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The Battle of Selma was fought on April 2, 1865 in Dallas County, Alabama during the American Civil War. It was part of the Union campaign through Alabama and Georgia, known as Wilson's Raid , in the final full month of the Civil War.
Battles of the Operations in Mobile Bay of the American Civil War (3 P) Pages in category "Battles of the American Civil War in Alabama" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Indecisive naval battle during U.S. Civil War. May 5 –7, 1864: Battle of the Wilderness: Virginia: A: Inconclusive: Grant and Lee meet inconclusively. May 6 –7, 1864: Battle of Port Walthall Junction: Virginia: C: Union: Union forces destroy railroad May 7 –13, 1864: Battle of Rocky Face Ridge: Georgia: C: Union
The Battle of Sulphur Creek Trestle, also known as the Battle of Athens, was fought near Athens, Alabama (Limestone County, Alabama), from September 23 to 25, 1864 as part of the American Civil War. [ 5 ]
The Battle of Blakeley was the final major battle of the Civil War, with surrender just hours after Grant had accepted the surrender of Lee at Appomattox in the afternoon of April 9, 1865. [3] Mobile, Alabama , was the last major Confederate port to be captured by Union forces, on April 12, 1865. [ 4 ]
Battles of the American Civil War in Alabama (1 C, 16 P) Pages in category "Battles in Alabama" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
The Battle of Day's Gap, fought on April 30, 1863, was the first in a series of American Civil War skirmishes in Cullman County, Alabama, that lasted until May 2, known as Streight's Raid. Commanding the Union forces was Col. Abel Streight; Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest led the Confederate forces.
The Yellowhammer War: The Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama (2014); Scholarly articles on specialty topics; excerpt; Rein, Christopher M.. Alabamians in Blue: Freedmen, Unionists, and the Civil War in the Cotton State (LSU Press, 2019). 312 pp. online review; Rigdon, John. A Guide to Alabama Civil War Research (2011) Severance, Ben H.