Battle or campaign |
Order of battle |
Date |
1861 |
Battle of Big Bethel |
Confederate Hampton Division and Union Department of Virginia |
June 10, 1861 |
Battle of Hoke's Run |
Union Army of the Shenandoah |
July 2, 1861 |
Battle of Carthage (1861) |
Confederate Missouri State Guard and Union Department of Missouri |
July 5, 1861 |
Battle of Rich Mountain |
Confederate Army of the Northwest and Union Department of the Ohio |
July 11, 1861 |
First Battle of Bull Run |
Confederate Army of the Potomac and Army of the Shenandoah and Union Department of Northeast Virginia |
July 21, 1861 |
Battle of Wilson's Creek |
Confederate Western Army and Missouri State Guard and Union Army of the West |
August 10, 1861 |
Battle of Carnifex Ferry |
Confederate Forces and Union Army of West Virginia |
September 10, 1861 |
Battle of Cheat Mountain |
Confederate Army of the Northwest and Union Cheat Mountain District |
September 12–15, 1861 |
Battle of Ball's Bluff |
Confederate Army of the Potomac and Union Army of the Potomac |
October 20–24, 1861 |
Battle of Camp Wildcat |
Confederate brigade, Army of the Northwest and Union Department of the Ohio |
October 21, 1861 |
Battle of Belmont |
Confederate First Division, Western Department & Units in reserve or near Columbus and US Grant's Expeditionary Command, Union District of Southeast Missouri & Units subject to Grant's command |
November 7, 1861 |
1862 |
Battle of Mill Springs |
Confederate District of East Tennessee and Union Department of the Ohio |
January 19, 1862 |
Battle of Roanoke Island |
Confederate Dist. of Roanoke & "Mosquito Fleet" and Union Coast Division & North Atlantic Blockading Squadron |
February 7–8, 1862 |
Battle of Fort Donelson |
Confederate Department No. 2 and Union Army of West Tennessee |
February 11–16, 1862 |
Battle of Island Number Ten |
Confederate Department No. 2 and Union Army of the Mississippi & Western Flotilla |
February 28, 1862 – April 8, 1862 |
Battle of Pea Ridge |
Confederate Army of the West and Union Army of the Southwest |
March 7–8, 1862 |
Battle of Hampton Roads |
Confederate CSS Virginia & James River Squadron and Union North Atlantic Blockading Squadron |
March 8–9, 1862 |
Battle of New Bern |
Confederate Pamlico District and Coast Division of the US Army |
March 14, 1862 |
Battle of Kernstown I |
Confederate Valley District and Union 1st Division, V Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 23, 1862 |
Battle of Glorieta Pass |
Confederate Army of New Mexico and Union Department of New Mexico |
March 26–28, 1862 |
Beginning of the Peninsula campaign |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia & Other Troops in the Department of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac, Other Troops from the Department of the Potomac & Union Department of Virginia |
April 4–30, 1862 |
Battle of Shiloh |
Confederate Army of Mississippi and Union Army of the Tennessee and Army of the Ohio |
April 6–7, 1862 |
Siege of Corinth |
Confederate Army of Mississippi and Union Department of the Mississippi |
April 29 – May 30, 1862 |
Battle of Williamsburg |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
May 5, 1862 |
Battle of McDowell |
Confederate District of the Valley Army and Army of the Northwest and Union Mountain Department |
May 8–9, 1862 |
First Battle of Winchester |
Confederate District of the Valley and Union Department of the Shenandoah |
May 25, 1862 |
Battle of Hanover Court House |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
May 27, 1862 |
Battle of Seven Pines |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
May 31 – June 1, 1862 |
Battle of Cross Keys |
Confederate District of the Valley and Union Mountain Department and Department of the Rappahannock |
June 8, 1862 |
Battle of Port Republic |
Confederate District of the Valley and Union Department of the Rappahannock |
June 9, 1862 |
Seven Days Battles |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
June 25 – July 1, 1862 |
Battle of Cotton Plant |
Confederate forces and Union Army of the Southwest |
July 7, 1862 |
Battle of Baton Rouge |
Confederate and Union forces |
August 5, 1862 |
Battle of Cedar Mountain |
Confederate Left wing, Army of Northern Virginia and Union I Corps, Army of Virginia |
August 9, 1862 |
Battle of Richmond |
Confederate Army of Kentucky and Union Provisional Army of Kentucky |
August 29–30, 1862 |
Second Battle of Bull Run |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of Virginia and detachments, Army of the Potomac |
August 29–30, 1862 |
Battle of Chantilly |
Confederate Left wing, Army of Northern Virginia and Union III and IV Corps, Army of the Potomac |
September 1, 1862 |
Battle of Antietam |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
September 17, 1862 |
Battle of Iuka |
Confederate Army of the West and Union Army of the Mississippi |
September 19, 1862 |
Second Battle of Corinth |
Confederate Army of West Tennessee and Union Army of the Mississippi |
October 3–4, 1862 |
Battle of Perryville |
Confederate Army of the Mississippi and Union Army of the Ohio |
October 8, 1862 |
Battle of Prairie Grove |
Confederate I Corps, Trans-Mississippi Army and Union Army of the Frontier |
December 7, 1862 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
December 13, 1862 |
Battle of Chickasaw Bayou |
Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and Union Army of the Tennessee |
December 26–29, 1862 |
Battle of Stones River |
Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland |
December 31, 1862 – January 2, 1863 |
1863 |
Battle of Fort Hindman |
Confederate Department of the Trans-Mississippi and Union Army of the Mississippi |
January 9–11, 1863 |
Battle of Franklin (1863) |
Union Army of Kentucky and Confederate Cavalry Corps, Army of Tennessee |
April 10, 1863 |
Siege of Suffolk |
Confederate Department of North Carolina and Southern Virginia and Union Department of Virginia & VII Corps and North Atlantic Blockading Squadron
| April 11 – May 4, 1863 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
May 1–4, 1863 |
Battle of Raymond |
Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and Union Army of the Tennessee |
May 12, 1863 |
Battle of Champion Hill |
Confederate Department of Mississippi and East Louisiana and Union Army of the Tennessee |
May 16, 1863 |
Battle of Vicksburg |
Confederate Army of Mississippi and Union Army of the Tennessee |
May 18 – July 4, 1863 |
Siege of Port Hudson |
Confederate Department of Mississippi & East Louisiana and Union Army of the Gulf & West Gulf Blockading Squadron |
May 22, 1863 – July 9, 1863 |
Battle of Brandy Station |
Confederate Cavalry Division, Army of Northern Virginia and Union Cavalry Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 9, 1863 |
Battle of Winchester II |
Confederate Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Union 2nd Division, VIII Corps |
June 13–15, 1863 |
Battle of Gettysburg |
Confederate Army of North Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
July 1–3, 1863 |
Battle of Helena |
Confederate District of Arkansas and Union District of East Arkansas |
July 4, 1863 |
Second Battle of Charleston Harbor |
Confederate Dept. of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida and Union Department of the South & South Atlantic Blockading Squadron |
July 19, 1863 – September 7, 1863 |
Little Rock campaign |
Confederate District of Arkansas and Union Department of Arkansas |
August 25 – September 10, 1863 |
Battle of White Sulphur Springs |
Confederate and Union forces |
August 26–27, 1863 |
Battle of the Cumberland Gap |
Confederate and Union forces |
September 7–9, 1863 |
Battle of Bayou Fourche |
Confederate and Union forces |
September 10, 1863 |
Battle of Chickamauga |
Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland |
September 19–20, 1863 |
Bristoe campaign |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
October – November, 1863 |
Chattanooga campaign |
Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland |
October – November, 1863 |
Battle of Wauhatchie |
Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland |
October 28–29, 1863 |
Battle of Droop Mountain |
Confederate and Union forces |
November 6, 1863 |
Battle of Mine Run |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
November 27 – December 2, 1863 |
Knoxville campaign |
Confederate First Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Ohio |
November 16 – December 13, 1863 |
1864 |
Meridian campaign |
Confederate and Union forces |
February 3 – March 6, 1864 |
Battle of Olustee |
Confederate District of East Florida and Union District of Florida |
February 20, 1864 |
Red River campaign |
Confederate Trans-Mississippi Department and Union forces |
March 10, 1864 – May 22, 1864 |
Camden Expedition |
Confederate District of Arkansas, Trans-Mississippi Department and Union Department of Arkansas |
March 23 – May 2, 1864 |
Battle of Plymouth |
Confederate and Union forces |
April 17–20, 1864 |
Battle of the Wilderness |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac and IX Corps |
May 5–7, 1864 |
Battle of Cloyd's Mountain |
Confederate and Union forces |
May 9, 1864 |
Atlanta campaign |
Phase 1 - Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Armies of the Cumberland, of the Ohio and of the Tennessee |
May 7 – July 17, 1864 |
Battle of Atlanta - Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Tennessee |
July 22, 1864 |
Phase 2 - Confederate Army of Tennessee (second phase) and Union Armies of the Cumberland, of the Ohio and of the Tennessee (second phase) |
July 17 - September 8, 1864 |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac and IX Corps |
May 8–21, 1864 |
Battle of Chester Station |
Confederate and Union forces |
May 10, 1864 |
Battle of New Market |
Confederate Department of Western Virginia and Union Department of West Virginia |
May 15, 1864 |
Battle of Dallas |
Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Tennessee |
May 26 – June 1, 1864 |
Battle of Cold Harbor |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
May 31 – June 12, 1864 |
Battle of Piedmont |
Confederate Department of Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee and Union Department of West Virginia |
June 5, 1864 |
Siege of Petersburg |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Department of Richmond and Union Army of the Potomac and Army of the James |
June 9, 1864 – March 25, 1865 |
Battle of Trevilian Station |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia Cavalry Corps and Union Army of the Potomac Cavalry Corps |
June 11, 1864 – June 12, 1864 |
Second Battle of Petersburg |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Armies of the Potomac and the James |
June 15–18, 1864 |
Battle of Monocacy Junction |
Confederate Army of the Valley District and Union Middle Department |
July 9, 1864 |
Battle of Fort Stevens |
Confederate Army of the Valley District and Union Department of Washington |
July 11–12, 1864 |
Battle of Peachtree Creek |
Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland |
July 20, 1864 |
Battle of Kernstown II |
Confederate Army of the Valley District and Union Army of West Virginia |
July 24, 1864 |
First Battle of Deep Bottom |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Armies of the Potomac and the James |
July 27–29, 1864 |
Battle of the Crater |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Armies of the Potomac and the James |
July 30, 1864 |
Battle of Moorefield |
Confederate and Union armies |
August 7, 1864 |
Second Battle of Deep Bottom |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
August 14–20, 1864 |
Battle of Globe Tavern |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
August 18–21, 1864 |
Battle of Mobile Bay |
Confederate District of the Gulf & CSS Tennessee with gunboats and Union Military Division of West Mississippi & West Gulf Blocking Squadron |
August 22–23, 1864 |
Second Battle of Ream's Station |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
August 25, 1864 |
Battle of Jonesborough |
Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Military Division of the Mississippi |
August 30 – September 1, 1864 |
Battle of Opequon |
Confederate Army of the Valley and Union Army of the Shenandoah |
September 19, 1864 |
Battle of Chaffin's Farm |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the James |
September 29–30, 1864 |
Battle of Peebles's Farm |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
September 30 – October 2, 1864 |
Battle of Darbytown and New Market Roads |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the James |
October 7, 1864 |
Battle of Darbytown Road |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the James |
October 13, 1864 |
Battle of Cedar Creek |
Confederate Army of the Valley and Union Army of the Shenandoah |
October 19, 1864 |
Battle of Westport |
Confederate Army of Missouri and Union Army of the Border, Army of the Department of Missouri, and XVI Corps |
October 23, 1864 |
Battle of Mine Creek |
Confederate Army of Missouri and Union Army of the Border |
October 25, 1864 |
Battle of Boydton Plank Road |
Confederate Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
October 27–28, 1864 |
Battle of Fair Oaks & Darbytown Road |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the James |
October 27–28, 1864 |
Savannah campaign |
Confederate Department of South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida and Union Armies of the Tennessee and of Georgia |
November 15 – December 21, 1864 |
Battle of Franklin II |
Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union IV and XXIII Corps |
November 30, 1864 |
Battle of Nashville |
Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Army of the Cumberland |
December 15–16, 1864 |
1865 |
Carolinas campaign |
Confederate Army of Tennessee and Union Military Division of the Mississippi |
January – April 1865 |
Second Battle of Fort Fisher |
Confederate forces and Union Department of Virginia and North Carolina |
January 13–15, 1865 |
Battle of Hatcher's Run |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
February 5–7, 1865 |
Battle of Wilmington |
Confederate Department of North Carolina and Union Department of North Carolina, Wilmington Expeditionary Force |
February 11–12, 1865 |
Battle of Wyse Fork |
Confederate Department of North Carolina and Union Department of North Carolina |
March 7–10, 1865 |
Battle of Bentonville |
Confederate Army of the South and Union Grand Army of the West |
March 19–21, 1865 |
Battle of Fort Stedman |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac |
March 25, 1865 |
Mobile campaign |
Confederate District of the Gulf and Union Army of West Mississippi |
March – April 1865 |
Appomattox campaign |
Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and Union Army of the Potomac, Army of the James, and Army of the Shenandoah |
March 29 – April 9, 1865 |
Battle of Five Forks |
Confederate forces and Union Army of the Shenandoah |
April 1, 1865 |
Battle of Fort Blakeley |
Confederate Department of Mississippi, Alabama, and East Louisiana and Union Army of West Mississippi |
April 2–9, 1865 |