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The First Battle of Tilton was a skirmish on May 13, 1864. The Confederate side was led by Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler . The Second Battle of Tilton occurred on October 13, 1864, when soldiers of Maj. Gen. Samuel G. French 's Division of Lt. Gen. Stewart 's Corps of the Confederate Army of Tennessee besieged a military garrison of 300 soldiers of ...
The Valley campaigns of 1864 began as operations initiated by Union Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant and resulting battles that took place in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia during the American Civil War from May to October 1864. Some military historians divide this period into three separate campaigns.
August 7–9, 1864 Little Blue River [6] Cheyenne War of 1864 38 Cheyenne, Arapaho & Lakota [7] vs Nebraska settlers [8] Plum Creek Massacre August 8, 1864 near modern Lexington, Nebraska: Cheyenne War of 1864 13 Cheyenne vs western emigrants Oak Grove Station August 9–10, 1864 near modern Oak, Nebraska: Cheyenne War of 1864 2
Battles of the American Civil War Rated by CWSAC Date Battle State CWSAC Outcome Victory Notes April 12 –13, 1861: Battle of Fort Sumter: South Carolina: A: Confederate: Beauregard takes Charleston Federal fort in the first battle of the American Civil War. May 18 –19, 1861: Battle of Sewell's Point: Virginia: D: Inconclusive
The Civil War in the American West. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1992. ISBN 0-394-56482-0. Kennedy, Frances H. The Civil War Battlefield Guide. New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1998. ISBN 0-395-74012-6. Knight, Charles R. Valley Thunder: The Battle of New Market and the Opening of the Shenandoah Valley Campaign, May 1864. New York: Savas Beatie, 2010.
By the end of the Civil War, more than a third (3,157) of the men of military age in the Nebraska Territory had served in the Union Army. In addition to the 1st Nebraska, the territory raised three other full regiments of cavalry, as well as several battalions of militia. Thirty-five Nebraskans were killed in action during the war, while ...
American Civil War: 0 Confederate States of America vs United States of America: Hines' Raid: June 18, 1863 Orange & Crawford counties [4] American Civil War: Morgan's Raid: 3 Confederate States of America vs United States of America and Indiana Legion: Battle of Brandenburg Crossing: July 7, 1863 East of Mauckport: American Civil War: Morgan's ...
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.