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As a result, several battles were fought in the area: Northern Virginia Campaign, August 7– August 28, 1862. Confederate. Union. City of Fredericksburg: First Battle of Fredericksburg. Second Battle of Fredericksburg. Clarke County: Battle of Cool Spring.
1 gunboat damaged. The Battle of Hampton Roads, also referred to as the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack (rebuilt and renamed as the CSS Virginia) or the Battle of Ironclads, was a naval battle during the American Civil War. The battle was fought over two days, March 8 and 9, 1862, in Hampton Roads, a roadstead in Virginia where the ...
Battle of Cockpit Point. Battle of Cold Harbor. Battle of Cool Spring. Battle of Cove Mountain. Battle of the Crater. Battle of Cross Keys. Battle of Culpeper Court House. Battle of Cumberland Church. Battle of the Cumberland Gap (1863)
The American state of Virginia became a prominent part of the Confederacy when it joined during the American Civil War. As a Southern slave-holding state, Virginia held the state convention to deal with the secession crisis and voted against secession on April 4, 1861.
The Battle of Brandy Station, also called the Battle of Fleetwood Hill, was the largest predominantly cavalry engagement of the American Civil War, as well as the largest ever to take place on American soil. [4] It was fought on June 9, 1863, around Brandy Station, Virginia, at the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign by the Union cavalry under ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 September 2024. First major land battle of the American Civil War First Battle of Bull Run Battle of First Manassas Part of the American Civil War Struggle on a Manassas, Virginia bridge during the Union Army's retreat in 1861 depicted in an engraving by William Ridgway based on a drawing by F. O. C ...
Battle of Berryville. Map of Berryville Battlefield core and study areas by the American Battlefield Protection Program. The Battle of Berryville was fought September 3 and September 4, 1864, in Clarke County, Virginia. [1][2] It took place toward the end of the American Civil War. After taking control of Smithfield Summit on August 29, Union ...
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 ...