Civil War Battles By Lili Hoschka

Civil War Battles By Lili Hoschka Battles of the american civil war were fought between april 12, 1861, and may 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly confederate (alabama, arkansas, florida, georgia, kansas, kentucky, louisiana, maryland, mississippi, missouri, north carolina, ohio, pennsylvania, south carolina, tennessee, texas, vermont, virginia, and west virginia [a]), the district of columbia, and six territories (arizona. The siege of vicksburg (37,532 total casualties), the battle of appomattox court house (28,469), the siege of port hudson (17,500), the battle of fort donelson (16,537), the battle of harpers ferry (12,922), the battle of island number ten (7,108), and the battle of munfordville (4,862) have been omitted from this list because the casualty.

Civil War Battles By Lili Hoschka December 1776 & january 1777. general george washington’s army wins three key battles over 10 days — the battle of trenton on december 26, the battle of the assunpink creek (second trenton) on january 2, 1777, and the battle of princeton on january 3, 1777 — reasserting control over much of new jersey. Three of these battles were confederate victories: poison springs, wilson’s creek, and prairie grove. jenkins’ ferry and prairie grove were costly federal victories. for the confederacy, the disastrous assault on helena stands out; 1 in 5 confederates became casualties. 1. battle of fort sumter (12 – 13 april 1861) the battle of fort sumter marked the start of the american civil war. fort sumter, located in charleston, south carolina, was under the charge of union major robert anderson when the state seceded from the union in 1860. on 9 april 1861, confederate president jefferson davis ordered general pierre. The battle of gettysburg, on july 1, 2, and 3, 1863, was the greatest battle of the war. it ended confederate gen. robert e. lee’s second invasion of the north. for three summer days in south central pennsylvania, more than 160,000 soldiers fought in the farm fields and amongst the boulders and hills around the small town of gettysburg.