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Battle of Laredo: Texas: Confederate: Union force sent to destroy 5,000 bales of cotton April 13 –14, 1864: Battle of Salyersville: Kentucky: Union: Confederates were driven into Salyersville with heavy losses. May 6, 1864: Battle of Calcasieu Pass: Louisiana: Confederate: Confederates capture two Union gunboats. June 19, 1864: Battle of ...
Several names also exist for the forces on each side; the opposing forces named battles differently as well. The Union forces frequently named battles for bodies of water that were prominent on or near the battlefield, but Confederates most often used the name of the nearest town. (Also, in general, the Union practice was to name their armies ...
Small-scale military actions south and west of Missouri sought to control Indian Territory and New Mexico Territory for the Union. The Battle of Glorieta Pass was the decisive battle of the New Mexico Campaign. The Union repulsed Confederate incursions into New Mexico in 1862, and the exiled Arizona government withdrew into Texas.
Battle of Ball's Bluff; Battle of Baxter Springs; Battle of Bayou Bourbeux; Battle of Bayou Meto; Battle of Bean's Station; Beefsteak Raid; Battle of Big Bethel; Battle of Blackburn's Ford; Action at Blue Mills Landing; Battle of Brentwood; Battle of Brice's Cross Roads; Battle of Brown's Mill; Battle of Buckland Mills; Bull Run campaign; First ...
Media in category "Union victories of the American Civil War" The following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. Port Hudson Map 1864.jpg 4,063 × 5,975; 1.39 MB
Before the American Civil War, the United States was known as the "United States' federal union", a union of states controlled by the federal government in Washington, D.C. [8] [9] This was opposite to the CSA's first government, a confederation of independent states, functioning similarly to the European Union.
Putting the names of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson back on Virginia schools is reminder of how politically powerful those Confederate figures are (and have been for generations) in that ...
The Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.The combat between the Union Army of the Potomac commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under Gen. Robert E. Lee included futile frontal attacks by the Union army on December 13 against entrenched ...