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The northernmost battle in the Civil War. July 28, 1863: Battle of Stony Lake: North Dakota (Dakota Territory at the time) D: Union: Dakota War of 1862: Sioux forces escape Union forces in pursuit. August 17 – September 9, 1863: Second Battle of Fort Sumter: South Carolina: B: Confederate: Union's massive bombardment and naval attack fails to ...
Several small skirmishes and battles as well as bloody riots in St. Louis and Baltimore took place in the early months of the war. The Battle of First Bull Run or Battle of First Manassas, the first major battle of the war, occurred on July 21, 1861. After that, it became clear that there could be no compromise between the Union and the ...
Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War; Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1861; Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1862; Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1863; Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1864; Troop engagements of the American Civil War, 1865
The Civil War - website with more than 7,000 pages of Civil War content, including the complete run of Harper's Weekly newspapers from the Civil War. The American Civil War - Detailed listing of events, documents, battles, commanders and important people of the US Civil War; Civil War: Death and Destruction - slideshow by Life magazine
The Civil War has been commemorated in many capacities, ranging from the reenactment of battles to statues and memorial halls erected, films, stamps and coins with Civil War themes being issued, all of which helped to shape public memory. These commemorations occurred in greater numbers on the 100th and 150th anniversaries of the war. [308]
Battle of Pea Ridge order of battle; Battle of Peachtree Creek order of battle; Battle of Peebles' Farm order of battle; Peninsula campaign order of battle; Battle of Perryville order of battle; Second Battle of Petersburg order of battle; Siege of Petersburg order of battle; Battle of Piedmont order of battle; Siege of Port Hudson order of battle
More than 550,000 Americans died fighting the Civil War, including these men who fell during the bloody Battle of Antietam. This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from 1860 to 1899.
The near simultaneous Battle of Gettysburg in the east and fall of Vicksburg in the west, in July 1863 is widely cited as the military climax of the American Civil War. Several other decisive battles and events throughout the war have been proposed as turning points.