1864 American Civil War Battles
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List of American Civil War Battles on 1864
Battle of Dandridge | January 17 | Union forces withdraw. |
Battle of Athens 1864 | January 26 | Union victory in Northern Alabama. |
Battle of Fair Garden | January 27 | Union victory followed by withdrawal. |
Battle of Morton's Ford | February 6–7 | Diversionary Union attack. |
Battle of Meridian | February 14–20 | Sherman occupies town |
Battle of Olustee | February 20 | Union can't take Florida |
Battle of Walkerton | March 2 | controversy surrounding the Dahlgren Affair. |
Battle of Paducah | March 25 | Confederate raid by Forrest successful. |
Battle of Elkin's Ferry | April 3–4 | Confederates unable to prevent Union river crossing. |
Battle of Mansfield or Sabine Crossroads | April 8 | Banks Union Red River Campaign halted by the Confederates. |
Battle of Pleasant Hill | April 9 | Confederate attack fails. |
Battle of Prairie D'Ane | April 9–13 | Frederick Steele defeats Sterling Price. |
Battle of Fort Pillow - Fort Pillow Massacre | April 12 | N.B. Forrest takes fort, massacres black soldiers. |
Battle of Plymouth 1864 | April 17 | Confederate land forces, supported by naval ram, retake two Union forts near Plymouth, North Carolina. |
Battle of Poison Spring | April 18 | Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas, black troops massacred. |
Battle of Monett's Ferry | April 23 | Confederate forces driven back. |
Battle of Marks' Mills | April 25 | Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas. |
Battle of Jenkins' Ferry | April 30 | Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas. |
Battle of the Wilderness | May 5 | Grant and Lee meet inconclusively. |
Battle of Albemarle Sound | May 5 | Indecisive naval battle during U.S. Civil War. |
Battle of Port Walthall Junction | May 6–7 | Union forces destroy railroad |
Battle of Cloyd's Mountain | May 9 | Union victory, Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins killed. |
Battle of Swift Creek | May 9 | Union forces damage railroad, but are stopped by Confederate forces. |
Battle of Cove Mountain | May 10 | Union victory after brief battle. |
Battle of Chester Station | May 10 | Union forces under Benjamin Butler pushed back. |
Battle of Yellow Tavern | May 11 | Union forces win cavalry battle, J.E.B. Stuart is mortally wounded. |
Battle of Rocky Face Ridge | May 7–13 | Indecisive battle near Atlanta. |
Battle of Resaca | May 13 | Sherman defeats Johnston |
Battle of New Market | May 15 | Confederate forces halt Union army under Franz Sigel from advance up Shenandoah Valley. |
Battle of Proctor's Creek | May 12–16 | Beauregard defeats Butler. |
Battle of Adairsville | May 17 | Failed Confederate attempt to destroy part of the Union force approaching Atlanta. |
Battle of Ware Bottom Church | May 20 | Beauregard boxes Butler in. |
Battle of Spotsylvania Court House | May 8–21 | Grant and Lee meet inconclusively, Grant writes to Halleck "I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer". |
Battle of Wilson's Wharf | May 24 | Confederates under Fitzhugh Lee defeated by two Union black regiments. |
Battle of North Anna | May 23–26 | Lee outmaneuvers Grant, but because of illness, he is unable to capitalize. |
Battle of New Hope Church | May 25–26 | Hooker's forces defeated. |
Battle of Pickett's Mill | May 27 | Unsuccessful attack by Sherman on Johnston. |
The Battle of Haw's Shop | May 28 | Union advance halted. |
Battle of Dallas | May 28 | Confederate withdrawal in Georgia. |
Battle of Totopotomoy Creek | May 28–30 | Union forces pushed back. |
Battle of Old Church | May 30 | Union forces drive Confederates back to Cold Harbor. |
Battle of Cold Harbor | May 31 –
June 12 | Lee repulses Grant, Confederate general says "This is not war, this is murder". |
Battle of Piedmont | June 5 | Union forces under David Hunter defeat Confederate defenses on march to Staunton, Virginia, upper Shenandoah Valley. |
First Battle of Petersburg | June 9 | Beauregard defeats Butler. |
Battle of Brice's Crossroads | June 10 | N.B. Forrest routs Union force almost three times as large. |
Battle of Trevilian Station | June 11–12 | Confederate victory, George Armstrong Custer nearly surrounded and has to be rescued by Sheridan. |
Second Battle of Petersburg | June 15–18 | Lee repulses Grant at back door to Richmond. |
Battle of Lynchburg | June 17 | Fake Confederate reinforcements lead to Union retreat. |
Battle of Cherbourg - Sinking of CSS Alabama | June 19 | USS Kearsarge sinks CSS Alabama |
Battle of Kolb's Farm | June 22 | Confederate attack fails due to poor terrain conditions. |
Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road | June 21–24 | Union siege lines extended for Siege of Petersburg. |
Battle of Saint Mary's Church | June 24 | Union forces fight a successful delaying action. |
Battle of Kennesaw Mountain | June 27 | Johnston repulses Sherman. |
Battle of Marietta | June 6 – July 3 | Sherman defeats Johnston. |
Battle of Monocacy | July 9 | Union Gen. Lew Wallace slows up Jubal Early, saving DC. |
Battle of Fort Stevens | July 11–12 | Failed Confederate attempt to capture Washington, D.C., President Lincoln, observing the battle, comes under Confederate fire. |
Battle of Camden Point | July 13 | Union victory. |
Battle of Tupelo | July 14–15 | Union victory, Nathan Bedford Forrest wounded. |
Battle of Cool Spring | July 18–19 | |
Battle of Rutherford's Farm | July 20 | Confederates under Jubal Early caught by surprise and defeated. |
Battle of Peachtree Creek | July 20 | (Atlanta Campaign) First Confederate attack against Union forces north of Atlanta fails. |
Battle of Atlanta | July 22 | (Atlanta Campaign) Sherman turns back Hood's attack east of Atlanta. |
Second Battle of Kernstown | July 24 | Jubal Early defeats Union forces. |
Battle of Killdeer Mountain | July 26 | Union forces defeat Sioux. |
Battle of Ezra Church | July 28 | (Atlanta Campaign) Confederate attack on Union army northwest of Atlanta fails to gain element of surprise, finding entrenched Union forces. Union victory. |
Battle of the Crater | July 30 | Lee defeats Burnside. |
Battle of Folck's Mill - Battle of Cumberland | August 1 | Indecisive Civil War battle. |
Battle of Utoy Creek | August 5–7 | (Atlanta Campaign) Indecisive battle on Union right flank near Atlanta. |
Second Battle of Dalton | August 14–15 | Union forces withstand attack until relieved. |
Battle of Gainesville | August 17 |
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Battle of Globe Tavern | August 18–21 | Confederate forces lose control of railroads at Petersburg. |
Battle of Lovejoy's Station | August 20 | Confederates repel Union raiders attacking the station. |
Second Battle of Memphis | August 21 | Partially successful Confederate raid. |
Battle of Mobile Bay | August 23 | David Farragut takes port, says "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead". |
Second Battle of Ream's Station | August 25 | Union lines overrun by Confederates. |
Battle of Jonesborough | August 31 –
September 1 | William J. Hardee's Confederates defeated, resulting in Atlanta's fall the following day. |
Battle of Opequon - Third Battle of Winchester | September 19 | Sheridan defeats Early, several officers killed or wounded on both sides. |
Battle of Fisher's Hill | September 21–22 | Successful Union frontal assault. |
Battle of Fort Davidson-Battle of Pilot Knob | September 27 | Union forces detonate their own fort after losing to Confederates. |
Battle of Marianna | September 27 | Union victory during cavalry raid into Florida panhandle. |
Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights | September 29–30 | Union forces victorious, but fail to capture several forts. |
Battle of Peebles' Farm | September 30 –
October 2 | Union victory near Petersburg. |
Battle of Saltville I | October 1–3 | Confederates defeat Union Black Cavalry, war crimes committed against captured blacks. |
Battle of Allatoona Pass | October 5 | Union fortifications hold. |
Battle of Darbytown Road | October 7 | Confederate attack repelled near Richmond. |
Battle of Tom's Brook | October 9 | Union cavalry defeats Confederates. |
Battle of Glasgow 1964 | October 15 | Union forces surrender. |
Second Battle of Lexington | October 19 | Union forces driven out of town. |
Battle of Cedar Creek | October 19 | Sheridan defeats Early, drives Confederates from Shenandoah Valley. |
Battle of Little Blue River | October 21 | Confederate victory in Missouri. |
Second Battle of Independence | October 22 | Union forces occupy town. |
Battle of Byram's Ford | October 22–23 | Confederates under Marmaduke defeated. |
Battle of Westport | October 23 | Union forces win decisive battle to take control of Missouri. |
Battle of Marais des Cygnes | October 25 | Price's Confederates pursued into Kansas. |
Battle of Mine Creek | October 25 | Price's army crushed, flees back into Missouri. |
Battle of Marmiton River | October 25 | Price escapes Union pursuit. |
Battle of Decatur | October 26–29 | Confederates unable to cross river. |
Battle of Boydton Plank Road | October 27–28 | Union forces take control of road, but withdraw after battle. |
Second Battle of Newtonia | October 28 | James G. Blunt defeats Joseph O. Shelby. |
Battle of Johnsonville | November 4–5 | Confederates bombard Union forces during the night after a fire starts near union positions. |
Battle of Bull's Gap | November 11–13 | Minor Confederate victory during U.S. Civil War. |
Sherman's March to the Sea | November 16 –
December 21 | Sherman advances from Atlanta to Savannah, Georgia, destroying Southern infrastructure along a wide path. |
Battle of Columbia | November 24 | Confederates divert attention. |
First Battle of Adobe Walls | November 25 | Kit Carson fights Kiowa forces to a draw, but manages to destroy their settlement. |
Battle of Sand Creek | November 29 | U.S. forces massacre Cheyenne and Arapaho. |
Battle of Spring Hill | November 29 | Confederate mistakes allow Federal forces to redeploy, leading to the Battle of Franklin. |
Battle of Franklin 1864 | November 30 | Hood attacks Schofield but suffers crushing losses; Pickett's Charge of the West. |
Battle of Waynesboro - Georgia | December 4 | Kilpatrick stops Wheeler from attacking Sherman. |
Third Battle of Murfreesboro | December 5–7 | Confederate raid mostly unsuccessful. |
First Battle of Fort Fisher | December 7–27 | Failed Union attempt to take fort. |
Battle of Nashville | December 15–16 | Thomas attacks and virtually destroys Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee. |
Battle of Anthony's Hill | December 24 | Forrest turns back Union pursuers after the Battle of Nashville. |
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