862)
battle of Antietam 1862
battle of Antietam MD (sept 17 1862) 3.30pm to dark (the final assault)
battle of Antietam MD (sept 17 1862) 6am to 7am (fight for the cornfield)
battle of Antietam MD (sept 17 1862) 7am to 7.40am (fight for the cornfield)
battle of Antietam MD (sept 17 1862) 8am to 8.30am (cornfield)
battle of Antietam MD (sept 17 1862) 9.30am to 1pm (sunken road)
battle of Antietam MD (sept 17 1862) 9am to noon (the west woods)
battle of Antietam MD (sept 17 1862) noon to 1pm (Burnside’s bridge)
battle of Antietam or Sharpsburg
battle of Antietam sept 17, 1862 – 10am
battle of Antietam sept 17, 1862 – 6am
battle of Antietam sept 17, 1862 – 7.30am
battle of Antietam sept 17, 1862 – overview
battle of Antietam sept, 17 1862 – 9am
battle of South mountain MD – Fox’s and Turner’s gap (sept 14 1862)
chronology of Maryland campaign
order of battle 17 september 1862
prelude to the battle for Maryland

Fredericksburg campaign 
battle of Fredericksburg 1862
Fredericksburg (december 13 1862)

Vicksburg campaign 
Grant’s second Vicksburg campaign  phase 1 (january 8 – may 2 1863)
Grant’s second Vicksburg campaign  phase 2 (may 2-17 1863)
siege and capture of Vicksburg (18 may – 4 july 1863)
Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg 1863

Chancellorsville campaign 
battle of Chancellorsville 1863
Chancellorsville 1863 – origins of the campaign
Chancellorsville : phase 1 (april 26 – may 1 1863)
Chancellorsville : phase 2 (may 1-6 1863)

Gettysburg campaign 
battle of Brandy station VA (june 9 1863)
battle of Gettysburg PA ‘little round top’ and ‘devils den’ july 2 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA confederates sweep the ‘wheatfield’ july 2 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA defense of Seminary ridge july 1 1863 4 pm
battle of Gettysburg PA east ‘cemetery hill’ and Culp’s hill july 2 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA east ‘cemetery hill’ july 2 1863 7.30 to 9.30 pm
battle of Gettysburg PA east cavalry field july 3 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA fight for Culp’s hill july 2 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA fight for Culp’s hill july 3 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA july 1 1863 Barlow’s knoll 2.45 to 4.30 pm
battle of Gettysburg PA july 1 1863 McPherson’s and Oak ridge 3.45 to 5 pm
battle of Gettysburg PA july 1 1863 Oak ridge 2 to 3 pm
battle of Gettysburg PA july 2 1863 Longstreet’s attack
battle of Gettysburg PA little round top and devils den – mid afternoon july 3 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA McPherson ridge 9.30 to 11.30 am july 1 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA morning fight for McPherson ridge july 1 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA Pickett’s charge 2 to 2.30pm july 3 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA Pickett’s charge 3 to 3.30pm july 3 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA Pickett’s charge 3.30 to 3.45pm july 3 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA Pickett’s charge 4 to 4.15pm july 3 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA Pickett’s charge artillery 1 to 2pm july 3 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA Rodes attacks Oak ridge july 1 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA south cavalry field july 3 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA the ‘peach orchard’ july 2 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA the ‘wheatfield’ fight begins july 2 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA Union clears the ‘wheatfield’ july 2 1863
battle of Gettysburg PA Union forces driven off Oak ridge july 1 1863
campaign of Gettysburg PA (june 3 – july 1 1863)
Gettysburg (july 1 1863)
Gettysburg (july 2 1863)
Gettysburg (july 3 1863)
Gettysburg : order of battle
Gettysburg : strategic situation (may-june 1863)
Gettysburg battlefield (features in july 1863)
Gettysburg campaign – the invasion of Pennsylvania (june 1863)
the battle of Gettysburg
Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg 1863

Chickamauga campaign 
Chickamauga (september 19-20 1863)
Chickamauga 1863 – background to battle
Chickamauga campaign (september 10-18 1863)

overland campaign 
general Grant’s spring campaign 1864
overland campaign map
Spotsylvania : phase 1 (may 8-12 1864)
Spotsylvania : phase 2 (may 13-19 1864)
the battles of Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor 1864
the wilderness (may 5-7 1864)

Atlanta campaign 
Atlanta campaign : final phase (august 1 – september 2 1864)
battles for Atlanta (july 20-28 1864)
campaign of Atlanta GA (may 7 – september 1 1864)
Sherman’s Atlanta campaign (may 21 – july 9 1864)
Sherman’s Atlanta campaign : phase 1 (may 7-20 1864)
The fall of Atlanta and Sherman’s march
Richmond-Petersburg campaign 
assaults at Petersburg (june 16-18 1864)
Cold Harbour to Petersburg (june 4-15 1864)
fall of Petersburg and Richmond (february 5 – april 2 1865)
siege of Petersburg june – october 1864
the siege of Petersburg 1864-65