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x Bleeding Kansas Detail of Curry's controversial mural in Kansas Statehouse, illustrating John Brown and the clash of forces in Bleeding Kansas 1855 1861 Kansas
Bleeding Kansas, Bloody Kansas or the Border War, was a series of violent events, involving anti-slavery Free-Staters and pro-slavery "Border Ruffian" elements, that took place in the Kansas Territory and the western frontier towns of the U.S. state...
Missouri
x John Brown's Raid on Harpers Ferry HWFireHouseBrown Oct 16, 1859 Oct 18, 1859 Harpers Ferry
John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry (also known as John Brown's raid or The raid on Harpers Ferry; in many books the town is called "Harper's Ferry" with an apostrophe-s.) was an attempt by white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt...
x Battle of Athens   1861   Clark County
The Battle of Athens was an American Civil War skirmish that took place in northeast Missouri in 1861 near present Revere and southeast Iowa along the Des Moines River across from Croton (3 miles southeast of Farmington). The Union victory has the...
x Battle of Canada Alamosa Mesilla valley 1861    
The Battle of Canada Alamosa was a skirmish of the American Civil War on the late evening and morning of September 24 and 25, 1861. Several small battles occurred in Confederate Arizona near the border with Union New Mexico Territory, this being the...
x Battle of Fort Sumter Bombardment of Fort Sumter, 1861 Apr 12, 1861 Apr 13, 1861 Fort Sumter
The Battle of Fort Sumter (April 12–13, 1861) was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. South Carolina adopted an ordinance declaring its secession from the Union shortly...
x Battle of Sewell's Point   May 18, 1861    
The Battle of Sewell's Point took place from May 18-19, 1861 in Norfolk County, Virginia as part of the blockade of Chesapeake Bay during the American Civil War. Two Union gunboats, including USS Monticello, dueled with Confederate batteries on...
x Battle of Aquia Creek Battle of Aquia Creek May 29, 1861   Stafford County
The Battle of Aquia Creek took place from May 29 to June 1, 1861, in Stafford County, Virginia, as part of the Confederate blockade of Chesapeake Bay and Potomac River during the American Civil War. The battle was tactically inconclusive. On May 8,...
x Battle of Philippi Races Lander ride at Battle of Philippi Races Jun 3, 1861   Barbour County
The Battle of Philippi — also called The Philippi Races — was fought on June 3, 1861, in and around Philippi, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Western Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the first organized land action in...
x Battle of Big Bethel Battle of Big Bethel Jun 10, 1861   Tabb
The Battle of Big Bethel, also known as the Battle of Bethel Church or Great Bethel was an American Civil War battle that took place on June 10, 1861, in Hampton and York County, Virginia, (near the present-day unincorporated community of Tabb). Maj...
x Battle of Boonville The Battle of Boonville, Missourisketched by Orlando C. Richardson Jun 17, 1861   Boonville
The First Battle of Boonville was a minor skirmish of the American Civil War, occurring on June 17, 1861, near Boonville in Cooper County, Missouri. Although casualties were extremely light, the battle's strategic impact was far greater than one...
x Battle of Cole Camp   Jun 19, 1861 Jun 19, 1861 Benton County
The Battle of Cole Camp was a skirmish of the American Civil War, occurring on June 19, 1861, in Benton County, Missouri. The Confederate victory assured an open line of march for the fleeing governor and Missouri State Guard away from Lyon's force...
x Battle of Hoke's Run   Jul 2, 1861   Berkeley County
The Battle of Hoke's Run, also known as the Battle of Falling Waters or Hainesville, took place on July 2, 1861, in Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Manassas Campaign of the American Civil War. On July 2, Maj. Gen. Robert...
x Battle of Carthage Battle of Carthage (1861) Jul 5, 1861 Jul 5, 1861 Jasper County
The Battle of Carthage, also known as the Battle of Dry Fork, took place at the beginning of the American Civil War on July 5, 1861, in Jasper County, Missouri. The experienced Colonel Franz Sigel commanded 1,100 Federal soldiers intent on keeping...
x Battle of Rich Mountain Battle of Rich Mountain Jul 11, 1861   Randolph County
The Battle of Rich Mountain took place on July 11, 1861, in Randolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan assumed command of Union...
x Corrick's Ford   Jul 13, 1861 Jul 13, 1861 Tucker County
The Battle of Corrick's Ford took place on July 13, 1861, on the Cheat River in Western Virginia (now the state of West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. By later standards the battle was...
x Battle of Scary Creek   Jul 17, 1861    
The Battle of Scary Creek was a minor battle fought during the American Civil War across the Kanawha River from present day Nitro in Putnam County, West Virginia on July 17, 1861. The battle occurred four months after the beginning of the war and...
x Battle of Blackburn's Ford Situation July 18.      Confederate      Union Jul 18, 1861   Prince William County
The Battle of Blackburn's Ford took place on July 18, 1861, in Prince William County and Fairfax County, Virginia, as part of the Manassas Campaign of the American Civil War. On July 16, 1861, the untried Union army under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell,...
x First Battle of Bull Run Bullrun2 Jul 21, 1861   Prince William County
The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces and still often used in the Southern United States), was fought July 21, 1861, near Manassas, Virginia. It was the first major land battle...
Fairfax County
x Battle of Mesilla Eastern CSA Arizona Jul 25, 1861 Jul 25, 1861 Mesilla
The Battle of Mesilla, fought on July 25, 1861 at Mesilla in what is now New Mexico, was an engagement between Confederate and Union forces during the American Civil War. The battle resulted in a Confederate victory and led directly to the...
x Battle of Wilson's Creek Wilsons-cropped-better Aug 10, 1861 Aug 10, 1861 Greene County
The Battle of Wilson's Creek, also known as the Battle of Oak Hills, was fought on August 10, 1861, near Springfield, Missouri, between Union forces and the Missouri State Guard, early in the American Civil War. It was the first major battle of the...
Christian County
x Battle of Charleston   Aug 19, 1861    
The Battle of Charleston (also known as the Battle of Bird's Point) was a minor clash in Charleston, Missouri, United States during the American Civil War. On August 19, 1861, Union forces led by Col. Henry Dougherty were able to destroy a...
x Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes   Aug 26, 1861   Nicholas County
The Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes, also known as the Battle of Cross Lanes, took place on August 26, 1861 in Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. On...
x Gallinas Massacre Pinus pinaster Sep 1, 1861    
The Gallinas Massacre or the Gallinas Mountains Massacre was an engagement in the Apache Wars between a war party of Chiricahua Apache warriors and four Confederate soldiers in the Gallinas Mountains of Confederate Arizona, now within the present...
x Battle of Dry Wood Creek   Sep 2, 1861   Vernon County
The Battle of Dry Wood Creek (also known as the Battle of Big Dry Wood Creek or the Battle of the Mules) was fought on September 2, 1861 in Vernon County, Missouri during the American Civil War. The Confederate troops were successful in their...
x Battle of Carnifex Ferry Patterson House Sep 10, 1861   Nicholas County
The Battle of Carnifex Ferry took place on September 10, 1861, in Nicholas County, Virginia (now West Virginia), as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. The battle resulted in a Union victory that...
x Battle of Cheat Mountain Cheat Mountain Sep 12, 1861 Sep 15, 1861 Pocahontas County
The Battle of Cheat Mountain, also known as the Battle of Cheat Summit Fort, took place September 12-15 1861, in Pocahontas County and Randolph County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the...
x First Battle of Lexington Lexington-courthouse Sep 13, 1861 Sep 20, 1861 Lexington
The First Battle of Lexington also known as the Battle of the Hemp Bales, was an engagement of the American Civil War, occurring from September 13 to September 20, 1861, between the Union Army and the pro-Confederate Missouri State Guard, in...
x Battle of Barbourville   Sep 19, 1861 Sep 19, 1861 Barbourville
The Battle of Barbourville was one of the early engagements of the American Civil War. It occurred September 19, 1861, in Knox County, Kentucky during the campaign known as the Kentucky Confederate Offensive. The battle is considered the first...
x First Battle of Sabine Pass   Sep 25, 1861   Sabine Pass
The First Battle of Sabine Pass was a naval battle during the American Civil War in Texas which, in addition to strengthening the Union naval blockade on the Texas coastline, also intended to open the way for a possible amphibious assault. In the...
x Battle of Greenbrier River   Oct 3, 1861   Pocahontas County
The Battle of Greenbrier River, also known as the Battle of Camp Bartow, took place on October 3, 1861 in Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. In mid...
x Battle of Santa Rosa Island The harbor of Pensacola, Florida Oct 9, 1861 Oct 9, 1861 Santa Rosa Island
The Battle of Santa Rosa Island (October 9, 1861) was an unsuccessful Confederate attempt to take Union held Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, Florida. Santa Rosa Island is a 40-mile barrier island located in the U.S. state of Florida, thirty miles...
x Battle of Ball's Bluff Battle of Ball's Bluff Oct 21, 1861   Loudoun County
The Battle of Ball's Bluff, also known as the Battle of Harrison’s Island or the Battle of Leesburg, was fought on October 21, 1861, in Loudoun County, Virginia, as part of Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's operations in Northern Virginia during...
x Battle of Port Royal Port Royal Nov 3, 1861 Nov 7, 1861 Port Royal Sound
The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, between Savannah, Georgia and...
x Battle of Belmont Battle of Belmont map Nov 7, 1861 Nov 7, 1861 Mississippi County
The Battle of Belmont was fought on November 7, 1861, in Mississippi County, Missouri. It was the first combat test in the American Civil War for Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, the future Union Army general in chief and eventual U.S. president; Grant...
x Battle of Round Mountain   Nov 19, 1861 Nov 19, 1861 Oklahoma
The Battle of Round Mountain (also known as Round Mountains) No primary source documents report the engagement as having occurred at a place named "Round Mountains". The name originates from a single writer who noticed a curl at the end of Mountain...
x Battle of Chusto-Talasah   Dec 9, 1861 Dec 9, 1861 Tulsa County
The Battle of Chusto-Talasah (also known as Bird Creek, Caving Banks, and High Shoal) was fought December 9, 1861, in what is now Osage County, Oklahoma (then Indian Territory) during the American Civil War. A series of battles were fought in...
Osage County
x Battle of Camp Alleghany Camp Allegheny Battlefield Dec 13, 1861   Pocahontas County
The Battle of Camp Allegheny, also known as the Battle of Allegheny Mountain , took place on December 13, 1861, in Pocahontas County, Virginia (now West Virginia) as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War....
x Battle of Rowlett's Station   Dec 17, 1861 Dec 17, 1861 Rowletts
The Battle of Rowlett's Station (also known as Battle of Woodsonville or of Green River) was a land battle in the American Civil War, fought in the whistle-stop station of Rowlett's in Hart County, Kentucky, on December 17, 1861. The outcome was...
x Skirmish at Blackwater Creek   Dec 19, 1861 Dec 19, 1861 Johnson County
The Skirmish at Blackwater Creek (actually a river) or Skirmish at Milford was an American Civil War skirmish that took place in central Missouri on December 19, 1861 near present day Valley City. It was a major victory for the North. Following the...
x Battle of Chustenahlah   Dec 26, 1861 Dec 26, 1861 Osage County
The Battle of Chustenahlah was fought in Osage County, Oklahoma, (then Indian Territory) on December 26, 1861, during the American Civil War. A band of 9,000 pro-Union Native Americans was forced to flee to Kansas in bitter cold and snow in what...
x Battle of Mount Zion Church   Dec 28, 1861 Dec 28, 1861 Boone County  
x Second Battle of Bull Run Bull run bridge 1862 1862   Prince William County
The Second Battle of Bull Run, or, as it was called by the Confederacy, the Battle of Second Manassas, was fought August 28–30, 1862, as part of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of an offensive campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert...
x Battle of Cockpit Point   Jan 3, 1862   Prince William County
The Battle of Cockpit Point, also known as Batteries at Evansport, the Battle of Freestone Point, or the Battle of Shipping Point, took place on January 3, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the blockade of the Potomac River during...
x Battle of Hancock   Jan 5, 1862   Washington County
The Battle of Hancock, a battle fought during the Romney Expedition, occurred January 5–6, 1862, in Washington County, Maryland, and Morgan County, West Virginia, as part of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's operations against the Baltimore...
x Battle of Middle Creek   Jan 10, 1862 Jan 10, 1862 Floyd County
The Battle of Middle Creek was an engagement fought January 10, 1862, in southeastern Kentucky during the American Civil War. The battle, along with the Battle of Mill Springs, positioned the Union armies to invade Middle Tennessee. More than a...
x Battle of Mill Springs Battle of Mill Springs Jan 19, 1862 Jan 19, 1862 Pulaski County
The Battle of Mill Springs, also known as the Battle of Fishing Creek in Confederate terminology, and the Battle of Logan's Cross Roads in Union terminology, was fought in Wayne and Pulaski counties, near current Nancy, Kentucky, on January 19, 1862...
Wayne County
x New Mexico Campaign Die Schlacht von Glorieta Pass Feb 1862 Apr 1862 New Mexico Territory
The New Mexico Campaign was a military operation of the American Civil War from February to April 1862 in which Confederate Brigadier General Henry Hopkins Sibley invaded the northern New Mexico Territory in an attempt to gain control of the...
x Battle of Fort Henry Battle of Fort Henry Feb 6, 1862 Feb 6, 1862 Stewart County
The Battle of Fort Henry was fought on February 6, 1862, in western Tennessee, during the American Civil War. It was the first important victory for the Union and Brig. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant in the Western Theater. On February 4 and February 5,...
Calloway County
Henry County
x Battle of Roanoke Island Battle of Roanoke Island Feb 7, 1862   Roanoke Island
The opening phase of what came to be called the Burnside Expedition, the Battle of Roanoke Island was an amphibious operation of the American Civil War, fought on February 7–8, 1862, in the North Carolina Sounds a short distance south of the...
x Battle of Elizabeth City USS Hetzel Feb 10, 1862   Elizabeth City
The Battle of Elizabeth City of the American Civil War was fought in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Roanoke Island. It took place on February 10, 1862, on the Pasquotank River near Elizabeth City, North Carolina. The participants were...
x Battle of Fort Donelson Battle of Fort Donelson Feb 12, 1862 Feb 16, 1862 Stewart County
The Battle of Fort Donelson was fought from February 11 to February 16, 1862, in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. The capture of the fort by Union forces opened the Cumberland River as an avenue for the invasion of the South. The...
x Battle of Valverde ValverdeView Feb 20, 1862 Feb 21, 1862 New Mexico Territory
The Battle of Valverde, or the Battle of Valverde Ford from February 20 to February 21, 1862, was fought near the town of Valverde at a ford of Valverde Creek in Confederate Arizona. It was a major Confederate success in the New Mexico Campaign of...
x Battle of Island Number Ten Island no10 kn00969 Feb 28, 1862 Apr 8, 1862 Kentucky Bend
The Battle (also known as the Siege) of Island Number Ten was an engagement at the New Madrid or Kentucky Bend on the Mississippi River during the American Civil War, lasting from February 28 to April 8, 1862. The position, an island at the base of...
x Battle of Pea Ridge Battle of Pea Ridge Mar 7, 1862 Mar 8, 1862 Pea Ridge
The Battle of Pea Ridge (also known as Elkhorn Tavern) was a land battle of the American Civil War, fought on March 7 and March 8, 1862, at Pea Ridge in northwest Arkansas, near Bentonville. In the battle, Union forces led by Brig. Gen. Samuel R....
x Battle of New Bern Battle of New Bern Mar 14, 1862   Craven County
The Battle of New Bern (also known as the Battle of New Berne) was fought on 14 March 1862, near the city of New Bern, North Carolina, as part of the Burnside Expedition of the American Civil War. The US Army's Coast Division, led by Brigadier...
New Bern
x Battle of Fort Macon Fort macon NC img 0328 Mar 23, 1862   Carteret County
The Battle of Fort Macon or, better, the Siege of Fort Macon took place from March 23 to April 26, 1862, on the Outer Banks of Carteret County, North Carolina. It was part of Union Army General Ambrose E. Burnside's North Carolina expedition during...
Bogue Banks
x Battle of Kernstown I Jackson Valley Campaign Part1 Mar 23, 1862   Frederick County
The First Battle of Kernstown was fought on March 23, 1862, in Frederick County and Winchester, Virginia, the opening battle of Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil...
x Battle of Glorieta Pass Die Schlacht von Glorieta Pass Mar 26, 1862 Mar 28, 1862 Santa Fe County
The Battle of Glorieta Pass, fought from March 26 – 28, 1862 in northern New Mexico Territory, was the decisive battle of the New Mexico Campaign during the American Civil War. Dubbed the "Gettysburg of the West" by some historians, it was intended...
San Miguel County
New Mexico Territory
x Stanwix Station Sonoradesert 1 Mar 30, 1862 Mar 30, 1862 New Mexico Territory
Stanwix Station, in western Arizona, was a stop on the Butterfield Overland Stagecoach line built in the 1850s near the Gila River about 80 miles (130 km) east of Yuma, Arizona. The station was the site of the westernmost engagement between Union...
x Battle of Albuquerque   Apr 1862   Albuquerque
The Battle of Albuquerque was a small engagement of the American Civil War in April, 1862. Between General Henry Hopkins Sibley's Army of New Mexico and a Union Army under John P. Slough. The Confederates were on the retreat from New Mexico...
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