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Battles of the American Civil War
The Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861 and May 12–13, 1865 in 23 states and the District of Columbia, as well as...
1801–12
- 1801–
- Battle of AboukirBattle of Abukir (1801)The Battle of Abukir of 8 March 1801 was the second battle of the Egyptian campaign in the French Revolutionary Wars, to be fought at Abu Qir on the Mediterranean coast, near the Nile delta. A British army of 5,000 led by General Ralph Abercromby landed along the beach to dislodge an entrenched...
8 March – British-Turkish army under Sir Ralph Abernathy defeats French Army of Egypt under Jacques de Menou - Battle of CopenhagenBattle of Copenhagen (1801)The Battle of Copenhagen was an engagement which saw a British fleet under the command of Admiral Sir Hyde Parker fight and strategically defeat a Danish-Norwegian fleet anchored just off Copenhagen on 2 April 1801. Vice-Admiral Horatio Nelson led the main attack. He famously disobeyed Parker's...
2 April – Nelson defeats Danish fleet - First Battle of Algeciras 6 July – English naval defeat by French
- Second Battle of Algeciras 12 July – English naval victory over French, Spanish
- Battle of Aboukir
- 1802 – 20 June – First Battle of Sitka. Tlingit warriors massacre Russians and Aleut workers, and carry off the women and children.
- 1803 –
- Battle of DelhiBattle of DelhiThe Battle of Delhi took place on 11 September 1803 during the Second Anglo-Maratha War, between British troops under General Lake, and Marathas of Scindia's army under French General Louis Bourquin...
11 September – British forces under Gerard LakeGerard Lake, 1st Viscount LakeGeneral Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake was a British general. He commanded British forces during the Irish Rebellion of 1798 and later served as Commander-in-Chief of the military in British India.-Background:...
defeat MarathaMarathaThe Maratha are an Indian caste, predominantly in the state of Maharashtra. The term Marāthā has three related usages: within the Marathi speaking region it describes the dominant Maratha caste; outside Maharashtra it can refer to the entire regional population of Marathi-speaking people;...
forces led by French officer Louis Bourquien - Battle of AssayeBattle of AssayeThe Battle of Assaye was a major battle of the Second Anglo-Maratha War fought between the Maratha Confederacy and the British East India Company...
23 September – English under Wellesley defeat Marathas under Doulut Rao Sindhia in Deccan - Battle of LaswariLaswariThe Battle of Laswari took place on November 1, 1803 and was part of the Second Anglo-Maratha War.The British, commanded by General Lake were about 10,000 men strong, opposing the Sindhia's Maratha army of 9,000 veteran infantry and 5,000 cavalry...
1 November – Lake defeats Marathas near AgraAgraAgra a.k.a. Akbarabad is a city on the banks of the river Yamuna in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, west of state capital, Lucknow and south from national capital New Delhi. With a population of 1,686,976 , it is one of the most populous cities in Uttar Pradesh and the 19th most... - Battle of VertièresBattle of VertièresThe Battle of Vertières , the last major battle of the Second War of Haitian Independence, the final part of the Haitian Revolution under François Capois. It was fought between Haitian rebels and French expeditionary forces on 18 November 1803 at Vertières...
18 November – HaitiHaitiHaiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Caribbean country. It occupies the western, smaller portion of the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antillean archipelago, which it shares with the Dominican Republic. Ayiti was the indigenous Taíno or Amerindian name for the island...
ans defeat French in last battle of war of independence. - Battle of Argaon 28 November – Wellesley defeats Sindhia
- Battle of Delhi
- 1804 –
- Battle of SurinameBattle of SurinameThe Battle of Suriname was a battle between the Netherlands and Great Britain for the control of the Suriname colony. The colony, which was held by a Dutch garrison, was captured on May 5, 1804 by a British squadron under the command of Sir Samuel Hood, together with troops under Sir Charles...
5 May – Battle between the Netherlands and Great Britain for the control of the Suriname colony. - Battle of Tripoli HarborBattle of Tripoli HarborThe Second Battle of Tripoli Harbor, was a naval action during a naval blockade which took place in Tripoli Harbor in 1804. The battle is part of the First Barbary War between forces of the United States and the forces of Tripoli.-Background:...
(October 1803 – September 1804) – Indecisive battle between United States and Barbary Pirates. - Second Battle of Sitka – 1 October – 7 October – In reprisal for the 1802 attack, Russian forces defeat the Tlingit in the last major armed conflict between Europeans and Alaska NativesAlaska NativesAlaska Natives are the indigenous peoples of Alaska. They include: Aleut, Inuit, Tlingit, Haida, Tsimshian, Eyak, and a number of Northern Athabaskan cultures.-History:In 1912 the Alaska Native Brotherhood was founded...
. - Battle of FarrukhabadBattle of FarrukhabadThe Battle of Farrukhabad was an engagement during the Second Anglo-Maratha War between forces of the British East India Company and those of Maharaja Yashwantrao Holkar of the Maratha Empire. The battle took place at Farrukhabad in what is now Uttar Pradesh, India...
17 November – Lake defeats Maratha forces of Jaswant Rao Holkar
- Battle of Suriname
- 1805 –
- Battle of Derne (27 April – 13 May) – United States victory during First Barbary WarFirst Barbary WarThe First Barbary War , also known as the Barbary Coast War or the Tripolitan War, was the first of two wars fought between the United States and the North African Berber Muslim states known collectively as the Barbary States...
. - Battle of ElchingenBattle of ElchingenThe Battle of Elchingen, fought on October 14, 1805, saw French forces under Michel Ney rout an Austrian corps led by Johann Sigismund Riesch. This defeat led to a large part of the Austrian army being invested in the fortress of Ulm by the army of Emperor Napoleon I of France while other...
14 October – French army, under Marshal Michel NeyMichel NeyMichel Ney , 1st Duc d'Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of France created by Napoleon I...
, defeats an Austrian army. - Battle of UlmBattle of UlmThe Battle of Ulm was a series of minor skirmishes at the end of Napoleon Bonaparte's Ulm Campaign, culminating in the surrender of an entire Austrian army near Ulm in Württemberg....
– 16 October – 19 October – Napoleon forces surrender of Austrian army under Baron von Leiberich - Battle of SchongrabernBattle of SchöngrabernThe Battle of Schöngrabern was an engagement in the Napoleonic Wars during the War of the Third Coalition, fought on 16 November 1805 near Hollabrunn in Lower Austria, four weeks after the Battle of Ulm and two weeks before the Battle of Austerlitz.The Russian army of Kutuzov was retiring north of...
– Pyotr BagrationPyotr BagrationPrince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration was a general of the Russian army. He was a descendant of the Georgian royal family of the Bagrations.- Life :...
commands Russian and Austrian forces against MuratMuratMurat is a male Turkish name, spelled as Murad during the Ottoman period. Its meaning can be translated roughly into Reached Desire or Accomplished Goal...
and Napoleon. - Battle of TrafalgarBattle of TrafalgarThe Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....
21 October – Horatio Nelson defeats Villeneuve, signals "England expects every man to do his duty", Nelson killed - Battle of Caldiero 30 October – French forces under Masséna defeat Austrians in Italy under Archduke Charles of Austria
- Battle of AusterlitzBattle of AusterlitzThe Battle of Austerlitz, also known as the Battle of the Three Emperors, was one of Napoleon's greatest victories, where the French Empire effectively crushed the Third Coalition...
2 December – French army, under Napoléon Bonaparte, win a great victory against Russian army and any Austrians troops. End of war of third coalition.
- Battle of Derne (27 April – 13 May) – United States victory during First Barbary War
- 1806 –
- Battle of BlaauwbergBattle of BlaauwbergThe Battle of Blaauwberg, also known as the Battle of Cape Town, fought near Cape Town on 8 January 1806, was a small but significant military engagement. It established British rule in South Africa, which was to have many ramifications during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries...
8 January – British beat the Dutch near Capetown, this established British rule in South Africa. - Massacre of Lauria – 7–8 August – French troops under Massena besiege and destroy LauriaLauriaLauria is a city and comune of Basilicata, Italy, in the province of Potenza, situated near the borders of Calabria.It is a walled town on the steep side of a hill with another portion in the plain below.-History:...
, southern Italy - Battles of Jena and AuerstedtBattle of Jena-AuerstedtThe twin battles of Jena and Auerstedt were fought on 14 October 1806 on the plateau west of the river Saale in today's Germany, between the forces of Napoleon I of France and Frederick William III of Prussia...
– 14 October – French army, under Davout and Napoleon, defeat two Prussian army in separate battles. The city of Berlin was taken by the French troops. - Battle of Pułtusk 26 December – indecisive battle between Napoleon and Russians
- Battle of Blaauwberg
- 1807 –
- Battle of EylauBattle of EylauThe Battle of Eylau or Battle of Preussisch-Eylau, 7 and 8 February 1807, was a bloody and inconclusive battle between Napoléon's Grande Armée and a Russian Empire army under Levin August, Count von Bennigsen near the town of Preußisch Eylau in East Prussia. Late in the battle, the Russians...
8 February – Napoleon fights a hard-won bloodbath with Russians, no decisive result. - Battle of the DardanellesBattle of the Dardanelles (1807)The naval Battle of the Dardanelles took place on 10–11 May 1807 during the Russo-Turkish War . It was fought between the Russian and Ottoman navies near the Dardanelles Strait....
10 May-11 – Ottoman fleet fails to break the Russian blockade of Istanbul - Battle of HeilsbergBattle of HeilsbergThe Battle of Heilsberg took place on 10 June 1807, during the Napoleonic Wars.-Overview:On 24 May 1807, the Siege of Danzig ended when Prussian General Friedrich Adolf, Count von Kalckreuth capitulated to French Marshal Francois Joseph Lefebvre. With Gdansk secured, Napoleon was now free to turn...
10 June – Napoleon repulses Russian attack - Battle of FriedlandBattle of FriedlandThe Battle of Friedland saw Napoleon I's French army decisively defeat Count von Bennigsen's Russian army about twenty-seven miles southeast of Königsberg...
14 June – French army, under Napoleon Bonaparte, decisively defeats Russians under Bennigsen. End of war of fourth coalition. - Battle of AthosBattle of AthosThe naval Battle of Mount Athos took place from 19–22 June 1807 and was a key naval battle of the Russo-Turkish War...
19 June – 29 June – Russian fleet under Admiral Seniavin defeats Ottoman fleet in Aegean - Second Battle of CopenhagenBattle of Copenhagen (1807)The Second Battle of Copenhagen was a British preemptive attack on Copenhagen, targeting the civilian population in order to seize the Dano-Norwegian fleet and in turn originate the term to Copenhagenize.-Background:Despite the defeat and loss of many ships in the first Battle of Copenhagen in...
2 September-7 – British land, sea forces under Admiral Gambier and Gen. Cathcart capture Danish fleet
- Battle of Eylau
- 1808 –
- Battle of Zealand PointBattle of Zealand PointThe Battle of Zealand Point was a naval battle of the English Wars and the Gunboat War. It was fought off Zealand Point by ships of the Danish and British navies on 22 March 1808 and was a British victory.-Prelude:...
22 March – Britain defeats Denmark and Norway. - Battle of SiikajokiBattle of SiikajokiThe Battle of Siikajoki was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on April 18, 1808 at Siikajoki, near Oulu, Finland. During the first stage of the Finnish War the Swedish commander Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor had decided to retreat from southern Finland, so that the Swedes would gain time, and...
18 April – Georg Carl von DöbelnGeorg Carl von DöbelnGeorg Carl von Döbeln was a Swedish friherre , Lieutenant General and war hero.-Early life:Georg Carl was born at the Stora Torpa manor in Segerstads parish in Västergötland to Johan Jakob von Döbeln and Anna Maria Lindgren...
halts Russian advance during Finnish WarFinnish WarThe Finnish War was fought between Sweden and the Russian Empire from February 1808 to September 1809. As a result of the war, the eastern third of Sweden was established as the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland within the Russian Empire...
. - Battle of RevolaxBattle of Revolaxthumb|left|250px|The Battle of RevolaxThe Battle of Revolax took place on April 27, 1808 at Revonlahti, in Northern Ostrobothnia, Finland, when the Swedish supreme commander Wilhelm Mauritz Klingspor and the Savolax brigade under colonel Johan Adam Cronstedt, a total of about 2,250 Swedes...
27 April – Swedish force defeats Russians camped in Finnish town - Battle of PulkkilaBattle of PulkkilaThe Battle of Pulkkila was fought between Swedish and Russian forces near Pulkkila in Northern Ostrobothnia on May 2, 1808 during the Finnish War....
2 May – Swedish force annihilates Russian force in Finland - Battle of El BrucBattle of El BrucThe two Battles of the Bruch were engagements fought successively between a French column and a body of Spanish volunteers and mercenaries on June 4, 1808 in the Peninsular War....
(June) – French forces torch buildings after previous attempt foiled by ambush. - Battle of LapuaBattle of LapuaThe Battle of Lapua was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on July 14, 1808 at Lapua, Finland. The Russians had set up defences around Lapua. The Swedes tried to outflank and surround the defending Russians...
14 July – Swedish victory during Finnish War. - Battle of Medina del Rio SecoBattle of Medina del Rio SecoThe Battle of Medina de Rioseco was fought during the Peninsular War on 14 July 1808 when a combined body of Spanish militia and regulars moved to rupture the French line of communications to Madrid...
14 July – French victory during Peninsular War. - Battle of BailénBattle of BailénThe Battle of Bailén was contested in 1808 between the Spanish Army of Andalusia, led by Generals Francisco Castaños and Theodor von Reding, and the Imperial French Army's II corps d'observation de la Gironde under General Pierre Dupont de l'Étang...
18 July – 22 July – Gen. Dupont surrenders to Spanish rebel forces - Battle of KauhajokiBattle of KauhajokiThe Battle of Kauhajoki was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on August 10, 1808. After the important Swedish victory at the Battle of Lapua the force under the command of Georg Carl von Döbeln defeated a Russian force near Kauhajoki, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland....
10 August – von Döbeln defeats the Russians. - Siege of SaragossaSiege of Saragossa (1808)The First Siege of Saragossa was a bloody struggle in the Peninsular War. A French army under General Jean-Antoine Verdier besieged, repeatedly stormed, and was repulsed from the Spanish city of Saragossa over the summer of 1808....
(15 June – 13 August) – Unsuccessful French attempt to capture Zaragoza, Spain. - Battle of RoliçaBattle of RoliçaIn the Battle of Roliça an Anglo-Portuguese army under Sir Arthur Wellesley defeated an outnumbered French army under General Henri Delaborde, near the village of Roliça in Portugal. The French retired in good order...
17 August – British victory during Peninsular War. - Battle of VimeiroBattle of VimeiroIn the Battle of Vimeiro the British under General Arthur Wellesley defeated the French under Major-General Jean-Andoche Junot near the village of Vimeiro , near Lisbon, Portugal during the Peninsular War...
21 August – English, Portuguese forces under Arthur WellesleyArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonField Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
defeat French under Junot - Battle of JutasBattle of JutasThe Battle of Jutas was fought on September 13, 1808 between Swedish and Russian troops south of Nykarleby in Ostrobothnia, Finland. Before the battle the Swedish army was in retreat after the campaign of the previous summer. The main Swedish force was retreating from Vaasa to Nykarleby...
13 September – Swedes under von Döbeln intercept and defeat Russians. - Battle of OravaisBattle of OravaisThe Battle of Oravais is sometimes regarded as the turning point of the Finnish War: the last chance for Sweden to turn the war to her advantage...
14 September – Russian forces overwhelm Swedish army. - Battle of KoljonvirtaBattle of KoljonvirtaThe Battle of Koljonvirta was fought between Swedish and Russian troops on October 27, 1808. After the main Swedish army had been defeated at the Battle of Oravais the army under Johan August Sandels in Savonia had to retreat in order not to be outflanked by the Russians...
27 October – Swedish victory following a month long cease-fire. - Battle of PancorboBattle of PancorboThe Battle of Pancorbo was one of the opening engagements in Napoleon's invasion of Spain.- Background :On October 31, 1808, Marshal François Lefebvre bloodied the Army of Galicia under Lieutenant General Joaquín Blake but failed to encircle or destroy it, upsetting both the Emperor and the French...
31 October – Indecisive battle between French and Spanish. - Battle of Valmaceda 5 November – Minor Spanish victory.
- Battle of BurgosBattle of BurgosThe Battle of Burgos , also known as Battle of Gamonal, was fought on November 10, 1808, during the Peninsular War. A powerful French army under Marshal Bessières overwhelmed and destroyed the outnumbered Spanish under General Belveder, opening central Spain to invasion.Spanish history remembers...
7 November – French victory during Peninsular war. - Moonlight Raid 10 November – Swedish force under Gen. Sandels engage Russians near Virtabro in middle of night
- Battle of EspinosaBattle of EspinosaThe Battle of Espinosa was a battle of the Napoleonic Wars, fought on November 10 and November 11, 1808 at the township of Espinosa de los Monteros in the Cantabrian Mountains...
(10 November – 11 November) – French victory, Spanish forces escape. - Battle of TudelaBattle of TudelaThe Battle of Tudela was a battle of the Peninsular War fought on November 23, 1808 near Tudela, Spain. The battle resulted in the victory of the French and Poles under Marshal Lannes against the Spanish under General Castaños....
23 November – Marshal Jean LannesJean LannesJean Lannes, 1st Duc de Montebello, was a Marshal of France. He was one of Napoleon's most daring and talented generals. Napoleon once commented on Lannes: "I found him a pygmy and left him a giant"...
defeats General Francisco CastañosFrancisco Javier Castaños, 1st Duke of BailénFrancisco Javier Castaños Aragorri Urioste y Olavide, Count of Castaños y Aragones, 1st Duke of Baylen , was a Spanish general.Castaños was born at Madrid.He is remembered for his victory over the French under Dupont, whom he...
during Peninsular War. - Battle of SomosierraBattle of SomosierraThe Battle of Somosierra occurred November 30, 1808 in the Peninsular War, when a French army under Napoleon I forced a passage through the Sierra de Guadarrama shielding Madrid....
30 November – Napoleon defeats Benito de San Juan.
- Battle of Zealand Point
- 1809 –
- Battle of CorunnaBattle of CorunnaThe Battle of Corunna refers to a battle of the Peninsular War. On January 16, 1809, a French army under Marshal Soult attacked the British under Sir John Moore...
16 January – French defeat Sir John Moore in Peninsular War - Battle of Ciudad-RealBattle of Ciudad-RealThe Battle of Ciudad-Real was fought on March 27, 1809, and resulted in a French victory under General Sebastiani against the Spanish under General Conde de Cartojal....
27 March – French forces under General Sabastiani defeat a Spanish army commanded by General Cartojal. - First Battle of PortoFirst Battle of PortoIn the First Battle of Porto the French under Marshal Soult defeated the Portuguese, under General Parreiras, and the British Army, outside the city of Porto during the Peninsular War...
28 March – French forces under Marshal Soult capture the city of Oporto from the Portuguese. - Battle of SacileBattle of SacileThe Battle of Sacile on 16 April 1809 and its companion Clash at Pordenone on 15 April saw an Austrian army commanded by Archduke John of Austria defeat a Franco-Italian army led by Eugène de Beauharnais and force it to retreat. Sacile proved to be the most notable victory of John's career...
16 April – French forces under Eugène de BeauharnaisEugène de BeauharnaisEugène Rose de Beauharnais, Prince Français, Prince of Venice, Viceroy of the Kingdom of Italy, Hereditary Grand Duke of Frankfurt, 1st Duke of Leuchtenberg and 1st Prince of Eichstätt ad personam was the first child and only son of Alexandre, Vicomte de Beauharnais and Joséphine Tascher de la...
defeated in Italy by Austrians under Archduke John - Battle of RaszynBattle of Raszyn (1809)The first Battle of Raszyn was fought on April 19, 1809 between armies of the Austrian Empire and the Duchy of Warsaw as a part of the War of the Fifth Coalition in the Napoleonic Wars. The Austrian army was defeated....
19 April – Duchy of WarsawDuchy of WarsawThe Duchy of Warsaw was a Polish state established by Napoleon I in 1807 from the Polish lands ceded by the Kingdom of Prussia under the terms of the Treaties of Tilsit. The duchy was held in personal union by one of Napoleon's allies, King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony...
defeats Austria. - Battle of AbensbergBattle of AbensbergThe Battle of Abensberg took place on 20 April 1809, between a Franco-German force under the command of Emperor Napoleon I of France and a reinforced Austrian corps led by Feldmarschall-Leutnant Archduke Louis of Austria. As the day wore on, Feldmarschall-Leutnant Johann von Hiller arrived with...
19 April – 20 April – Napoleon defeats Austrians in Germany under Archduke Charles - Battle of LandshutBattle of Landshut (1809)The Battle of Landshut took place on April 21, 1809, between the French, Württembergers and Bavarians under Napoleon which numbered about 77,000 strong, and 36,000 Austrians under the General Johann von Hiller...
21 April – Marshal Masséna unable to destroy Austrian left wing under Johann Hiller - Battle of EckmühlBattle of EckmühlThe Battle of Eckmühl fought on 21 April – 22 April 1809, was the turning point of the 1809 Campaign, also known as the War of the Fifth Coalition...
22 April – Napoleon defeats Archduke Charles, forcing him to withdraw from Bavaria - Battle of RatisbonBattle of RatisbonThe Battle of Ratisbon, also called the Battle of Regensburg, of the Napoleonic Wars was fought on the 23 April 1809 between the army of the First French Empire, led by Napoleon I, and that of the Austrian Empire, led by Archduke Charles...
23 April – Archduke Charles makes good retreat in successful rearguard action - Second Battle of Porto 12 May – Wellesley defeats Marshal Soult, drives French from city
- Battle of Aspern-EsslingBattle of Aspern-EsslingIn the Battle of Aspern-Essling , Napoleon attempted a forced crossing of the Danube near Vienna, but the French and their allies were driven back by the Austrians under Archduke Charles...
21 May-22 – Napoleon's first attempt to cross Danube near Vienna results in serious check by Austrians under Archduke Charles - Battle of AlcañizBattle of AlcañizThe Battle of Alcañiz resulted in the defeat of Major-General Louis Gabriel Suchet's French army on May 23, 1809 by a Spanish force under General Joaquín Blake y Joyes....
23 May – Spanish defeat French. - Battle of WagramBattle of WagramThe Battle of Wagram was the decisive military engagement of the War of the Fifth Coalition. It took place on the Marchfeld plain, on the north bank of the Danube. An important site of the battle was the village of Deutsch-Wagram, 10 kilometres northeast of Vienna, which would give its name to the...
5 July-6 – French army, under Napoleon, defeats Austrians of Archduke Charles of Austria at great cost, ending war of fifth coalition. - Battle of Talavera 27 July – 28 July – Wellesley defeats forces of Gen. Victor, King Joseph Bonaparte in Spain; made Viscount Wellington
- Battle of Ratan and SävarBattle of Ratan and SävarThe Battle of Sävar and Ratan is actually two separate battles fought a day apart. They are mentioned together as it was the same armies that fought both battles and the later battle was essentially an extension of the first one. The battle of Sävar and Ratan was the last battle on Swedish soil...
17 August-22 – Gen. Wachtmeister engage Russians near UmeåUmeå- Transport :The road infrastructure in Umeå is well-developed, with two European highways passing through the city. About 4 km from the city centre is the Umeå City Airport... - Battle of TamamesBattle of TamamésThe Battle of Tamames was a sharp reversal suffered by part of Marshal Michel Ney's French army under Major-General Jean Marchand in the Peninsular War. The French, advancing out of Salamanca, were met and defeated in battle by a Spanish army on October 18, 1809.-Course of battle:The Spanish drew...
18 October – Spanish repel Marhsal Ney's forces. - Battle of OcanaBattle of OcanaThe Battle of Ocana or Battle of Ocaña was fought on 19 November 1809 between French forces under Marshal Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult and King Joseph Bonaparte and the Spanish army under Juan Carlos de Aréizaga, which suffered its greatest single defeat in the Peninsular War...
19 November – Spanish forces under Areizago crushed by French forces of King Joseph, Marshal Soult
- Battle of Corunna
- 1810 –
- Battle of Batin 17 August – Russians capture large Ottoman force during the Russo-Turkish War of 1810–1811.
- Battle of BuçacoBattle of BuçacoThe Battle of Bussaco resulted in the defeat of French forces by Lord Wellington's Anglo-Portuguese Army, in Portugal during the Peninsular War....
(or Busaco) 27 September – Wellington repulses attacks from Masséna, withdraws into Lines of Torres VedrasLines of Torres VedrasThe Lines of Torres Vedras were lines of forts built in secrecy to defend Lisbon during the Peninsular War. Named after the nearby town of Torres Vedras, they were ordered by Arthur Wellesley, Viscount Wellington, constructed by Sir Richard Fletcher, 1st Baronet and his Portuguese workers between... - Battle of FuengirolaBattle of FuengirolaAt the Battle of Fuengirola a small Polish garrison of a mediæval Moorish fortress in Fuengirola held off a much larger Anglo-Spanish expeditionary corps under Lord Blayney.- Background:...
15 October – Polish defeat British and Spanish during Peninsular War.
- 1811 –
- Battle of the Bridge of Calderón 17 January – Spanish victory against a large Mexican force
- Battle of BarrosaBattle of BarrosaThe Battle of Barrosa was an unsuccessful French attack on a larger Anglo-Portuguese-Spanish force attempting to lift the siege of Cádiz, Spain during the Peninsular War...
5 March – Minor British victory during Peninsular War. - Battle of LissaBattle of Lissa (1811)The Battle of Lissa was a naval action fought between a British frigate squadron and a substantially larger squadron of French and Venetian frigates and smaller ships on 13 March 1811 during the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars...
13 March – British fleet defeats French fleet. - Battle of AnholtBattle of AnholtThe Battle of Anholt occurred during the Gunboat War, a war between the United Kingdom and Denmark-Norway. It was an attempt by the Danes to recapture Anholt, a small Danish island off the coast of Jutland, which the British had captured in 1809...
27 March – British naval victory over Denmark and Norway. - Battle of Fuentes de OnoroBattle of Fuentes de OnoroIn the Battle of Fuentes de Oñoro , the British-Portuguese Army under Viscount Wellington checked an attempt by the French Army of Portugal under Marshal André Masséna to relieve the besieged city of Almeida.-Background:...
5 May – Wellington, Masséna fight drawn battle - Battle of AlbueraBattle of AlbueraThe Battle of Albuera was an indecisive battle during the Peninsular War. A mixed British, Spanish and Portuguese corps engaged elements of the French Armée du Midi at the small Spanish village of Albuera, about 20 kilometres south of the frontier fortress-town of Badajoz, Spain.From...
16 May – British under Gen. Beresford defeat Marshal Soult - Battle of TippecanoeBattle of TippecanoeThe Battle of Tippecanoe was fought on November 7, 1811, between United States forces led by Governor William Henry Harrison of the Indiana Territory and Native American warriors associated with the Shawnee leader Tecumseh. Tecumseh and his brother Tenskwatawa were leaders of a confederacy of...
7 November – William Henry HarrisonWilliam Henry HarrisonWilliam Henry Harrison was the ninth President of the United States , an American military officer and politician, and the first president to die in office. He was 68 years, 23 days old when elected, the oldest president elected until Ronald Reagan in 1980, and last President to be born before the...
(US) defeats TecumsehTecumsehTecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812...
and Shawnee - Battle of Tarifa
- Battle of YanbuBattle of YanbuBattle of Yanbu or Yanbu Landing , Ottoman Sultan ordered Mohammed Ali Pasha to start moving against Saudis to re-conquer Mecca and return the honour of the Ottoman Empire...
(end of 1811) – Muhammed AliMuhammad Ali of EgyptMuhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha was a commander in the Ottoman army, who became Wāli, and self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan...
forces landed in Yanbu starting Ottoman-Saudi War
- 1812 –
- Battle of Al-SafraBattle of Al-SafraAl-Safra Battle, Tusun Pasha's forces with its artillery and equipment moved forward trying to recapture Medina and met with Saud AL-Kabeer forces in a Valley of Al-Safra . Saud's army started attacking the Egyptians with 200 cavalry and about 10,000 men and successfully defended Medina...
January – Muhammed AliMuhammad Ali of EgyptMuhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha was a commander in the Ottoman army, who became Wāli, and self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan...
forces met Saudi Al-KabeerSaud bin Abdul Aziz bin Muhammad al Saud*Abdullah*Khalid*Mishari*FaisalImam Saud bin Abdul-Aziz bin Muhammad bin Saud ruled the First Saudi State from 1803 to 1814. During his rule, Saud annexed Makkah and Madinah from the Ottoman Empire.-Kingship:...
forces near MedinaMedinaMedina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and... - Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo (February 2–23 February) – British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during Peninsular War.
- Battle of Badajoz (16 March – 6 April) – British and Portuguese forces besiege and defeat French garrison during Peninsular War.
- Battle of OstrowoBattle of OstrowoThe Battle of Ostrovno was a military engagement that took place on 25 July 1812, between French forces under the command of King of Naples Joachim and Russian forces under General Ostermann-Tolstoy and ended with the Russian forces retreating from the battlefield.-Context:With the beginning of...
12 July – Indecisive French victory; Russian strategic success - Battle of LyngørBattle of LyngørThe Battle of Lyngør was a naval battle fought between Denmark-Norway and Britain in 1812 on the southern coast of Norway, effectively concluding the Gunboat War in Britain's favour and putting Denmark-Norway out of the war.-Background:...
12 July – British victory, Danish-Norwegian frigate sunk. - First Battle of Sackett's HarborFirst Battle of Sackett's HarborThe First Battle of Sacket's Harbor was a naval battle fought on July 19, 1812, between the American and British naval forces that resulted in the American forces repelling the attack on their town and the shipbuilding yard located there.-Background:Sacket's Harbor is located on Lake Ontario in...
19 July – US turns back British naval attack - Battle of SalamancaBattle of SalamancaThe Battle of Salamanca saw Anglo-Portuguese and Spanish armies under the Duke of Wellington defeat Marshal Auguste Marmont's French forces among the hills around Arapiles south of Salamanca, Spain on July 22, 1812 during the Peninsular War....
22 July – Wellington defeats French under Marmont. French evacuate Madrid, but soon return - Battle of KlyastitsyBattle of KlyastitsyThe Battle of Klyastitsy, also called battle of Yakubovo, refers to a series of military engagements, which took place in 1812 near the village of Klyastitsy on the road between Polotsk and Sebezh. In this battle the Russian corps under the command of Peter Wittgenstein, stood up to the French...
(30 July – 1 August) – Minor Russian victory over French corps - Battle of MaguagaBattle of MaguagaThe Battle of Maguaga The Battle of Maguaga The Battle of Maguaga (also known as the Battle of Monguagon or the Battle of the Oakwoods was a small battle between British troops, Canadian militia and Tecumseh's natives and a larger force of American troops near the Wyandot village of Maguaga in what...
9 August – Both armies withdraw from War of 1812 battle. - Battle of Fort DearbornFort Dearborn massacreThe Battle of Fort Dearborn occurred on August 15, 1812, near Fort Dearborn, Illinois Territory during the War of 1812. The engagement followed the evacuation of the fort as ordered by the U.S. General William Hull...
15 August – Fort burned by Indians - Siege of DetroitSiege of DetroitThe Siege of Detroit, also known as the Surrender of Detroit, or the Battle of Fort Detroit, was an early engagement in the Anglo-American War of 1812...
15 August – 16 August – American forces, under General William Hull, surrender to British, under Sir Isaac BrockIsaac BrockMajor-General Sir Isaac Brock KB was a British Army officer and administrator. Brock was assigned to Canada in 1802. Despite facing desertions and near-mutinies, he commanded his regiment in Upper Canada successfully for many years...
and Chief TecumsehTecumsehTecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812...
during War of 1812War of 1812The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
. - Battle of SmolenskBattle of Smolensk (1812)The Battle of Smolensk, the first major battle of the French invasion of Russia took place on August 16–18, 1812, between 175,000 men of the Grande Armée under Napoleon Bonaparte and 130,000 Russians under Barclay de Tolly, though only about 50,000 and 60,000 respectively were actually engaged...
16 August-17 – Russians under Pyotr BagrationPyotr BagrationPrince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration was a general of the Russian army. He was a descendant of the Georgian royal family of the Bagrations.- Life :...
, de Tolley defeated and retreat - First battle of PolotskFirst battle of PolotskIn the First battle of Polotsk, which took place on 17–18 August 1812, Russian troops under the command of Peter Wittgenstein fought French and Bavarian troops led by Nicolas Oudinot and stopped their advance to Saint Petersburg...
(17 August – 18) – indecisive battle between Russian and French corps - Battle of ValutinoBattle of ValutinoThe Battle of Valutino took place on 18 August 1812, between Marshal Ney's corps, about 30,000 strong, and a strong rear-guard of General Barclay de Tolly's army of about 40,000, commanded by the General himself. The Russians were strongly posted in marshy ground, protected by a small stream...
19 August – Marginal French victory; successful Russian retreat - Siege of Fort Harrison (4 September – 5) – 10 healthy American soldiers repel attack by four tribes.
- Siege of Fort WayneSiege of Fort WayneThe Siege of Fort Wayne took place during the War of 1812, between United States and American Indian forces in the wake of the successful British campaigns of 1812.-Background:...
(5 September – 12) – Americans repel Miamis and Potawatomis. - Battle of BorodinoBattle of BorodinoThe Battle of Borodino , fought on September 7, 1812, was the largest and bloodiest single-day action of the French invasion of Russia and all Napoleonic Wars, involving more than 250,000 troops and resulting in at least 70,000 casualties...
7 September – KutuzovMikhail Illarionovich KutuzovMikhail Illarionovich Golenishchev-Kutuzov was a Field Marshal of the Russian Empire. He served as one of the finest military officers and diplomats of Russia under the reign of three Romanov Tsars: Catherine II, Paul I and Alexander I...
retreats after bloody battle. Napoleon enters Moscow. General Pyotr BagrationPyotr BagrationPrince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration was a general of the Russian army. He was a descendant of the Georgian royal family of the Bagrations.- Life :...
is killed. - Battle of Queenston HeightsBattle of Queenston HeightsThe Battle of Queenston Heights was the first major battle in the War of 1812 and resulted in a British victory. It took place on 13 October 1812, near Queenston, in the present-day province of Ontario...
13 October – US forces under Rensselaer defeated in attempt to capture town by British under Sir Isaac Brock, who is killed - Battle of TarutinoBattle of TarutinoThe Battle of Tarutino was a part of Napoleon's invasion of Russia. The battle is sometimes called the Battle of Vinkovo or the Battle of Chernishnya after the local river. Many historians claim that the latter name is more fitting because the village of Tarutino was 8 km from the described events...
18 October – Russian victory over Murat's corps - Second Battle of PolotskSecond Battle of PolotskThe Second Battle of Polotsk took place during Napoleon's invasion of Russia. In this encounter the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein attacked and defeated a Franco-Bavarian force under Laurent Gouvion Saint-Cyr. In the aftermath of this success, the Russians took Polotsk and dismantled...
(18 October – 20) – Russian victory over Saint-Cyr's Franco-Bavarian force. - Battle of MaloyaroslavetsBattle of MaloyaroslavetsThe Battle of Maloyaroslavets took place on 24 October 1812, between the Russians, under Marshal Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov, and part of the corps of Eugène de Beauharnais, Napoleon's stepson, under General Alexis Joseph Delzons which numbered about 20,000 strong.-Prelude:On 19 October, Napoleon...
24 October – Russians under Docturov defeat French, forcing northern retreat - Capture of HMS MacedonianCapture of HMS MacedonianThe capture of HMS Macedonian was a naval action fought near Madeira on 25 October 1812 between the frigates , commanded by Stephen Decatur, and , under the command of John Surman Carden...
25 October – Decatur's USS United States captures HMS Macedonian - Battle of Czasniki 31 October – Russians defeat French army, commanded by Marshal Victor.
- Battle of AslanduzBattle of AslanduzThe Battle of Aslanduz occurred on October 31, 1812, between Russia and Persia. The 10-times numerically superior Persians were led by Abbas Mirza. The Russians, led by the charismatic General Pyotr Kotlyarevsky, were victorious and stormed Lenkoran in the beginning of 1813, thus ending any Persian...
31 October – Russians defeat Persian army of Abbas Mirza. - Battle of Medina (1812)Battle of Medina (1812)The Battle of Medina took place in 1812. Following the events at AL-Safra, Tusun's forces begun to deal with rebel tribes around Medina while military supplies were moved to Yanbu from Egypt....
November – Muhammad Ali of EgyptMuhammad Ali of EgyptMuhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha was a commander in the Ottoman army, who became Wāli, and self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan...
returned MedinaMedinaMedina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...
from SaudisFirst Saudi StateThe First Saudi State was established in the year 1744 when imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Prince Muhammad ibn Saud formed an alliance to establish a religious & political sovereignty determined to cleanse the Arabian Peninsula of heretical practices and deviations from orthodox Islam... - Battle of VyazmaBattle of VyazmaThe Battle of Vyazma , occurred at the beginning of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. In this encounter the rear guard of the Grande Armée was defeated by the Russians commanded by General Mikhail Andreyevich Miloradovich...
3 November – Russians defeat French indecisively - Battle of SmolianiBattle of SmolianiAt the Battle of Smoliani , the Russians under General Peter Wittgenstein defeated the French forces of Marshal Claude Victor and Marshal Nicholas Oudinot. This battle was the last effort of the French to reestablish their northern flank in Russia, known as the "Dwina Line"...
(13 November – 14) – Russian victory over French forces of Victor and Oudinot - Battle of KrasnoiBattle of KrasnoiThe Battle of Krasnoi was a series of skirmishes fought in the final stage of Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. This encounter was noteworthy because of the heavy losses inflicted on the remnants of the Grande Armée by the Russians under General Mikhail Illarionovich Kutuzov...
15 November-18 – Partial Russian victory. Napoleon drives off Russian forces attempting to block retreat. Heroism of Marshal Michel NeyMichel NeyMichel Ney , 1st Duc d'Elchingen, 1st Prince de la Moskowa was a French soldier and military commander during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. He was one of the original 18 Marshals of France created by Napoleon I... - First Battle of Lacolle MillsBattle of Lacolle Mills (1812)The Battle of Lacolle Mills was fought on November 20, 1812, during the War of 1812. In this relatively short and fast battle, a very small garrison of British troops and Canadian volunteers, with the assistance of Kahnawake Mohawk warriors, defended the Lacolle Mills Blockhouse near the village of...
20 November – British and Mohawks defeat Americans - Battle of the Beresina 26 November-29 – French successfully cross river with huge losses, despite being nearly surrounded by two Russian armies, ending retreat from Russia
- Battle of the MississinewaBattle of the MississinewaThe Battle of the Mississinewa, also known as Mississineway, was an expedition ordered by William Henry Harrison against Miami Indian villages in response to the attacks on Fort Wayne and Fort Harrison in the Indiana Territory. The battle is significant as the first American victory in the War of...
(17 December-18) – United States forces defeat Miami tribe.'
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- Battle of JeddahBattle of Jeddah (1813)The Battle of Jeddah or Cidde was fought in 1813 at the west Arabian port of Jeddah as part of the Ottoman–Saudi War. The Ottoman army of Tusun Pasha arrived from Medina, and a new army led by his father Mohammed Ali Pasha arrived from Egypt. The Egyptian forces recaptured the city immediately,...
7 January – Tusun PashaTusun PashaTusun Pasha was the elder son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, wali of Egypt between 1805-1849.Not as well known as Muhammad Ali's stepson and adopted son Ibrahim Pasha, Tusun did nevertheless attain some historical significance having led, in 1811, the successful military campaign of the Egyptian army in...
and his fatherMuhammad Ali of EgyptMuhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha was a commander in the Ottoman army, who became Wāli, and self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan...
reclaim JeddahJeddahJeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The...
from SaudisFirst Saudi StateThe First Saudi State was established in the year 1744 when imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Prince Muhammad ibn Saud formed an alliance to establish a religious & political sovereignty determined to cleanse the Arabian Peninsula of heretical practices and deviations from orthodox Islam... - Battle of FrenchtownBattle of FrenchtownThe Battle of Frenchtown, also known as the Battle of the River Raisin or the River Raisin Massacre, was a series of conflicts that took place from January 18–23, 1813 during the War of 1812...
22 January – British Gen. Proctor defeats Kentucky militia. - Battle of MeccaOttoman return of Mecca 1813Ottoman return of Mecca 1813 happened several days after the recapture of Jeddah during the Ottoman-Saudi war...
– Tusun PashaTusun PashaTusun Pasha was the elder son of Muhammad Ali Pasha, wali of Egypt between 1805-1849.Not as well known as Muhammad Ali's stepson and adopted son Ibrahim Pasha, Tusun did nevertheless attain some historical significance having led, in 1811, the successful military campaign of the Egyptian army in...
and his fatherMuhammad Ali of EgyptMuhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha was a commander in the Ottoman army, who became Wāli, and self-declared Khedive of Egypt and Sudan...
reclaim MeccaMeccaMecca is a city in the Hijaz and the capital of Makkah province in Saudi Arabia. The city is located inland from Jeddah in a narrow valley at a height of above sea level...
. - Battle of OgdensburgBattle of OgdensburgThe Battle of Ogdensburg was a battle of the War of 1812. The British gained a victory over the Americans and captured the village of Ogdensburg, New York...
22 February – British victory after attacking against orders. - Battle of Mobile 15 April – James WilkinsonJames WilkinsonJames Wilkinson was an American soldier and statesman, who was associated with several scandals and controversies. He served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, but was twice compelled to resign...
captures Spanish - Battle of YorkBattle of YorkThe Battle of York was a battle of the War of 1812 fought on 27 April 1813, at York, Upper Canada . An American force supported by a naval flotilla landed on the lake shore to the west, defeated the defending British force and captured the town and dockyard...
27 April – Dearborn and Chauncey capture British garrison, recklessly loot and burn capital (now Toronto) - Battle of LützenBattle of Lützen (1813)In the Battle of Lützen , Napoleon I of France lured a combined Prussian and Russian force into a trap, halting the advances of the Sixth Coalition after his devastating losses in Russia. The Russian commander, Prince Peter Wittgenstein, attempting to undo Napoleon's capture of Leipzig, attacked...
2 May – Napoleon defeats Russo-Prussian army of Wittgenstein - Siege of Fort MeigsSiege of Fort MeigsThe Siege of Fort Meigs took place during the War of 1812, in northwestern Ohio. A small British army with support from Indians attempted to capture the recently-constructed fort to forestall an American offensive against Detroit, which the British had captured the previous year...
1 May – 9 – Effective stalemate during War of 1812. - Battle of BautzenBattle of BautzenIn the Battle of Bautzen a combined Russian/Prussian army was pushed back by Napoleon, but escaped destruction, some sources claim, because Michel Ney failed to block their retreat...
20 May-21 – Napoleon defeats Wittgenstein, who is only able to escape due to Ney's incompetence - Battle of Fort GeorgeBattle of Fort GeorgeThe Battle of Fort George was a battle fought during the War of 1812, in which the Americans defeated a British force and captured the Fort George in Upper Canada...
27 May – Lt. Col. Winfield ScottWinfield ScottWinfield Scott was a United States Army general, and unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1852....
captures British fort - Second Battle of Sackett's HarborBattle of Sackett's HarborThe Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor or simply the Battle of Sacket's Harbor, took place on 29 May 1813, during the War of 1812. A British force was transported across Lake Ontario and attempted to capture the town, which was the principal dockyard and base for the American naval squadron on the lake...
28 May-29 – US Gen. Jacob Brown turns back British under Sir John Prevost - Battle of Boston HarborBattle of Boston HarborThe Capture of USS Chesapeake, or the Battle of Boston Harbor, was fought on 1 June 1813, between HMS Shannon and the USS Chesapeake, as part of the War of 1812...
1 June – HMS Shannon captures Lawrence's USS Chesapeake with ease - Battle of Stoney CreekBattle of Stoney CreekThe Battle of Stoney Creek was fought on 6 June 1813 during the War of 1812 near present day Stoney Creek, Ontario. British units made a night attack on an American encampment...
6 June – British force of 700 under John Vincent defeat US force three times its size under William Winder, John Chandler - Battle of Vittoria 21 June – Wellington defeats French under Joseph, forced to withdraw towards France
- Battle of Craney IslandBattle of Craney IslandThe Battle of Craney Island was a victory for the United States during the War of 1812. The battle saved the city of Norfolk, Virginia, from British invasion.-Background:...
22 June – British attack on NorfolkNorfolk, VirginiaNorfolk is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. With a population of 242,803 as of the 2010 Census, it is Virginia's second-largest city behind neighboring Virginia Beach....
foiled. - Battle of SoraurenBattle of SoraurenThe Battle of Sorauren was part of a series of engagements in late July 1813 called the Battle of the Pyrenees in which a combined British and Portuguese force under Sir Arthur Wellesley held off Marshal Soult's French forces attempting to relieve San Sebastián.With sizable Anglo-Portuguese forces...
28 July-1 August – Wellington defeats Soult, who withdraws across Pyrenees - Battle of Burnt CornBattle of Burnt CornThe Battle of Burnt Corn, also known as the Battle of Burnt Corn Creek, was an encounter between United States armed forces and Creek Indians that took place July 27, 1813 in present-day southern Alabama...
27 July – American forces disperse a raiding party of Creek Indians - Battle of Fort StephensonBattle of Fort StephensonThe Battle of Fort Stephenson was an American victory during the War of 1812.-Background:After failing to defeat American forces in the siege of Fort Meigs, the British under Henry Procter withdrew. Procter attempted to take Fort Meigs again in July by staging a mock battle to lure the defenders...
2 August – British attack on American fort fails. - Battle of St. MichaelsBattle of St. MichaelsThe Battle of St. Michaels was a battle during the War of 1812. Similar to the Battle of Craney Island a month earlier, American militia units were able to repulse a British landing attempt in the Chesapeake Bay.-Background:...
10 August – George CockburnGeorge CockburnAdmiral of the Fleet Sir George Cockburn, 10th Baronet GCB was a British naval commander of the late 18th through the mid-19th centuries. He held important commands during the Napoleonic Wars and the War of 1812 and eventually rose to become Admiral of the Fleet and First Sea Lord.-Naval...
defeated. - Battle of GrossbeerenBattle of GrossbeerenIn the Battles of Großbeeren and neighboring Blankenfield and Sputendorf an allied Prussian-Swedish army under Crown Prince Charles John - formerly Marshal of France Jean-Baptiste Bernadotte - defeated the French under Marshal Oudinot...
23 August – Allies win series of three actions during War of the Sixth Coalition. - Battle of KatzbachBattle of KatzbachThe Battle of Katzbach on 26 August 1813, was an accidental engagement of the Napoleonic Wars between the forces of the First French Empire under Marshal MacDonald and a Russo-Prussian army of the Sixth Coalition under Prussian Marshal Graf von Blücher...
26 August – von Blucher defeats Marshal MacDonald. - Battle of DresdenBattle of DresdenThe Battle of Dresden was fought on 26–27 August 1813 around Dresden, Germany, resulting in a French victory under Napoleon I against forces of the Sixth Coalition of Austrians, Russians and Prussians under Field Marshal Schwartzenberg. However, Napoleon's victory was not as complete as it could...
26 August-27 – Napoleon's last major victory on German soil, over main Allied army of Prince Schwarzenberg - Battle of KulmBattle of KulmThe Battle of Kulm was a battle near the town Kulm and the village Přestanov in northern Bohemia. It was fought on 29–30 August 1813, during the War of the Sixth Coalition...
29 August-30 – Marshal Vandamme defeated, captured by Allied forces - Battle of DennewitzBattle of DennewitzThe Battle of Dennewitz took place on 6 September 1813 between the forces of the First French Empire and an army of Prussians and Russians of the Sixth Coalition. It occurred in Dennewitz, a village of Germany, in the Prussian province of Brandenburg, near Jüterbog, 40 km. S.W...
6 September – Bernadotte, Bülow defeat Ney - Battle of Lake ErieBattle of Lake ErieThe Battle of Lake Erie, sometimes called the Battle of Put-in-Bay, was fought on 10 September 1813, in Lake Erie off the coast of Ohio during the War of 1812. Nine vessels of the United States Navy defeated and captured six vessels of Great Britain's Royal Navy...
10 September – Perry's fleet defeats British, Perry says "We have met the enemy and they are ours" - Battle of the ThamesBattle of the ThamesThe Battle of the Thames, also known as the Battle of Moraviantown, was a decisive American victory in the War of 1812. It took place on October 5, 1813, near present-day Chatham, Ontario in Upper Canada...
5 October – US troops under Harrison defeat British, Indians under Gen. Henry Proctor; TecumsehTecumsehTecumseh was a Native American leader of the Shawnee and a large tribal confederacy which opposed the United States during Tecumseh's War and the War of 1812...
killed - Battle of LeipzigBattle of LeipzigThe Battle of Leipzig or Battle of the Nations, on 16–19 October 1813, was fought by the coalition armies of Russia, Prussia, Austria and Sweden against the French army of Napoleon. Napoleon's army also contained Polish and Italian troops as well as Germans from the Confederation of the Rhine...
16 October-19 October – (Battle of the Nations) Napoleon suffers his greatest defeat ever in the largest battle of the Napoleonic Wars - Battle of ChateauguayBattle of ChateauguayThe Battle of the Chateauguay was a battle of the War of 1812. On 26 October 1813, a force consisting of about 1,630 French Canadian regulars and militia and Mohawk warriors under Charles de Salaberry repulsed an American force of about 4,000 attempting to invade Canada.The Chateauguay was one of...
25 October – several hundred Canadian militia turn back Wade Hampton's advance on Montreal; the American army withdraws from Canada - Battle of HanauBattle of HanauThe Battle of Hanau was fought on between Karl Philipp von Wrede’s Austro-Bavarian corps and Napoleon's retreating French during the War of the Sixth Coalition....
30 October-31 – Austro-Bavarian army under Prince Wrede unable to cut off French retreat - Battle of TallushatcheeBattle of TallushatcheeThe Battle of Tallushatchee was a battle fought during the Creek War on November 3, 1813, in Alabama. Between Red Stick Creeks native Americans and United States dragoons.-Background:...
3 November – US forces under Andrew Jackson defeat Creek - Battle of TalladegaBattle of TalladegaThe Battle of Talladega was a battle fought between the Tennessee militia and the Red Stick Creek Indians during the Creek War, in the vicinity of the present-day county and city of Talladega, Alabama.-Background:...
9 November – Jackson defeats Creek - Battle of Crysler's FarmBattle of Crysler's FarmThe Battle of Crysler's Farm, also known as the Battle of Crysler's Field, was fought on 11 November 1813, during the Anglo-American War of 1812. A British and Canadian force won a victory over an American force which greatly outnumbered them...
11 November – US forces under James Wilkinson defeated by much smaller British force under J.W. Morrison - Battle of Bari
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- Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo CreekBattles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo CreekThe battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek are part of Andrew Jackson's campaign in the Creek War. They took place in January 1814 approximately 20 to 50 miles northeast of Horseshoe Bend.-Background:...
– twin indecisive battles during Creek War. - Battle of BrienneBattle of BrienneThe Battle of Brienne was fought on January 29, 1814, and resulted in the victory of Emperor Napoleon I's French forces over the Russian and Prussian forces commanded by the Prussian Generalfeldmarschall Prince von Blücher....
29 January – Napoleon defeats Blücher's Prussians - Battle of La RothiereBattle of La RothiereThe Battle of La Rothière was fought on 1 February 1814 between the French Empire and allied army of Austria, Prussia, Russia, and German States previously allies with France. The French were led by Emperor Napoleon and the coalition army was under the command of Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher...
1 February – French under Napoleon manage to hold back an overwhelming force of Prussians until nightfall, where then they withdraw from the field. - Battle of ChampaubertBattle of ChampaubertThe Battle of Champaubert was the opening engagement of the Six Days Campaign. It was fought on February 10, 1814 by a French force under Napoleon I against Russians and Prussians under General Olssufiev...
10 February – Napoleon defeats Blücher - Battle of MontmirailBattle of MontmirailThe Battle of Montmirail was a battle fought near Montmirail, France, during the Six Days Campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on February 11, 1814, and resulted in the victory of the French under Emperor Napoleon I over the Russians under General Fabian Wilhelm von Osten-Sacken and the...
11 February – Napoleon defeats Blücher - Battle of Chateau Thierry 12 February – Napoleon defeats Blücher
- Battle of VauchampsBattle of VauchampsThe Battle of Vauchamps, the final major engagement of the Six Days Campaign of the War of the Sixth Coalition, was fought on 14 February 1814...
14 February – Napoleon defeats a much smaller force of Russians - Battle of MontereauBattle of MontereauThe Battle of Montereau was fought near Montereau-Fault-Yonne on 18 February 1814 and resulted in the victory of the French under Napoleon Bonaparte against the Austrians and the Württembergers under the King of Württemberg.- Background :...
18 February – Napoleon defeats Schwarzenberg - Battle of Bar-sur-AubeBattle of Bar-sur-AubeThe Battle of Bar-sur-Aube was fought on February 27, 1814, between the First French Empire and the Austrian Empire. The French were led by Nicolas Oudinot, while the Austrians and their Bavarian allies, forming the Army of Bohemia, were led by Karl Philipp Fürst zu Schwarzenberg...
27 February – Schwarzenberg defeats Marshal Macdonald - Battle of OrthezBattle of OrthezThe Battle of Orthez saw the Anglo-Portuguese Army under Field Marshal Arthur Wellesley, Marquess of Wellington defeat a French army led by Marshal Nicolas Soult in southern France near the end of the Peninsular War.-Preliminaries:...
27 February – Wellington defeats French under Soult near Bayonne - Battle of LongwoodsBattle of LongwoodsThe Battle of Longwoods took place during the Anglo-American War of 1812. On 4 March 1814, a mounted American raiding party defeated an attempt by British regulars, volunteers from the Canadian militia and Native Americans to intercept them near Wardsville, in present-day Southwest Middlesex,...
4 March – American victory during War of 1812. - Battle of CraonneBattle of CraonneThe Battle of Craonne was fought on March 7, 1814, and resulted in a French victory under Napoleon I against Russians and Prussians under General Blücher.Craonne is a village on the Chemin des Dames, in the département of Aisne....
7 March – Napoleon defeats Blücher - Battle of LaonBattle of LaonThe Battle of Laon was the victory of Blücher's Prussian army over Napoleon's French army near Laon.-Prelude:An Allied coalition attempted to complete the destruction of Napoleon's French Empire in 1814. France had been defeated in Russia in 1812 and in Central Europe in 1813...
9 March-10 – Blücher defeats Napoleon - Battle of ReimsBattle of Reims (1814)The Battle of Reims was fought at Reims on 13 March 1814 between the French Empire and a Russian-Prussian force. The French, led by Napoleon Bonaparte, were victorious.- Background :...
13 March – Napoleon defeats isolated Prussian corps - Battle of Arcis sur Aube 20 March-21 – Schwarzenberg defeats Napoleon
- Battle of La Fere ChanpenoiseBattle of La Fere ChanpenoiseThe Battle of Fère-Champenoise was fought on March 25, 1814, between France and armies of Russia and Prussia. The battleground was near the town Fère-Champenoise, 40 km southwest of Châlons-sur-Marne, Marne département. The French were led by Auguste Marmont, while the Coalition forces were...
25 March – Schwarzenberg defeats corps of Marmont, Mortier - Battle of Horseshoe Bend 27 March – Jackson decisively defeats Creek
- Battle of MontmartreBattle of MontmartreThe Battle of Montmartre was fought on March 30, 1814, between Allied forces and the forces of Napoleon's French Empire. The Allies were victorious, entering Paris, and as a result, Napoleon was soon forced to abdicate.- Background :...
30 March – Allied forces enter Paris, force surrender of Marmont, Mortier. Napoleon abdicates soon after; goes to Elba - Second Battle of Lacolle MillsBattle of Lacolle Mills (1814)The Second Battle of Lacolle Mills was fought on 30 March 1814 during the War of 1812. The small garrison of a British outpost position, aided by reinforcements, fought off a large American attack.-Background:After the St...
30 March – US forces under Wilkinson defeated by British in attempt to invade Canada via Niagara. Wilkinson relieved, replaced by Jacob Brown, with assistance of Winfield Scott - Battle of ToulouseBattle of Toulouse (1814)The Battle of Toulouse was one of the final battles of the Napoleonic Wars, four days after Napoleon's surrender of the French Empire to the nations of the Sixth Coalition...
10 April – Wellington defeats Soult, forced to abandon city. Fighting on southern front comes to end soon after, with news of Napoleon's abdication - Battle of Big Sandy CreekBattle of Big Sandy CreekThe Battle of Big Sandy Creek was fought in northwestern New York on May 29–30, 1814, during the War of 1812. The battle was an American victory in which American militia and Oneida Indians launched a surprise attack on British soldiers who were chasing them inland from Lake...
30 May – US forces surprise the British in Upstate New York, capturing 6 ships and 143 prisoners - Battle of ChippawaBattle of ChippawaThe Battle of Chippawa was a victory for the United States Army in the War of 1812, during an invasion of Upper Canada along the Niagara River on July 5, 1814.-Background:...
5 July – US forces invade Canada under Brown, Scott defeat British under Phineas Riall - Battle of Lundy's LaneBattle of Lundy's LaneThe Battle of Lundy's Lane was a battle of the Anglo-American War of 1812, which took place on 25 July 1814, in present-day Niagara Falls, Ontario...
25 July – Brown's Americans take on British under Sir Gordon Drummond in violent indecisive battle. US forces withdraw from Canada due to heavy losses giving argument for British victory. - Battle of Mackinac IslandBattle of Mackinac IslandThe Battle of Mackinac Island was a British victory in the War of 1812. Before the war, Fort Mackinac had been an important American trading post in the straits between Lake Michigan and Lake Huron...
(26 July – 4 August) – Unsuccessful American attempt to capture Fort MackinacFort MackinacFort Mackinac is a former American military outpost garrisoned from the late 18th century to the late 19th century near Michilimackinac, Michigan, on Mackinac Island...
. - Battle of BladensburgBattle of BladensburgThe Battle of Bladensburg took place during the War of 1812. The defeat of the American forces there allowed the British to capture and burn the public buildings of Washington, D.C...
24 August – British forces rout Americans in Maryland, battle witnessed by President Madison. British move on to burn Washington in retribution for the burning of York (Toronto). American government barely escapes the city as Congress and the Whitehouse are torched. - Battle of Lake Champlain and Battle of PlattsburghBattle of PlattsburghThe Battle of Plattsburgh, also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain, ended the final invasion of the northern states during the War of 1812...
11 September – US squadron under Thomas Macdonough defeats British under George Downie. Same day, US land forces under Prevost fight indecisive battle with Americans under Alexander Macomb - Battle of North PointBattle of North PointThe Battle of North Point was fought on September 12, 1814, between General John Stricker's Maryland Militia and a British force led by Major General Robert Ross. Although tactically a British victory, the battle delayed the British advance against Baltimore, buying valuable time for the defense of...
12 September – Land Battle complement of Battle for Ft. McHenry (part of the Battle of BaltimoreBattle of BaltimoreThe Battle of Baltimore was a combined sea/land battle fought between British and American forces in the War of 1812. It was one of the turning points of the war as American forces repulsed sea and land invasions of the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, and killed the commander of the invading...
). - Battle of Ft. McHenryBattle of BaltimoreThe Battle of Baltimore was a combined sea/land battle fought between British and American forces in the War of 1812. It was one of the turning points of the war as American forces repulsed sea and land invasions of the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, and killed the commander of the invading...
13 September – Fort protecting Baltimore harbor holds out against British bombardment, inspiring Francis Scott KeyFrancis Scott KeyFrancis Scott Key was an American lawyer, author, and amateur poet, from Georgetown, who wrote the lyrics to the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".-Life:...
's "Star Spangled Banner" (part of the Battle of BaltimoreBattle of BaltimoreThe Battle of Baltimore was a combined sea/land battle fought between British and American forces in the War of 1812. It was one of the turning points of the war as American forces repulsed sea and land invasions of the busy port city of Baltimore, Maryland, and killed the commander of the invading...
). - Battle of Cook's MillsBattle of Cook's MillsThe Battle of Cook's Mills was the last engagement between U.S. and British armies in the Niagara, and the penultimate engagement on Canadian soil during the War of 1812.-Background:...
19 October – Indecisive battle in Canada during War of 1812War of 1812The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...
. - Siege of Fort ErieSiege of Fort ErieThe Siege of Fort Erie was one of the last and most protracted engagements between British and American forces during the Niagara campaign of the American War of 1812...
(4 August – 5 November) – Americans repel British attempt to retake fort. - Battle of Pensacola (7 November – 9 November) – Andrew JacksonAndrew JacksonAndrew Jackson was the seventh President of the United States . Based in frontier Tennessee, Jackson was a politician and army general who defeated the Creek Indians at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend , and the British at the Battle of New Orleans...
wins pyrrhic victory.
- Battles of Emuckfaw and Enotachopo Creek
- 1815 –
- Battle of New OrleansBattle of New OrleansThe Battle of New Orleans took place on January 8, 1815 and was the final major battle of the War of 1812. American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the...
8 January – Jackson defeats British army of Pakenham, as news of Treaty of GhentTreaty of GhentThe Treaty of Ghent , signed on 24 December 1814, in Ghent , was the peace treaty that ended the War of 1812 between the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland...
signed in December, not yet arrived - Battle of Fort Bowyer 11 February – Jackson loses fort after boasting that ten thousand men could not take it.
- Battle of TolentinoBattle of TolentinoThe Battle of Tolentino was fought on 2 – 3 May 1815 near Tolentino, in what is now Marche, Italy: it was the decisive battle in the Neapolitan War, fought by the Napoleonic King of Naples Joachim Murat to keep the throne after the Congress of Vienna. The battle itself shares many parallels with...
2 May – Joachim Murat, King of Naples, declares for Napoleon in Hundred Days, defeated by Austrians, forced to flee kingdom - Battle of Quatre BrasBattle of Quatre BrasThe Battle of Quatre Bras, between Wellington's Anglo-Dutch army and the left wing of the Armée du Nord under Marshal Michel Ney, was fought near the strategic crossroads of Quatre Bras on 16 June 1815.- Prelude :...
16 June – Ney fights indecisive battle against Wellington - Battle of LignyBattle of LignyThe Battle of Ligny was the last victory of the military career of Napoleon I. In this battle, French troops of the Armée du Nord under Napoleon's command, defeated a Prussian army under Field Marshal Blücher, near Ligny in present-day Belgium. The bulk of the Prussian army survived, however, and...
16 June – Napoleon defeats Prussians under Blücher - Battle of WaterlooBattle of WaterlooThe Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...
18 June – Emperor Napoleon defeated by Duke of Wellington and Prussians, Dutch and German forces. - Battle of WavreBattle of WavreThe Battle of Wavre was the final major military action of the Hundred Days campaign and the Napoleonic Wars. It was fought on 18-19 June 1815 between the Prussian rearguard under the command of General Johann von Thielmann and three corps of the French army under the command of Marshal Grouchy. A...
18 June – Marshal GrouchyEmmanuel, marquis de GrouchyEmmanuel de Grouchy, 2ème Marquis de Grouchy was a French general and marshal.-Biography:Grouchy was born in Paris, the son of François-Jacques de Grouchy, 1st Marquis de Grouchy and intellectual wife Gilberte Fréteau de Pény . His sister was Sophie de Condorcet, a noted femininist...
, assigned to prevent BlücherGebhard Leberecht von BlücherGebhard Leberecht von Blücher, Fürst von Wahlstatt , Graf , later elevated to Fürst von Wahlstatt, was a Prussian Generalfeldmarschall who led his army against Napoleon I at the Battle of the Nations at Leipzig in 1813 and at the Battle of Waterloo in 1815 with the Duke of Wellington.He is...
from joining WellingtonArthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of WellingtonField Marshal Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, KG, GCB, GCH, PC, FRS , was an Irish-born British soldier and statesman, and one of the leading military and political figures of the 19th century...
, fights mildly successful battle against Blücher's rearguard
- Battle of New Orleans
- 1816 –
- Bombardment of Algiers – 27 August – UK and Dutch ships attack Barbary pirates.
- 1817 –
- Battle of ChacabucoBattle of ChacabucoThe Battle of Chacabuco, fought during the Chilean War of Independence, occurred on February 12, 1817. The Army of the Andes of the United Provinces of the Río de la Plata led by General Captain José de San Martín defeated the Spanish force led by Rafael Maroto...
12 February – Chilean rebels defeat Spanish. - Nejd ExpeditionNejd ExpeditionThe Egyptian Attack on Nejd 1817-1818 was a series of military conflicts waged by Egypt on behalf of the Ottoman Empire from 1817-1818. It was part of the Ottoman–Saudi War that lasted from 1811 to 1818...
(1817–1818) – Ibrahim PashaIbrahim Pasha of EgyptIbrahim Pasha was the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Wāli and unrecognised Khedive of Egypt and Sudan. He served as a general in the Egyptian army that his father established during his reign, taking his first command of Egyptian forces was when he was merely a teenager...
captured several Nejdi villages - Battle of MahidpurBattle of MahidpurThe Battle of Mahidpur was fought during the Third Anglo-Maratha War between the Marathas and the British led by Sir Thomas Hislop at Mahidpur, a town in the Malwa region, on 20 December 1817....
21 December – British forces under Sir Thomas Hyslop defeat Marathas under Holkar
- Battle of Chacabuco
- 1818 –
- Second Battle of Cancha Rayada 16 March – Spanish forces defeat Chileans under San Martin.
- Battle of MaipúBattle of MaipúThe Battle of Maipú was a battle fought near Santiago, Chile on April 5, 1818 between South American rebels and Spanish royalists, during the Chilean War of Independence...
5 April – ChileChileChile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
free from Spain - Nejd ExpeditionNejd ExpeditionThe Egyptian Attack on Nejd 1817-1818 was a series of military conflicts waged by Egypt on behalf of the Ottoman Empire from 1817-1818. It was part of the Ottoman–Saudi War that lasted from 1811 to 1818...
– Ibrahim PashaIbrahim Pasha of EgyptIbrahim Pasha was the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Wāli and unrecognised Khedive of Egypt and Sudan. He served as a general in the Egyptian army that his father established during his reign, taking his first command of Egyptian forces was when he was merely a teenager...
cuptured RiyadhRiyadhRiyadh is the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia. It is also the capital of Riyadh Province, and belongs to the historical regions of Najd and Al-Yamama. It is situated in the center of the Arabian Peninsula on a large plateau, and is home to 5,254,560 people, and the urban center of a... - Battle of Diriyah 9 September – Ibrahim PashaIbrahim Pasha of EgyptIbrahim Pasha was the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Wāli and unrecognised Khedive of Egypt and Sudan. He served as a general in the Egyptian army that his father established during his reign, taking his first command of Egyptian forces was when he was merely a teenager...
captured and destroyed DiriyahDiriyahAl-Diriyah is a town in Saudi Arabia located on the northwestern outskirts of the Saudi capital, Riyadh. Diriyah was the original home of the Saudi royal family, and served as the capital of the first Saudi dynasty from 1744 to 1818...
ending the First Saudi StateFirst Saudi StateThe First Saudi State was established in the year 1744 when imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab and Prince Muhammad ibn Saud formed an alliance to establish a religious & political sovereignty determined to cleanse the Arabian Peninsula of heretical practices and deviations from orthodox Islam...
- 1819 –
- Battle of BoyacáBattle of BoyacáThe Battle of Boyacá in Colombia, then known as New Granada, was the battle in which Colombia acquired its definitive independence from Spanish Monarchy, although fighting with royalist forces would continue for years....
7 August – Known in Colombia as Battle of Boyacá Bridge. (Batalla del puente de Boyacá) Simón Bolívar and his brigadier generals Francisco de Paula Santander and Jose Antonio Anzoátegui defeat and capture royalist Colonel Jose Maria Barreiro in the battle sealing the independence of Nueva Granada, now Colombia.
- Battle of Boyacá
- 1821 –
- Battle of RietiBattle of RietiThe Battle of Rieti was fought on March 7, 1821 between Austria and Neapolitan rebels. The Austrians were victorious.-References:...
7 March – Austrian forces defeat Neapolitan rebels against King Ferdinand I - Battle of Novara 8 April – Austrian and Sardinian troops defeat Piedmontese revolutionaries
- Battle of CaraboboBattle of CaraboboThe Battle of Carabobo, 24 June 1821, was fought between independence fighters, led by Simón Bolívar, and the Royalist forces, led by Spanish Field Marshal Miguel de la Torre. Bolívar's decisive victory at Carabobo led to the independence of Venezuela....
24 June – Simón BolívarSimón BolívarSimón José Antonio de la Santísima Trinidad Bolívar y Palacios Ponte y Yeiter, commonly known as Simón Bolívar was a Venezuelan military and political leader...
defeats Spanish army, ensuring VenezuelaVenezuelaVenezuela , officially called the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela , is a tropical country on the northern coast of South America. It borders Colombia to the west, Guyana to the east, and Brazil to the south...
n independence. - Battle of Menangkabaoe Part of the first Padri WarPadri WarThe Padri War was fought from 1803 until 1837 in West Sumatra between two rival muslim factions. The Dutch intervened from 1821 and helped the Adats defeat the Padri faction.-Background:...
in the Dutch East IndiesDutch East IndiesThe Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia following World War II. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Netherlands government in 1800....
. Colonial Dutch forces defeated Indonesian rebels.
- Battle of Rieti
- 1822 –
- Battle of PichinchaBattle of PichinchaThe Battle of Pichincha took place on 24 May 1822, on the slopes of the Pichincha volcano, 3,500 meters above sea-level, right next to the city of Quito, in modern Ecuador....
24 May – Sucre defeats Spaniards near Quito - Battle of ChiosBattle of ChiosThe Battle of Chios was fought between the fleet of Philip V of Macedon against the combined fleet of Rhodes, Pergamum, Byzantium and Cyzicus....
18 June-19 June – Greek rebel fleet under Constantine Kanaris defeats Ottoman fleet of Kara Ali - Battle at Dervenakia 26 July – 28 July – Greek revolutionaries under Theodoros KolokotronisTheodoros KolokotronisTheodoros Kolokotronis was a Greek Field Marshal and one of the leaders of the Greek War of Independence against the Ottoman Empire....
, PapaflessasPapaflessasPapaflessas , born Grigorios Demetrios Flessas , was a Greek patriot, priest, and government official of the old Flessas Family. The word papa- in the name "Papaflessas" indicates his status as a cleric since the word means "priest" in Greek...
and NikitarasNikitarasNikitaras was the nom de guerre of Nikitas Stamatelopoulos , a Greek revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence. Due to his fighting prowess, he was known as the "Τουρκοφάγος" , literally "Turk-Eater"....
crush Dramali Pasha's Ottoman army. - Battle of KarpeniziBattle of KarpeniziThe Battle of Karpenisi took place near the town of Karpenisi on the night of August 8, 1823 between revolting Greek irregulars and Ottoman troops. The Greeks were being led by the Souliote Markos Botsaris.-Battle:...
8 August – Greek troops under Marco Bozzaris defeat Ottoman force under Mustai Pasha heading to reinforce Ottoman troopsMilitary of the Ottoman EmpireThe history of military of the Ottoman Empire can be divided in five main periods. The foundation era covers the years between 1300 and 1453 , the classical period covers the years between 1451 and 1606 , the reformation period covers the years between 1606 and 1826 ,...
besieging Missolonghi
- Battle of Pichincha
- 1823 –
- Battle of TrocaderoBattle of TrocaderoThe Battle of Trocadero, fought on 31 August 1823, was the only significant battle in the French invasion of Spain when French forces defeated the Spanish liberal forces and restored the absolute rule of King Ferdinand VII.-Prelude:...
French army, under Duke of Angoulême, defeat Spanish army and takes Trocadero. Occupation of Spain by French troops (1823 at 1828)
- Battle of Trocadero
- 1825 –
- Battle of DanubyuBattle of DanubyuThe Battle of Danubyu was fought on 2 April 1825 between the British and Burmese. The British were led by Sir Archibald Campbell, while the Burmese were led by Maha Bandula. The British won the battle and Bandula was killed....
2 April – British forces under Sir Archibald Campbell defeat Burmese under Maha Bandula, who is killed - Battle of PromeBattle of PromeThe Battle of Prome was a military conflict between the British Empire and the Kingdom of Burma which took place 1825 during the First Anglo-Burmese War.-Battle:...
30 November-2 December – Campbell defeats Burmese, led by Maha Nenyo, who is killed
- Battle of Danubyu
1826 to 1850
- 1826 Battle of Ganja – Russia defeats Persian invaders
- 1827 –
- Battle of Monte SantiagoBattle of Monte SantiagoThe naval Battle of Monte Santiago was an important naval encounter during the Argentina-Brazil War .While many of them were inconclusive, this battle proved to be a major loss for the Argentine Navy, and an important strategic victory for the Brazilian Navy...
– A naval division of the BrazilBrazilBrazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
ian Imperial Navy is attacked by Argentine vessels. The battle ended with the destruction of the attacking forces. - Battle of ItuzaingóBattle of ItuzaingóThe Battle of Ituzaingó was fought in vicinity of Santa Maria river, in a valley of small hills where a stream divided the valley in two....
or Passo do Rosário 27 February – A Brazilian Army under Marquis of Barbacena met in combat an Argentine/UruguayUruguayUruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
an Army led by General Carlos Maria Alvear (part of the Argentina-Brazil WarArgentina-Brazil WarThe Cisplatine War or the Argentine–Brazilian War was an armed conflict over an area known as Banda Oriental or "Eastern Shore" in the 1820s between the United Provinces of River Plate and the Empire of Brazil in the aftermath of the United Provinces' emancipation from Spain.-Background:Led by...
). - Battle of PhaleronBattle of PhaleronThe Battle of Phaleron took place on April 24, 1827. The revolting Greek forces were being besieged inside the Acropolis of Athens by Ottoman forces under the command of Mehmed Reshid Pasha. Greek forces outside the city were desperately trying to break the siege.-Battle:The Scottish Lord Cochrane...
24 April – Greek setback in the Greek War of IndependenceGreek War of IndependenceThe Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between... - Battle of NavarinoBattle of NavarinoThe naval Battle of Navarino was fought on 20 October 1827, during the Greek War of Independence in Navarino Bay , on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. A combined Ottoman and Egyptian armada was destroyed by a combined British, French and Russian naval force...
20 October – Joint British, French, Russian fleets, under Admirals Codrington, Rigny, and Heiden, destroy Turko-Egyptian fleet of Tahir Pasha off Greek coast - Battle of Kossober October – EthiopiaEthiopiaEthiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
n warlord Yimam of YejjuYimam of YejjuYimam of Yejju was a Ras of Begemder and Enderase of the Emperor of Ethiopia. He was the son of Gugsa of Yejju....
joins with Wube Haile Mariam of SemienSemien provinceSemien Province was a historical province of northwest Ethiopia, often called Gondar. It was located south and west of the Tekezé River, and north of Lake Tsana. It was south west of Enderta Province, west of Tembien Province, and east of the Sudan. To some extent it covered the territory of the...
to defeat Goshu Zewde of GojjamGojjamGojjam was a kingdom in the north-western part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Marqos. This region is distinctive for lying entirely within the bend of the Abbay River from its outflow from Lake Tana to the Sudan...
and Meru of Dembiya.
- Battle of Monte Santiago
- 1828 –
- Battle of AkhalzicBattle of AkhalzicThe Battle of Akhalzic may refer to one of the following:*A battle under the walls of Akhaltsikhe during the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 on August 9 between 9,000 Russians under Field-Marshal Paskevich and 30,000 Turks under Kios-Mahomet-Pasha...
9 August – Russian troops under PaskievichIvan PaskevichIvan Fyodorovich Paskevich was a Ukrainian-born military leader. For his victories, he was made Count of Erivan in 1828 and Namestnik of the Kingdom of Poland in 1831...
defeat Ottoman troops in Caucasus - Battle of Praia BayBattle of Praia BayThe Battle of Praia Bay was fought on August 28, 1828, between Portuguese loyalists and a Miguelite fleet. The Miguelites attempted to disembark troops on Terceira island but were defeated by the loyalist troops who controlled a dozen small forts and artillery batterys along five kilometers of the...
28 August – Miguelite fleet in Portugal defeated by loyalists of Queen Maria in AzoresAzoresThe Archipelago of the Azores is composed of nine volcanic islands situated in the middle of the North Atlantic Ocean, and is located about west from Lisbon and about east from the east coast of North America. The islands, and their economic exclusion zone, form the Autonomous Region of the...
- Battle of Akhalzic
- 1829 Battle of KulevichaBattle of KulevichaThe Battle of Kulevicha, also known as the Battle of Kulewtscha, was fought during the Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829 on June 11, 1829 between Russia and the Ottoman Empire....
11 June – Russian troops under Hans Karl von DiebitschHans Karl von DiebitschCount Hans Karl Friedrich Anton von Diebitsch und Narden was a German-born soldier serving as Russian Field Marshal....
defeat Ottoman Army under Reshid Pasha in Balkans - 1830 Siege of Yogyakarta Part of the Java WarJava WarThe Java War or Diponegoro War was fought in Java between 1825 and 1830. It started as a rebellion led by Prince Diponegoro. The proximate cause was the Dutch decision to build a road across a piece of his property that contained his parents' tomb...
Fought between Indonesian rebels, and the Dutch colonial army. The Dutch won after 5 years of fighting. - 1831 –
- Battle of Debre AbbayBattle of Debre AbbayThe Battle of Debre Abbay was a conflict between Ras Marye of Yejju, Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia, and his rival from Tigray, Dejazmach Sabagadis of Agame...
14 February – Ras Marye of YejjuMarye of YejjuMarye of Yejju was a Ras of Begemder and Enderase of the Emperor of Ethiopia. He was the brother of his predecessor Ras Yimam....
marches into TigrayTigray ProvinceTigray was a province of Ethiopia. The Tigray Region superseded the province with the adoption of the new constitution in 1995. The province of Tigre merged with its neighboring provinces, including Semien, Tembien, Agame and the prominent Enderta province and towards the end of 19th century it...
and defeats and kills Dejazmach SabagadisSabagadisSabagadis was a Dejazmach or governor of Tigray, a province in northern Ethiopia. He was the son of Shum Waldu of Agame, and a member of the Irob people.- Life :...
. - Battle of StoczekBattle of StoczekBattle of Stoczek was the first major battle of the November Uprising in Poland. It took place on February 14, 1831, near the town of Stoczek Łukowski, on the Brest-Warsaw road....
14 February – Polish victory during November Uprising. - Battle of Białołęka 24 February – Polish counterattack succeeds, forcing Russian attack to be moved up one day.
- Battle of Olszynka GrochowskaBattle of Olszynka GrochowskaBattle of Olszynka Grochowska was the largest battle of the November Uprising and biggest friction in Europe since the battle of Waterloo. It was fought between the armies of Poland and Russia on February 25 in the woods near Grochów, at the eastern outskirts of Warsaw.- Before the battle :The...
25 February – marginal Polish victory during November Uprising. - Battle of IganieBattle of IganieThe Battle of Iganie was fought on April 10, 1831 between Russian and Polish forces. It was one of the last major battles of the November Uprising and the last major victory of the Poles.- Background :...
8 March – Poland defeats Russia. - Battle of Ostrołęka 26 May – Russians under Diebitsch fight indecisive battle against Poles of Jan Skrzynecki
- Ten days campaignTen days campaignThe Ten Days' Campaign was a failed attempt to suppress the Belgian revolution by the Dutch king William I.- Prelude :...
2–12 August – Dutch military victory in the Belgian RevolutionBelgian RevolutionThe Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the Southern provinces from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and established an independent Kingdom of Belgium....
. Dutch led by Prince William - Battle of HasseltBattle of HasseltThe Battle of Hasselt was a battle of the ten days campaign. The battle took place on 8 August 1831. In the battle the Dutch army defeated the Meuse army of the Belgian rebels and took about 400 prisoners. The Rebels had suffered around the 700 dead while the Dutch losses where very...
8 August – Dutch army defeated Belgian rebels. The Rebels suffered 700 dead while the Dutch losses where very small. - Battle of LeuvenBattle of LeuvenThe Battle of Leuven was fought in September 891 between the Franks and the Vikings, essentially ending the Viking invasions in the Low countries. The existence of this battle is known due to the Annales Fuldenses.-The battle:...
12 August – The Dutch army defeated the Belgian rebels and took the city. - Battle of WarsawBattle of Warsaw (1831)The Battle of Warsaw was fought in September 1831 between Imperial Russia and Poland. The Russians were led by Ivan Paskevich, while the Polish were led by Jan Krukowiecki. The Russians captured the Polish capital, Warsaw, crushing the November Uprising, which had begun in late 1830....
6 September-8 – Russians under Paskievich defeat Poles under Dembinski and stamp out revolt
- Battle of Debre Abbay
- 1832 –
- Indian Creek MassacreIndian Creek MassacreThe Indian Creek massacre occurred on May 21, 1832, when a group of United States settlers in LaSalle County, Illinois, were attacked by a party of Native Americans. The massacre was sparked by the outbreak of the Black Hawk War, but it was not directly related to Sauk leader Black Hawk's conflict...
20 May – Settlers killed by Indians in Illinois. - Battle of the Kellogg's GroveBattle of the Kellogg's GroveThe Battle of Kellogg's Grove is either of two minor battles, or skirmishes, fought during the Black Hawk War in U.S. state of Illinois, in present-day Stephenson County at and near Kellogg's Grove. In the first skirmish, also known as the Battle of Burr Oak Grove, on June 16, 1832, Illinois...
16 July – U.S. forces defeat Sauk. - Battle of Bad AxeBattle of Bad AxeThe Battle of Bad Axe, also known as the Bad Axe Massacre, occurred 1–2 August 1832, between Sauk and Fox Indians and United States Army regulars and militia. This final battle of the Black Hawk War took place near present-day Victory, Wisconsin in the United States...
2 August – Illinois militia massacres Black Hawk's Saux and Fox - Siege of AntwerpSiege of AntwerpThe Siege of Antwerp was an engagement between the German and the Belgian armies during World War I. A small number of British and Austrian troops took part as well.-Strategic Context:...
15 November – Dutch troops occupying Antwerp's citadel (led by David Chassé) against France's Armée du Nord. - Battle of KonyaBattle of KonyaThe Battle of Konya was fought on December 21, 1832, between Egypt and the Ottoman Empire, just outside the city of Konya in modern-day Turkey. The Egyptians were led by Ibrahim Pasha, while the Ottomans were led by Reşid Mehmed Pasha. The Egyptians were victorious.-Prelude:The Egyptian campaign...
21 December – Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat main Ottoman Army of Reshid Pasha in Anatolia - Verovering van Bondjol Dutch army successfully beats down an uprise by the people of SumatraSumatraSumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
- Indian Creek Massacre
- 1833 Battle of Cape St. VincentBattle of Cape St. Vincent (1833)The fourth Battle of Cape St Vincent was fought on 5 July 1833 and was a decisive encounter in Portugal's Liberal Wars. A naval squadron commanded by the British officer Charles Napier, on behalf of Dom Pedro IV, regent for the rightful Queen Maria II, defeated the navy of the usurper Dom...
5 July – British fleet under Sir Charles Napier defeats fleet of Portuguese usurper Don Miguel - 1834 Battle of Santarén 16 May – Portuguese forces loyal to Queen Maria II (led by her father, Don Pedro) defeat forces of usurper Don Miguel
- 1835 –
- Battle of GonzalesBattle of GonzalesThe Battle of Gonzales was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. It was fought near Gonzales, Texas, on October 2, 1835, between rebellious Texian settlers and a detachment of Mexican army troops....
2 October – Mexicans withdraw during Texas RevolutionTexas RevolutionThe Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was an armed conflict between Mexico and settlers in the Texas portion of the Mexican state Coahuila y Tejas. The war lasted from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836...
. - Battle of ConcepcionBattle of ConcepcionThe Battle of Concepción was fought on October 28, 1835 between Mexican troops under Colonel Domingo Ugartechea and Texian insurgents led by James Bowie and James Fannin. The 30-minute engagement, which historian J.R...
28 October – Texans defeat Mexicans under Martin Perfecto de CósMartín Perfecto de CosMartín Perfecto de Cos was a 19th-century Mexican general. He was married to Lucinda López de Santa Anna, sister of Antonio López de Santa Anna.-Background:Cós was born in Vera Cruz in the year 1800, the son of an attorney...
. - Grass FightGrass FightThe Grass Fight was a small battle during the Texas Revolution, fought between the Mexican Army and the Texian Army. The battle took place on November 26, 1835, just south of San Antonio de Béxar in Mexican Texas...
26 November – Texans, thinking a Mexican pack train is carrying silver, capture it but only end up with grass. - Siege of BexarSiege of BexarThe Siege of Béxar was an early campaign of the Texas Revolution in which a volunteer Texan army successfully defeated Mexican forces at San Antonio de Béxar . Texians had become disillusioned with the Mexican government as President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's tenure became increasingly...
(12 October – 11 December) Texans successfully besiege and defeat Mexicans. - Dade Battle 25 December 108 American troops were ambushed by about 180 Seminole Indians. Colonel Dade, who was on horseback, was the first to be killed. Only three American purportedly survived the attack. Two of these survivors died shortly after.
- Battle of Gonzales
- 1836 –
- Battle of San PatricioBattle of San PatricioThe Battle of San Patricio was a 19th century battle fought on February 27, 1836, between the Republic of Mexico and the rebelling Mexican state of Texas.-Background:...
27 February – Texan expedition into Mexico thwarted. - Battle of the AlamoBattle of the AlamoThe Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar . All but two of the Texian defenders were killed...
(23 February – 6 March) – General Santa Anna defeats Texans. Wm. Travis and Davy Crockett killed in siege. - Battle of RefugioBattle of RefugioThe Battle of Refugio was fought from March 12–March 15, 1836, near Refugio, Texas. Mexican General José Urrea and 1,500 Centralista soldiers fought against Amon Butler King and his 28 American volunteers and Lieutenant Colonel William Ward and his approximately 120 Americans...
(12 March – 15 March) – Infighting amongst Texans leads to defeat. - Battle of ColetoBattle of ColetoThe Battle of Coleto, also known as the Battle of Coleto Creek, the Battle of the Prairie, and the Batalla del encinal del Perdido, was fought on March 19 and 20, 1836, during the Goliad campaign of the Texas Revolution...
19–20 March – Col. James Fannin and Texans defeated and captured by Mexicans of General Jose de UrreaJosé de UrreaJosé de Urrea was a noted general for Mexico. He fought under General Antonio López de Santa Anna during the Texas Revolution. Urrea's forces were never defeated in battle during the Texas Revolution...
. Later massacred by Santa Anna. - Battle of San JacintoBattle of San JacintoThe Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican forces in a fight that lasted just eighteen...
21 April – Texans capture Santa Anna - Battle of TerapeguiBattle of TerapeguiThe Battle of Terapegui was fought on April 26, 1836, between Constitutionalists and Carlists in Spain during the First Carlist War. With the help of the French Foreign Legion, the Constitutionalists were victorious....
26 April – Spanish constitutionalist forces loyal to Queen Isabella, supported by French Foreign LegionFrench Foreign LegionThe French Foreign Legion is a unique military service wing of the French Army established in 1831. The foreign legion was exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces...
, defeat Carlists near Pamplona
- Battle of San Patricio
- 1837 –
- Battle of HuescaBattle of HuescaThe Battle of Huesca was fought during the First Carlist War on March 24, 1837, between Spanish Constitutionalists and Carlists. During the course of the battle, the French Foreign Legion, which had been attached to the Cristinist army, suffered heavy casualties resulting in its strength been...
24 March – Constitutionalists win decisive victory over Carlists in Spain - Battle of Saint-DenisBattle of Saint-Denis (1837)The Battle of St. Denis was fought on November 22, 1837 between British colonial authorities under Lieutenant-Colonel Gore and Lower Canada rebels. The rebels were victoriously led by Wolfred Nelson.- See also :*Lower Canada Rebellion...
23 November – Canadian rebels under Wolfred NelsonWolfred NelsonWolfred Nelson, was from 1854 to 1856 the mayor of Montreal, Quebec.- Biography :Nelson was born in Montreal the son of William Nelson, an immigrant to Colonial America from Newsham, North Yorkshire, England...
defeat British. - Battle of St. Charles 25 November – British defeat Canadian rebels.
- Confrontation at Montgomery's TavernConfrontation at Montgomery's TavernThe Battle of Montgomery's Tavern was an incident in the Upper Canada Rebellion. The abortive revolutionary insurrection inspired by William Lyon Mackenzie was crushed by British authorities and Canadian volunteer units near a tavern on Yonge Street, Toronto.The site of Montgomery's Tavern was...
7 December – Battle near tavern first action of Upper Canada Rebellion. - Battle of Saint-EustacheBattle of Saint-EustacheThe Battle of Saint-Eustache, fought on December 14, 1837, was a decisive battle in the Lower Canada Rebellion in which British forces defeated the principal remaining Patriotes camp at Saint-Eustache.-Prelude:...
14 December – British capture and ransack village. - Battle of Lake OkeechobeeBattle of Lake OkeechobeeThe Battle of Lake Okeechobee was one of the major battles of the Second Seminole War. It was fought between 800 troops of the 1st, 4th, and 6th Infantry Regiments and 132 Missouri Volunteers and between 380 and 480 Seminoles led by Billy Bowlegs, Abiaca and Alligator on December 25, 1837...
25 December – US forces under Zachary TaylorZachary TaylorZachary Taylor was the 12th President of the United States and an American military leader. Initially uninterested in politics, Taylor nonetheless ran as a Whig in the 1848 presidential election, defeating Lewis Cass...
defeat Seminoles
- Battle of Huesca
- 1838 –
- Battle of BeauharnoisBattle of BeauharnoisThe Battle of Beauharnois was fought on November 10, 1838, between Great Britain and Canadian rebels. The city rose up following a series of raids by rebel leaders who had escaped into the United States. François-Marie-Thomas Chevalier de Lorimier commanded the ranks of the Patriote rebels. The...
10 November – Revolt in Canada put down. - Battle of the WindmillBattle of the WindmillThe Battle of the Windmill was a battle fought in November 1838 in the aftermath of the Upper Canada Rebellion. Loyalist forces of the Upper Canadian government defeated an invasion attempt by Hunter Patriot insurgents based in the United States.-Background:...
(12 November – 16 November) – British forces defeat Canadian rebels. - Battle of Blood RiverBattle of Blood RiverThe Battle of Blood River, so called due to the colour of water in the Ncome River turning red with blood, was fought between 470 Voortrekkers led by Andries Pretorius, and an estimated 10,000–15,000 Zulu attackers on the bank of the Ncome River on 16 December 1838, in what is today KwaZulu-Natal,...
16 December – Voortrekker force under Andries PretoriusAndries PretoriusAndries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius was a leader of the Boers who was instrumental in the creation of the Transvaal Republic, as well as the earlier but short-lived Natalia Republic, in present-day South Africa....
defeat Zulu force under King DinganeDinganeDingane kaSenzangakhona Zulu —commonly referred to as Dingane or Dingaan—was a Zulu chief who became king of the Zulu Kingdom in 1828...
in Natal
- Battle of Beauharnois
- 1839 Battle of NezibBattle of NezibThe Battle of Nezib was fought on June 24, 1839 between Egypt and the Ottoman Empire. The Egyptians were led by Ibrahim Pasha, while the Ottomans were led by Hafiz Osman Pasha, with Moltke in command of the Ottoman artillery. The Ottoman were positioned at Mezar, southwest of Nezib, with the...
24 June – Egyptian forces under Ibrahim Pasha defeat Ottoman Army under Hafiz Pasha (assisted by Prussian Captain Helmuth von Moltke) - 1840 Battle of MagangoBattle of MagangoThe Battle of Magango was fought in 1840 between Zulu and Boer forces at . The Zulus were led by King Dingane. The Boers were victorious....
29 January – Boer forces defeat Zulu King Dingane - 1841 Battle of Canton 24 May – British amphibious assault captures city
- 1842 –
- Battle of Debre TaborBattle of Debre TaborThe Battle of Debre Tabor was a conflict during the Zemene Mesafint in 1842 initiated by Dejazmach Wube Haile Maryam to overthrow Ras Ali II as Regent of the Emperor of Ethiopia and gain control of Ethiopia...
7 February – Ras Ali AlulaAli II of YejjuAli II of Yejju was a Ras of Begemder and Enderase of the Emperor of Ethiopia. He was the son of Alula of Yejju, sometime governor of Damot and then of Gojjam, and Menen Liben Amede, later Empress of Ethiopia, and grandson of Gugsa of Yejju, by his fourth wife, Amata Selassie, daughter of Emperor...
, Regent of the Emperor of EthiopiaEmperor of EthiopiaThe Emperor of Ethiopia was the hereditary ruler of Ethiopia until the abolition of the monarchy in 1974. The Emperor was the head of state and head of government, with ultimate executive, judicial and legislative power in that country...
defeats warlord Wube Haile Maryam of SemienSemien provinceSemien Province was a historical province of northwest Ethiopia, often called Gondar. It was located south and west of the Tekezé River, and north of Lake Tsana. It was south west of Enderta Province, west of Tembien Province, and east of the Sudan. To some extent it covered the territory of the...
. - Battle of KabulBattle of Kabul (1842)for other uses of the term see Battle of KabulThe Battle of Kabul was fought from August to October, 1842, between British and Afghan forces. It was the concluding engagement of the First Anglo-Afghan War. The British advanced on Kabul from Kandahar and Jalalabad to avenge the earlier Massacre of...
6 January – Afghan forces force British to withdraw from city, which they had occupied for two and a half years
- Battle of Debre Tabor
- 1843 –
- Battle of the Smala 16 May – French forces under Duc d'Aumale defeat Algerians under Abd el Kader
- Battle of MianiBattle of MianiThe Battle of Miani was a battle between British forces under Sir Charles Napier and the Talpur Amirs of Sindh, Pakistan.-Background:...
17 February – British forces under Sir Charles Napier defeat the Baluch forces of the Talpurs in SindSindhSindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can... - Battle of HyderabadBattle of HyderabadThe Battle of Hyderabad was fought in March 1843 between the British colonial empire and the Talpur Emirs of Sindh near Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan. A small British force, led by Captain James Outram, who were attacked by the Balochis and forced to make a fort of the British residency, which they...
March – Napier defeats Baluchis in Sind
- 1844 Battle of IslyBattle of IslyThe Battle of Isly was fought on August 14, 1844 between France and Morocco, near the Isly River. French forces under Marshal Thomas Robert Bugeaud routed a much larger, but poorly organized, Moroccan force under Mohammed, son of sultan Abderrahmane of Morocco...
14 August – French forces under Marshal Bugeaud rout Moroccan forces - 1845 –
- Battle of OhaeawaiBattle of OhaeawaiThe Battle of Ohaeawai was fought between British forces and local Māori during the Flagstaff War in July 1845 at Ohaeawai in the North Island of New Zealand...
– British ArmyBritish ArmyThe British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
attacks Māori Pa, but fortifications too strong - Battle of MudkiBattle of MudkiThe Battle of Mudki was fought on 18 December 1845, between the forces of the British East India Company and part of the Khalsa, the army of the Sikh Empire of the Punjab. The British army won an untidy encounter battle, suffering heavy casualties....
18 December – Sikh forces invading British India defeated by force under Sir Hugh Gough - Battle of FerozeshahBattle of FerozeshahThe Battle of Ferozeshah was fought on 21 December and 22 December 1845 between the British and the Sikhs, at the village of Ferozeshah in Punjab. The British were led by Sir Hugh Gough and Governor-General Sir Henry Hardinge, while the Sikhs were led by Lal Singh.The British emerged victorious,...
21 December-22 – British forces under Gough and Hardinge, Governor-General, defeat Sikhs under Lal Singh in hard-fought battle
- Battle of Ohaeawai
- 1846 –
- Battle of AliwalBattle of AliwalThe Battle of Aliwal was fought on 28 January 1846 between the British and the Sikhs. The British were led by Sir Harry Smith, while the Sikhs were led by Ranjodh Singh Majithia...
28 January – Sikh forces under Runjoor Singh defeated by British under Sir Harry SmithHarry Smith (army)Lieutenant General Sir Henry George Wakelyn Smith, 1st Baronet of Aliwal GCB , known as Sir Harry Smith, was a notable English soldier and military commander in the British Army of the early 19th century... - Battle of SobraonBattle of SobraonThe Battle of Sobraon was fought on 10 February 1846, between the forces of the British East India Company and the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of the Sikh Empire of the Punjab...
10 February – British forces under Gough decisively defeat Sikhs, and Punjab becomes British protectorate - Siege of Fort TexasSiege of Fort TexasThe Siege of Fort Texas marked the beginning of active campaigning by the armies of the United States and Mexico during the Mexican-American War. The battle is sometimes called The Siege of Fort Brown, but this is not entirely accurate — the name Fort Brown was taken from Major Jacob Brown,...
(3 May – 9 May) – Mexican siege on U.S. fort unsuccessful. - Battle of Palo AltoBattle of Palo AltoThe Battle of Palo Alto was the first major battle of the Mexican-American War and was fought on May 8, 1846, on disputed ground five miles from the modern-day city of Brownsville, Texas...
8 May – US Gen. Zachary Taylor defeats Mexicans under Mariano Arista - Battle of Resaca de la PalmaBattle of Resaca de la PalmaAt the Battle of Resaca de la Palma, one of the early engagements of the Mexican-American War,United States General Zachary Taylor engaged the retreating forces of the Mexican Ejército del Norte under General Mariano Arista on May 9, 1846.-Background:During the night of May 8, following...
9 May – Taylor attacks Arista's retreating Mexicans - Siege of Los AngelesSiege of Los AngelesThe Siege of Los Angeles was a military occupation by the United States Marines of the Pueblo de Los Angeles during the Mexican-American war.-Occupation:...
13 August – US Marines briefly capture Los Angeles, but are driven out by CalifornioCalifornioCalifornio is a term used to identify a Spanish-speaking Catholic people, regardless of race, born in California before 1848...
forces, led by José Mariá FloresJosé Mariá FloresGeneral José María Flores was an officer in the Mexican Army and was a member of la otra banda. He was appointed Governor and Comandante General pro tem of Alta California from 1846 to 1847.-Mexican-America War:...
. - Battle of Santa FeBattle of Santa FeThe Capture of Santa Fe, also known as the Battle of Santa Fe or the Battle of Cañoncito, took place near Santa Fe, New Mexico, the capital of the Mexican Province of New Mexico, during the Mexican-American War on 8 August through 14 August 1846. No shots were fired.-Background:United States Army...
15 August Kearney occupies Santa Fe - Battle of MonterreyBattle of MonterreyIn the Battle of Monterrey during the Mexican-American War, General Pedro de Ampudia and the Mexican Army of the North was defeated by U.S...
(20 September – 24 September) – Mexicans under Pedro de Ampudia defeated by Taylor's US forces in hard-fought battle - Battle of Dominguez RanchoBattle of Dominguez RanchoThe Battle of Dominguez Rancho or The Battle of the Old Woman's Gun was a military engagement of the Mexican-American War...
– 9 October Jose Antonio CarrilloJosé Antonio CarrilloCaptain José Antonio Ezequiel Carrillo was a Californio rancher, officer, and politician in the early years of Mexican Alta California and U.S...
leads CalifornioCalifornioCalifornio is a term used to identify a Spanish-speaking Catholic people, regardless of race, born in California before 1848...
forces in victory against 350 US Marines and sailors near Los Angeles. - First Battle of TabascoFirst Battle of TabascoThe First Battle of Tabasco was fought during the Mexican-American War.-Background:The battle was part of the U.S. Home Squadron's efforts to blockade the major Mexican ports on the Gulf of Mexico.-Battle:...
(24 October – 26 October) – Commodore Matthew C. Perry fights inconclusive battle with Mexicans under Juan B. Traconis. - Battle of San PasqualBattle of San PasqualThe Battle of San Pasqual, also spelled San Pascual, was a military encounter that occurred during the Mexican-American War in what is now the San Pasqual Valley community of the city of San Diego, California. On December 6 and December 7, 1846, General Stephen W...
6 December – US Cavalry General Stephen Kearny's dragoons are defeated by CalifornioCalifornioCalifornio is a term used to identify a Spanish-speaking Catholic people, regardless of race, born in California before 1848...
forces, led by Andrés PicoAndrés PicoAndrés Pico was a Californio who became a successful rancher, served as a military commander during the Mexican-American War; and was elected to the state assembly and senate after California became a state, when he was also commissioned as a brigadier general in the state militia.-Early...
near San Diego.
- Battle of Aliwal
- 1847 –
- Battle of Rio San GabrielBattle of Rio San GabrielThe Battle of Rio San Gabriel fought on January 8, 1847 was a decisive action of the California campaign of the Mexican-American War and occurred at a ford of the San Gabriel River, at what are today parts of the cities of Whittier, Pico Rivera and Montebello, about ten miles south-east of downtown...
8 January – Kearny's 600 man army defeats the 160 man CalifornioCalifornioCalifornio is a term used to identify a Spanish-speaking Catholic people, regardless of race, born in California before 1848...
force near Los Angeles. - Battle of La MesaBattle of La MesaThe Battle of La Mesa of the Mexican-American War occurred on January 9, 1847, in present-day Vernon, California, the day after the Battle of Rio San Gabriel during the California Campaign.-Background:...
9 January – Kearny, Stockton and Fremont's combined US forces, defeat the CalifornioCalifornioCalifornio is a term used to identify a Spanish-speaking Catholic people, regardless of race, born in California before 1848...
's in the climactic battle for California. - Battle of the SacramentoBattle of the SacramentoThe Battle of the Sacramento River took place on February 28, 1847 during the Mexican–American War. About twenty-five miles north of Chihuahua, Mexico at the river Sacramento, American forces numbering less than 1,000 men defeated a superior Mexican army which led to the occupation of...
28 February – US forces under Alexander DoniphanAlexander William DoniphanAlexander William Doniphan was a 19th-century American attorney, soldier and politician from Missouri who is best known today as the man who prevented the summary execution of Mormon founder Joseph Smith, Jr. at the close of the 1838 Mormon War in that state...
defeat Mexican force near Chihuahua - Battle of Buena VistaBattle of Buena VistaThe Battle of Buena Vista , also known as the Battle of Angostura, saw the United States Army use artillery to repulse the much larger Mexican army in the Mexican-American War...
22 February-23 – Taylor's outnumbered men trounce Santa Anna's Mexicans - Battle of Vera Cruz (9 March – 29 March) – Scott takes port city
- Battle of Cerro GordoBattle of Cerro GordoThe Battle of Cerro Gordo, or Battle of Sierra Gordo, in the Mexican-American War saw Winfield Scott's United States troops flank and drive Santa Anna's larger Mexican army from a strong defensive position.-Battle:...
18 April – Scott defeats Santa Anna - Battle of TuxpanBattle of TuxpanThe First Battle of Tuxpan was the first of three small battles fought during the Mexican-American War at Tuxpan, Mexico. Part of the American's Mosquito Fleet Campaign.-Background:...
18 April – Perry defeats CosMartín Perfecto de CosMartín Perfecto de Cos was a 19th-century Mexican general. He was married to Lucinda López de Santa Anna, sister of Antonio López de Santa Anna.-Background:Cós was born in Vera Cruz in the year 1800, the son of an attorney...
. - Second Battle of TabascoSecond Battle of TabascoThe Second Battle of Tabasco, also known as the Battle of Villahermosa, was a battle fought in June 1847 during the Mexican-American War as part of the U.S. blockade of Mexican Gulf ports.-Background:...
(15 June – 16 June) – Commodore Perry captures - Battle of Iloha 18 June – Dejazmach Kassa (the future Emperor Tewodros II of EthiopiaTewodros II of EthiopiaTewodros II was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death....
) defeats and captures Empress Menen Liben Amede and her husband, the Emperor Yohannes IIIYohannes III of EthiopiaEmperor Yohannes III was the last of the elder "Gondar" line of the Solomonic dynasty to reign over Ethiopia. He was the son of Tekle Giyorgis. He was largely a figurehead, with real power in the hands of the Enderase or Regent, Ras Ali II a princeling of the Oromo ruling family of the district of...
. - Battle of ContrerasBattle of ContrerasThe Battle of Contreras, also known as the Battle of Padierna, took place during August 19–20, 1847, in the final encounters of the Mexican-American War. In the Battle of Churubusco, fighting continued the following day.-Background:...
19 August – 20 August – Scott's forces storm Mexican position defending Mexico City - Battle of ChurubuscoBattle of ChurubuscoThe Battle of Churubusco took place on August 20, 1847, in the immediate aftermath of the Battle of Contreras during the Mexican-American War. After defeating the Mexican army at Churubusco, the U.S. Army was only 5 miles away from Mexico City, the capital of the nation...
20 August – Another US force storms other main Mexican position defending capital - Battle of Molino del ReyBattle of Molino del ReyThe Battle of Molino del Rey was one of the bloodiest engagements of the Mexican-American War. It was fought in September 1847 between Mexican forces under General Antonio Léon against an American force under General Winfield Scott at a hill called El Molino del Rey near Mexico City.-Background:On...
8 September – Scott defeats Mexican force defending fortification in hard-fought battle - Battle of ChapultepecBattle of ChapultepecThe Battle of Chapultepec, in September 1847, was a United States victory over Mexican forces holding Chapultepec Castle west of Mexico City during the Mexican-American War.-Background:On September 13, 1847, in the costly Battle of Molino del Rey, U.S...
12 September – Scott takes fortified hill by storm in climactic battle of war - Siege of PueblaSiege of PueblaThe Siege of Puebla began the same day Mexico City fell to Winfield Scott and lasted for 28 days when a relief force was able to fight its way into the city and lift the siege.-Background:...
(14 September – 12 October) – Puebla taken by Winfield ScottWinfield ScottWinfield Scott was a United States Army general, and unsuccessful presidential candidate of the Whig Party in 1852....
. - Battle of HuamantlaBattle of HuamantlaThe Battle of Huamantla was a U.S. victory late in the Mexican-American War that forced the Mexican Army to lift the Siege of Puebla.-Background:...
9 October – U.S. victory, end of Santa Anna's military career.
- Battle of Rio San Gabriel
- 1848 –
- Battle of Dabarki March – Dejazmach KassaTewodros II of EthiopiaTewodros II was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1855 until his death....
assaults an Egyptian fortified camp deep inside of SudanSudanSudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
and suffers massive losses. One of the few defeats experienced by the future Emperor. - Battle of CustozaBattle of Custoza (1848)The Battle of Custoza was fought on July 24 and 25 1848 during the first Italian War of Independence between the armies of the Austrian Empire, led by Field Marshal Radetzky, and of the Kingdom of Sardinia, led by King Charles Albert of Piedmont....
24 July-25 – Austrian forces under Marshal RadetzkyJoseph Radetzky von RadetzJohann Josef Wenzel Graf Radetzky von Radetz was a Czech nobleman and Austrian general, immortalised by Johann Strauss I's Radetzky March...
defeat Sardinians under King Charles Albert - Battle of BoomplaatsBattle of BoomplaatsThe Battle of Boomplaas was fought near Jagersfontein at on August 29, 1848, between the British and the Boers. The British were led by Sir Harry Smith, while the Boers were led by Andries Pretorius. The British were victorious.-External links:*...
29 August – British forces under Sir Harry Smith defeat Boers under Pretorius in Orange River area - Battle of PákozdBattle of PákozdThe Battle of Pákozd was a battle in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, fought on 29 September 1848. It was one of the important battles of the Revolution...
29 September – HungarianHungaryHungary , officially the Republic of Hungary , is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine and Romania to the east, Serbia and Croatia to the south, Slovenia to the southwest and Austria to the west. The...
forces defeat Austrian army of Count JellachichJosip JelacicCount Josip Jelačić of Bužim was the Ban of Croatia between 23 March 1848 and 19 May 1859... - Battle of SchwechatBattle of SchwechatThe Battle of Schwechat was a battle in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, fought on 30 October 1848 between the Revolutionary Hungarian Army against the army of the Austrian Empire, in Schwechat, near Vienna. This was the last battle of 1848 in the Trandanubian campaign...
30 October – Hungary - Battle of RamnagarBattle of RamnagarThe Battle of Ramnagar was fought on 22 November 1848 between British and Sikh forces during the Second Anglo-Sikh War. The British were led by Sir Hugh Gough, while the Sikhs were led by Sher Singh Attariwalla.-Background:...
22 November – British forces under Gough repulsed by Sikhs under Shere Singh in Punjab - Battle of MórBattle of MórThe Battle of Mór was a battle in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, fought on 30 December 1848 between Austria and Hungarian insurgents. The Austrians were led by Croatian Ban Josip Jelačić, while the Hungarians were led by Mór Perczel...
30 December – Hungary – Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz defeats a Hungarian detachment under Mór PerczelMór PerczelSir Mór Perczel de Bonyhád , was a Hungarian landholder, general, and one of the leaders of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.- Life before 1848 :...
- Battle of Dabarki March – Dejazmach Kassa
- 1849 –
- Battle of Chilianwala 13 January – British forces under Gough fight another indecisive battle with Sikhs, resulting in Gough's dismissal
- Siege of MultanSiege of MultanThe Siege of Multan was a prolonged contest between the city and state of Multan and the British East India Company. The siege lasted between 19 April 1848, when a rebellion in the city against a ruler imposed by the East India Company precipitated the Second Anglo-Sikh War, and 22 January 1849,...
22 January – British forces capture fortress in PunjabPunjab regionThe Punjab , also spelled Panjab |water]]s"), is a geographical region straddling the border between Pakistan and India which includes Punjab province in Pakistan and the states of the Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh and some northern parts of the National Capital Territory of Delhi...
. - Battle of GujaratBattle of GujaratThe Battle of Gujrat was a decisive battle in the Second Anglo-Sikh War, fought on 21 February 1849, between the forces of the British East India Company, and a Sikh army in rebellion against the Company's control of the Sikh Kingdom, represented by the child Maharaja Duleep Singh who was in...
21 February – Gough, before getting word of dismissal, crushes Sikhs, Punjab annexed. - Battle of KápolnaBattle of KápolnaThe Battle of Kápolna was a battle in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, fought on 26 and 27 February 1849. The battle ended with Austrian victory and influenced the politics of central Europe: Franz Joseph I announced the Constitution of Omnütz on 4 March 1849.- Dembiński, the Polish supreme...
26 February-27 – Hungarian forces under Henry Dembinski defeated by Austrians under the Alfred I, Prince of Windisch-Grätz - Battle of NovaraBattle of Novara (1849)The Battle of Novara or Battle of Bicocca was one of the battles fought between the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Sardinia during the First Italian War of Independence, within the era of Italian unification...
23 March – Radetzky defeats Charles Albert, forcing Piedmontese to make peace - (Battle of Szolnok) 5 March – Hungarian forces led by general Damjanich defeat Austrian forces.
- Ten Days of BresciaTen Days of BresciaThe Ten Days of Brescia was a revolt which broke out in the northern Italian city of that name, which lasted from March 23 to April 1, 1849.In the early 19th century Brescia was part of the Austrian puppet state called Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia...
– 23 March to 1 April – Popular riot against the Austrian garrisons - Battle of Isaszeg (or Gödöllö) 6 April – Hungarian forces led by general Görgei defeat Austrians(Windisch-Gratz,Schlick)
- (Battle of Buda) – May 21 – Hungarians take back the capital from Austrians.
- Battle of SegesvárBattle of SegesvárThe Battle of Segesvár was a battle in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, fought on 31 July 1849 between the Hungarian revolutionary army supplemented by Polish volunteers under the command of General Józef Bem and the Russian V Corps under General Alexander von Lüders in ally with the Austrian...
31 July – Hungarian forces under Józef BemJózef BemJózef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish general, an Ottoman Pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European nationalisms...
defeated by Russians, Austrians under general Luders and general Dick - Battle of TemesvárBattle of TemesvárThe Battle of Temesvár was a battle in the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, fought on 9 August 1849 between the Austrian Empire and Hungarian Revolutionary Army supplemented by Polish volunteers. The Austrians were led by Julius Jacob von Haynau, while the Hungarians were led by Józef Bem who...
9 Aug – Austrian forces under Haynau defeat Hungarians under Artúr GörgeyArtúr Görgey----Artúr Görgey de Görgő et Toporcz was a Hungarian military leader.He was born at Toporz in Upper Hungary of a Hungarian noble family of originally Zipser German descent who immigrated to Upper Hungary during the reign of king Géza II . During the reformation they were converted to Protestantism...
, Bem in final battle of war - Battle of Chillanwalla – British defeat Sikhs
1851 to 1860
- 1852 –
- Battle of Monte Caseros 3 February – A coalition of the Argentine Provinces of Entre RiosEntre Ríos ProvinceEntre Ríos is a northeastern province of Argentina, located in the Mesopotamia region. It borders the provinces of Buenos Aires , Corrientes and Santa Fe , and Uruguay in the east....
and CorrientesCorrientesCorrientes is the capital city of the province of Corrientes, Argentina, located on the eastern shore of the Paraná River, about from Buenos Aires and from Posadas, on National Route 12...
, allied with Brazilian and Uruguayan troops (27,000 men) defeats Buenos AiresBuenos AiresBuenos Aires is the capital and largest city of Argentina, and the second-largest metropolitan area in South America, after São Paulo. It is located on the western shore of the estuary of the Río de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent...
forces (22,000 men) under Juan Manuel Rosas, presidente of ArgentinaArgentinaArgentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
. - Battle of Gur AmbaBattle of Gur AmbaThe Battle of Gur Amba was fought on 27 September 1852 between the forces of the Ethiopian regent, Ras Ali II, and the rebel forces of Kassa Hailu. Kassa was victorious, and Goshu Zewde of Gojjam, the commander of the regent's forces, was killed...
27 September – The future Emperor of EthiopiaEmperor of EthiopiaThe Emperor of Ethiopia was the hereditary ruler of Ethiopia until the abolition of the monarchy in 1974. The Emperor was the head of state and head of government, with ultimate executive, judicial and legislative power in that country...
Tewodros II defeats and kills the vassal of the current ruler of EthiopiaEthiopiaEthiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
, Ras Ali IIAli II of YejjuAli II of Yejju was a Ras of Begemder and Enderase of the Emperor of Ethiopia. He was the son of Alula of Yejju, sometime governor of Damot and then of Gojjam, and Menen Liben Amede, later Empress of Ethiopia, and grandson of Gugsa of Yejju, by his fourth wife, Amata Selassie, daughter of Emperor...
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- Battle of Monte Caseros 3 February – A coalition of the Argentine Provinces of Entre Rios
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- Battle of TakusaBattle of TakusaThe Battle of Takusa was fought on April 12, 1853, between the forces of Kassa Hailu, future Emperor of Ethiopia, and an alliance of several rival warlords...
12 April – The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats an allied army from the provinces of TigrayTigray ProvinceTigray was a province of Ethiopia. The Tigray Region superseded the province with the adoption of the new constitution in 1995. The province of Tigre merged with its neighboring provinces, including Semien, Tembien, Agame and the prominent Enderta province and towards the end of 19th century it...
, WolloWolloWollo was a historical region and province in the northeastern part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Dessie. The province was named after the Wollo Oromo, who settled in this part of Ethiopia in the 17th century...
, Yejju, and GojjamGojjamGojjam was a kingdom in the north-western part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Marqos. This region is distinctive for lying entirely within the bend of the Abbay River from its outflow from Lake Tana to the Sudan...
led by Dejazmach Birru Aligaz of Yejju. Dejazmach Biru is killed. - Battle of AyshalBattle of AyshalThe Battle of Ayshal was fought on June 29, 1853, between the forces of Kassa Hailu and the forces of Ras Ali II, in Ayshal, in eastern Gojjam. Kassa's forces won the battle....
29 June – The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats Ras Ali II; considered the end of the Zemene MesafintZemene MesafintThe Zemene Mesafint was a period in Ethiopian history when the country was rent by conflicts between warlords, the Emperor was reduced to little more than a figurehead confined to the capital city of...
("Era of Princes") in Ethiopia. - Battle of OltenitzaBattle of OltenitzaThe Battle of Oltenitza was fought on 4 November 1853 during the Crimean War. In this battle an Ottoman army under the command of Omar Pasha defeated the Russian forces.-Background:This battle took place during the Danube campaign of the Crimean War...
4 November – Russians defeated by Ottoman troops (Crimean WarCrimean WarThe Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
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- Battle of Takusa
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- Battle of Citate 6 January – Ottoman troops defeat Russians during the Crimean War
- Battle of AlmaBattle of AlmaThe Battle of the Alma , which is usually considered the first battle of the Crimean War , took place just south of the River Alma in the Crimea. An Anglo-French force under General St...
– British and French, under French general Saint-Arnaud, defeat an Russian army in Crimean WarCrimean WarThe Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...
. - Battle of Amba JebelliBattle of Amba JebelliThe Battle of Amba Jebelli was fought in Ethiopia in 1854 between the forces of Kassa Hailu , and the forces of Birru Goshu of Gojjam. Kassa was victorious, Birru Goshu was captured and spent the next 14 years in chains....
– The future Emperor of Ethiopia Tewodros II defeats Birru Goshu of Gojjam. - Battle of BalaclavaBattle of BalaclavaThe Battle of Balaclava, fought on 25 October 1854 during the Crimean War, was part of the Anglo-French-Turkish campaign to capture the port and fortress of Sevastopol, Russia's principal naval base on the Black Sea...
25 October – Charge of the Light BrigadeCharge of the Light BrigadeThe Charge of the Light Brigade was a charge of British cavalry led by Lord Cardigan against Russian forces during the Battle of Balaclava on 25 October 1854 in the Crimean War. The charge was the result of a miscommunication in such a way that the brigade attempted a much more difficult objective...
on Crimea under Cardigan - Battle of Inkermann 5 November – British, helped by French of general Bosquet, defeat an Russian army.
- Siege of Sevastopol (17 October–9 September 1855) Allies capture the city.
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- Battle of DerasgeBattle of DerasgeThe Battle of Derasge was fought on 9 February 1855 between Kassa Hailu's forces and the forces of the warlord Wube Haile Maryam. Kassa won the battle, and two days later crowned Tewodros II of Ethiopia at the church of Derasge Mariam near Mekane Berhan....
– 9 February – Tewodros II defeats Dejasmach Wube, deposing the last rival warlord of the Zemene Mesafint ("Era of Princes"). - Battle of EupatoriaBattle of EupatoriaThe Battle of Eupatoria was the most important military engagement of the Crimean War on the Crimean theatre in 1855 outside Sevastopol.- Battle :...
– 17 February – Allies win naval battle. - Battle of Traktir 16 August – French army and any piedmontese troops defeat an Russian army near the Tchernaïa river.
- Battle of MalakoffBattle of MalakoffThe Battle of Malakoff, during the Crimean War, was fought between the French and Russian armies on 7 September 1855 as a part of the Siege of Sevastopol and resulted in a French victory under General MacMahon. In one of the war's defining moments, the French zouave Eugène Libaut installed the...
8 September – French army, under general Pelissier and general Mac-Mahon, takes Malakoff and defeat Russian army. Fall of the city of Sebastopol and end of crimean war. - Siege of KarsSiege of KarsThe Siege of Kars was the last major operation of the Crimean War. On June 1855, in an attempt to alleviate pressure on the troops at Sevastopol, Emperor Alexander II ordered General Nikolay Muravyov to lead his troops against areas of Ottoman interest in Asia Minor...
(June – November) – Russians defeat Ottoman troops.
- Battle of Derasge
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- First Battle of Seattle (1856)Battle of Seattle (1856)The Battle of Seattle was a January 26, 1856 attack by native Americans upon Seattle, Washington. At the time, Seattle was a settlement in the Washington Territory that had recently named itself after Chief Seattle , a leader of the Suquamish and Duwamish peoples of central Puget Sound.Backed by...
– 26 January – Marines from the USS Decatur drive off American Indian attackers after all day battle with settlers. - Battle of Santa RosaBattle of Santa RosaIn the 19th century, Nicaragua was beset by political problems, which William Walker, an American with a tendency to slavery, took advantage of. He believed in "Manifest Destiny"...
20 March – Costa RicaCosta RicaCosta Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
n troops rout Walker's soldiers - Battle of RivasBattle of RivasThe Second Battle of Rivas occurred on 11 April 1856 between Costa Rican militia under General Mora and the Nicaraguan forces of William Walker...
11 April – Central American coalition defeats filibuster William Walker
- First Battle of Seattle (1856)
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- Siege of CawnporeSiege of CawnporeThe Siege of Cawnpore was a key episode in the Indian rebellion of 1857. The besieged British in Cawnpore were unprepared for an extended siege and surrendered to rebel Indian forces under Nana Sahib, in return for a safe passage to Allahabad. However, under ambiguous circumstances, their...
June – British troops and civilians besieged and later betrayed and murdered during the Indian RebellionIndian Rebellion of 1857The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to... - Battle of ChinhatBattle of ChinhatThe Battle of Chinhat was fought on the morning of June 30, 1857, between British forces and Indian rebels, at Ismailganj, near Chinhat , Oude . The British were led by The Chief Commissioner of Oude, Sir Henry Lawrence...
30 June – British troops retreat to LucknowLucknowLucknow is the capital city of Uttar Pradesh in India. Lucknow is the administrative headquarters of Lucknow District and Lucknow Division....
during the Indian RebellionIndian Rebellion of 1857The Indian Rebellion of 1857 began as a mutiny of sepoys of the British East India Company's army on 10 May 1857, in the town of Meerut, and soon escalated into other mutinies and civilian rebellions largely in the upper Gangetic plain and central India, with the major hostilities confined to... - Battle of AongBattle of AongThe Battle of Aong took place on July 15, 1857, during the Indian rebellion of 1857, between the East India Company forces and Nana Sahib's forces....
15 July – British forces under General Henry HavelockHenry HavelockMajor-General Sir Henry Havelock, KCB was a British general who is particularly associated with India. He was noted for his recapture of Cawnpore from rebels during Indian Rebellion of 1857.-Early life:...
capture Cawnpore, India. - Siege of LucknowSiege of LucknowThe Siege of Lucknow was the prolonged defense of the Residency within the city of Lucknow during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. After two successive relief attempts had reached the city, the defenders and civilians were evacuated from the Residency, which was abandoned.Lucknow was the capital of...
(July – November) – Lucknow besieged by rebels, relieved, besieged again, and relieved for a second time.
- Siege of Cawnpore
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- Battle of MontebelloBattle of Montebello (1859)The Battle of Montebello was fought on May 20, 1859 at Montebello . It was a minor engagement of the Second Italian War of Independence, fought between Piedmontese cavalry and French infantry against Austrian troops. The Austrian defeat, despite the greater number, was another sign that Austrian...
20 May – French army, under general Forey, defeat an Austrian army. - Battle of VareseBattle of VareseThe Battle of Varese was fought on May 26, 1859 at Varese . It was an engagement of the Second Italian War of Independence, fought between the Italian volunteers formation of the Hunters of the Alps, led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, against Austrian troops...
26 May – Piedmontese defeat Austrians in the Austro-Sardinian War. - Battle of PalestroBattle of PalestroThe Battle of Palestro was fought on 30/31 May 1859 between the Austrian Empire and the combined forces of the Kingdom of Sardinia-Piedmont and France. The Franco-Piedmontese forces were victorious...
30 May – French zouaves and Piedmontese defeat an Austrian army. - Battle of MagentaBattle of MagentaThe Battle of Magenta was fought on June 4, 1859 during the Second Italian War of Independence, resulting in a French-Sardinian victory under Napoleon III against the Austrians under Marshal Ferencz Gyulai....
4 June – French army, under Louis-Napoleon, defeat Austrian army under general Giulay. Liberation of Milano. - Battle of SolferinoBattle of SolferinoThe Battle of Solferino, , was fought on June 24, 1859 and resulted in the victory of the allied French Army under Napoleon III and Sardinian Army under Victor Emmanuel II against the Austrian Army under Emperor Franz Joseph I; it was the last major battle in world...
24 June – French army and Piedmontese army, under Louis-Napoléon, defeat an Austrian army under archiduc François-Joseph. Started the birth of the Red Cross. End of second war of Italian independence.
- Battle of Montebello
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- Battle of Calatafimi – 15 May – Garibaldi's victory against Neapolitan troops.
- Battle of MilazzoBattle of Milazzo (1860)The Battle of Milazzo was fought on 17–24 July 1860 between Giuseppe Garibaldi's volunteers with Hungarian veterans and the troops of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies at Milazzo, Sicily, then part of the Kingdom of Two Sicilies....
– 25 June – Garibaldi's victory against Neapolitan troops. - Battle of CastelfidardoBattle of CastelfidardoThe Battle of Castelfidardo was fought on 18 September 1860, at Castelfidardo, a small town in the Marche region of Italy, the Piedmont army acting as the driving force in the war for Italian unification won a famous battle against papal troops....
– 18 September – Italian victory over the Papal troops. - Battle of the Volturnus 1 October – Sicilians are defeated by the Piedmontese
- Siege of GaetaSiege of Gaeta (1860)The Siege of Gaeta was the concluding event of the war between the Kingdom of Sardinia and the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies. It started on November 5, 1860 and ended February 13, 1861, and took place in Gaeta, in today's Southern Lazio .-Background:...
(5 November – 13 February 1861) – Francis II of the Two SiciliesFrancis II of the Two SiciliesFrancis II , was King of the Two Sicilies from 1859 to 1861. He was the last King of the Two Sicilies, as successive invasions by Giuseppe Garibaldi and Victor Emmanuel II of Sardinia ultimately brought an end to his rule, and marked the first major event of Italian unification...
is sieged by the Piedmontese.
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- Battle of Fort SumterBattle of Fort SumterThe Battle of Fort Sumter was the bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter, near Charleston, South Carolina, that started the American Civil War. Following declarations of secession by seven Southern states, South Carolina demanded that the U.S. Army abandon its facilities in Charleston Harbor. On...
12 April – P.G.T. Beauregard fires on Fort – first important battle of American Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... - Battle of Sewell's PointBattle of Sewell's PointThe Battle of Sewell's Point was an inconclusive exchange of cannon fire between the Union gunboat USS Monticello, supported by the USS Thomas Freeborn, and Confederate batteries on Sewell's Point that took place on May 18, 19 and 21, 1861, in Norfolk County, Virginia in the early days of the...
(18 May – 19 May) – Union gunboats fight inconclusive battle with Confederate artillery. - Battle of Aquia CreekBattle of Aquia CreekThe Battle of Aquia Creek was an exchange of cannon fire between Union Navy gunboats and Confederate shore batteries in Stafford County, Virginia which took place from May 29, 1861 to June 1, 1861 during the early days of the American Civil War...
(29 May – 1 June) – Confederate artillery hit by naval bombardment, later withdrawn. - Battle of Philippi RacesBattle of Philippi RacesThe Battle of Philippi—also known mockingly as "The Philippi Races"—was fought on June 3, 1861, in and around Philippi, Virginia as part of the Western Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War...
3 June – Union troops under McClellan defeats rebels - Battle of Big BethelBattle of Big BethelThe Battle of Big Bethel, also known as the Battle of Bethel Church or Great Bethel was one of the earliest land battles of the American Civil War after the surrender of Fort Sumter...
10 June – Union attack on Confederate positions near a church repelled. - Battle of BoonvilleBattle of BoonvilleThe 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 might assume from its limited nature...
17 June – Union forces defeat pro-Confederate governor's Missouri State Guard. - Battle of Hoke's RunBattle of Hoke's RunThe 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 as part of the Manassas Campaign of the American Civil War....
2 July – Robert PattersonRobert PattersonRobert Patterson was a United States major general during the Mexican-American War and at the beginning of the American Civil War...
defeats Confederate force but fails to capitalize on his victory. - Battle of CarthageBattle of Carthage (1861)-References:* Lee, Guy Carlton, and Francis Newtun Thorpe, editors. The History of North America. Philadelphia: George Barrie and Sons, 1905.* Monhegan, Jay. Civil War on the Western Border: 1854-1865. Boston: Little, Brown, 1956.*...
5 July – Confederate victory in Missouri during the American Civil War. - Battle of Rich MountainBattle of Rich MountainThe Battle of Rich Mountain took place on July 11, 1861, in Randolph County, Virginia as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War.-Background:...
11 July – Confederate force split in half mid-battle; one half surrenders, the other escapes. - Battle of Blackburn's Ford 18 July – Irvin McDowellIrvin McDowellIrvin McDowell was a career American army officer. He is best known for his defeat in the First Battle of Bull Run, the first large-scale battle of the American Civil War.-Early life:...
defeated in recon-in-force against Confederate forces at Manassas. - Battle of 1st Bull Run, or 1st Manassas 21 July – Union under McDowell lose to Confederates under J.E. Johnston, P.G.T. Beauregard, Jackson anointed Stonewall
- Battle of AthensBattle of Athens (1861)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...
– 5 August – Union victory in small skirmish in Northeast Missouri - Battle of Wilson's CreekBattle of Wilson's CreekThe 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 war west of the Mississippi River and is sometimes...
10 August – Union forces lose - Battle of Kessler's Cross LanesBattle of Kessler's Cross LanesThe Battle of Kessler's Cross Lanes, also known as the Battle of Cross Lanes, took place on August 26, 1861 in Nicholas County, Virginia as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War....
26 August – Confederates surprise and defeat Union forces. - Battle of Hatteras Inlet BatteriesBattle of Hatteras Inlet BatteriesThe Battle of Hatteras Inlet Batteries, sometimes known as the Battle of Forts Hatteras and Clark, was a small but significant engagement in the early days of the American Civil War. Two Confederate forts on the North Carolina Outer Banks were subjected to an amphibious assault by Union forces that...
(28 August – 29 August) – Union forces capture two North Carolina forts. - Battle of Dry Wood CreekBattle of Dry Wood CreekThe Battle of Dry Wood Creek was fought on September 2, 1861 in Vernon County, Missouri during the American Civil War...
2 September – Union cavalry from Kansas defeated by Missouri State Guard. - Battle of Carnifex FerryBattle of Carnifex FerryThe Battle of Carnifex Ferry took place on September 10, 1861, in Nicholas County, Virginia , as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. The battle resulted in a Union victory that contributed to the eventual Confederate withdrawal from western Virginia...
10 September – Confederates withdraw by night after several hours of fighting. - Battle of Cheat MountainBattle of Cheat MountainThe Battle of Cheat Mountain, also known as the Battle of Cheat Summit Fort, took place from September 12 to 15, 1861, in Pocahontas County and Randolph County, Virginia as part of the Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War. It was the first battle of the Civil War in which Robert...
(12 September – 15 September) – 300 Union troops withstand uncoordinated Confederate attacks. - First Battle of LexingtonBattle of Lexington IThe 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 Lexington, the county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri...
(13 September – 20 September) – Union forces badly defeated by Missouri State Guard. - Battle of LibertyBattle of LibertyThe Battle of Liberty was a battle of the American Civil War that took place on 17 September 1861, in Clay County, Missouri...
17 September – Minor Missouri State Guard victory. - Battle of Greenbrier RiverBattle of Greenbrier RiverThe Battle of Greenbrier River, also known as the Battle of Camp Bartow, took place on October 3, 1861 in Pocahontas County, Virginia as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War....
3 October – Confederates withdraw after inconclusive battle. - Battle of Santa Rosa IslandBattle of Santa Rosa IslandThe Battle of Santa Rosa Island was an unsuccessful Confederate attempt to take Union-held Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, Florida.- Background :...
9 October – Union forces capture island. - Battle of LeesburgBattle of Ball's BluffThe 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...
21 October – 1900 Union soldiers die - Battle of FredericktownBattle of FredericktownThe Battle of Fredericktown was an engagement of the American Civil War. It took place on October 21, 1861, in Madison County, Missouri. Union victory consolidated their control of southeastern Missouri.-Background:...
21 October – Missouri State Guard defeated. - First Battle of SpringfieldBattle of Springfield IThe First Battle of Springfield or Zagonyi's Charge was a battle of the American Civil War that occurred on October 25, 1861, in Greene County, Missouri. It was the only Union victory in southwestern Missouri in 1861.- Prelude :...
25 October – Union forces capture town. - Battle of BelmontBattle of BelmontThe 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...
7 November – Grant captures and destroys Confederate supplies near Cairo, IllinoisCairo, IllinoisCairo is the southernmost city in the U.S. state of Illinois. It is the county seat of Alexander County. Cairo is located at the confluence of the Mississippi and Ohio rivers. The rivers converge at Fort Defiance State Park, an American Civil War fort that was commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant... - Battle of Round MountainBattle of Round MountainThe Battle of Round Mountain 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 on the report and changed 'mountain' to its plural...
19 November – Confederate forces defeat OpothleyaholaOpothleyaholaOpothleyahola, also spelled Opothle Yohola, Opothleyoholo, Hu-pui-hilth Yahola, and Hopoeitheyohola, was a Muscogee Creek Indian chief, noted as a brilliant orator. He was a speaker of the Upper Creek Council. He led Creek forces against the United States government during the first two Seminole...
near present-day StillwaterStillwater, OklahomaStillwater is a city in north-central Oklahoma at the intersection of U.S. 177 and State Highway 51. It is the county seat of Payne County, Oklahoma, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 45,688. Stillwater is the principal city of the Stillwater Micropolitan Statistical...
. - Battle of Chusto-TalasahBattle of Chusto-TalasahThe Battle of Chusto-Talasah was fought December 9, 1861, in what is now Tulsa County, Oklahoma during the American Civil War....
9 December – Opothleyahola defeated near present-day TulsaTulsa, OklahomaTulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...
. - Battle of Camp AlleghanyBattle of Camp AlleghanyThe Battle of Camp Allegheny, also known as the Battle of Allegheny Mountain , took place on December 13, 1861, in Pocahontas County, Virginia as part of the Operations in Western Virginia Campaign during the American Civil War....
13 December – Confederates withstand Union attack. - Battle of DranesvilleBattle of DranesvilleThe Battle of Dranesville was a small battle during the American Civil War that took place between Confederate forces under General J.E.B. Stuart and Union forces under General Edward O.C. Ord on December 20, 1861, in Fairfax County, Virginia, as part of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's operations...
20 December – Union defeats Confederate forces under J.E.B. StuartJ.E.B. StuartJames Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a U.S. Army officer from Virginia and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use...
. - Battle of ChustenahlahBattle of ChustenahlahThe Battle of Chustenahlah was fought in Osage County, Oklahoma, 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 became known as the Trail of Blood on the Ice.Confederate troops had...
26 December – Opothleyahola defeated, flees to Kansas. - Battle of Mount Zion ChurchBattle of Mount Zion ChurchThe Battle of Mount Zion Church was a battle of the American Civil War, which occurred on December 28, 1861, in Boone County, southeast of Hallsville, Missouri...
28 December – Union victory in Northeastern Missouri.
- Battle of Fort Sumter
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- Battle of Cockpit PointBattle of Cockpit PointThe Battle of Cockpit Point, 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 the American Civil War....
3 January – Inconclusive battle in Virginia during the Civil War. - Battle of HancockBattle of HancockThe Battle of Hancock, also called the Romney Campaign, was 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...
– (5 January – 6 January) – Unsuccessful Confederate attack on MarylandMarylandMaryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...
town. - Battle of Roan's Tan YardBattle of Roan's Tan YardThe Battle of Roan's Tan Yard was an action during the American Civil War, occurring on January 8, 1862, in Randolph County, Missouri....
8 January – Confederates routed. - Battle of Middle CreekBattle of Middle CreekThe Battle of Middle Creek was an engagement fought January 10, 1862, in Eastern Kentucky during the American Civil War. The battle, along with the Battle of Mill Springs, positioned the Union armies to invade Middle Tennessee....
10 January – Union forces under James A. Garfield defeat Confederates under Humphrey MarshallHumphrey Marshall (general)Humphrey Marshall was a four-term antebellum United States Congressman and a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army and a Confederate Congressman during the American Civil War.-Early life and career:...
. - Battle of Mill SpringsBattle of Mill SpringsThe 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, as part of the American Civil War. It...
19 January – Union victory, Felix ZollicofferFelix ZollicofferFelix Kirk Zollicoffer was a newspaperman, three-term United States Congressman from Tennessee, officer in the United States Army, and a Confederate brigadier general during the American Civil War...
killed. - Battle of Fort HenryBattle of Fort HenryThe 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....
6 February – Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
and gunboats under Andrew Hull FooteAndrew Hull FooteAndrew Hull Foote was an American naval officer who was noted for his service in the American Civil War and also for his contributions to several naval reforms in the years prior to the war. When the war came, he was appointed to command of the Western Gunboat Flotilla, predecessor of the...
take fort and gain control of Tennessee River - Battle of Roanoke IslandBattle of Roanoke IslandThe 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 Virginia border...
(7 February – 8 February) – Union forces under Ambrose E. Burnside capture island. - Battle of Elizabeth CityBattle of Elizabeth CityThe 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 vessels of the U.S...
10 February – Destruction of the Mosquito FleetMosquito FleetThe term Mosquito Fleet has had nine main meanings in U.S. naval and maritime history:#It is the term used to describe the United States Navy's fleet of small gunboats, leading up to and during the War of 1812, most were part of the New Orleans Squadron....
. - Battle of Fort DonelsonBattle of Fort DonelsonThe 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 success elevated Brig. Gen. Ulysses S...
(11 February – 16 February) – GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
takes fort, accepts surrender of Confederate army, and gains control of Cumberland River - Battle of ValverdeBattle of ValverdeThe 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, in what is today the state of New Mexico. It was a major Confederate success in the New Mexico Campaign of the...
(20 February – 21 February) – Union forces routed in New MexicoNew MexicoNew Mexico is a state located in the southwest and western regions of the United States. New Mexico is also usually considered one of the Mountain States. With a population density of 16 per square mile, New Mexico is the sixth-most sparsely inhabited U.S...
Territory. - Battle of Pea RidgeBattle of Pea RidgeThe Battle of Pea Ridge was a land battle of the American Civil War, fought on March 6–8, 1862, at Pea Ridge in northwest Arkansas, near Garfield. In the battle, Union forces led by Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis defeated Confederate troops under Maj. Gen. Earl Van Dorn. The outcome of the...
7 March – Missouri saved for Union - Battle of Hampton RoadsBattle of Hampton RoadsThe Battle of Hampton Roads, often referred to as either the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack or the Battle of Ironclads, was the most noted and arguably most important naval battle of the American Civil War from the standpoint of the development of navies...
9 March – Monitor defeats Merrimac - Battle of New BernBattle of New BernThe Battle of New Bern 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 General Ambrose E...
14 March – Union troops disembark from ships and capture town. - First Battle of KernstownBattle of Kernstown IThe 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 War....
23 March – Union forces defeat Confederates under "Stonewall" Jackson. - Battle of Glorieta (26 March – 28 March) – Union forces outmaneuver Confederates near Santa FeSanta Fe, New MexicoSanta Fe is the capital of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the fourth-largest city in the state and is the seat of . Santa Fe had a population of 67,947 in the 2010 census...
. - Battle of ShilohBattle of ShilohThe Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, fought April 6–7, 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. A Union army under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant had moved via the Tennessee River deep into Tennessee and...
(6 April – 7 April) – Ulysses S. GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
attacked by Albert Sidney JohnstonAlbert Sidney JohnstonAlbert Sidney Johnston served as a general in three different armies: the Texas Army, the United States Army, and the Confederate States Army...
and P.G.T. Beauregard, defeats them - Battle of Island Number TenBattle of Island Number TenThe Battle 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 a tight double turn in the course of the river, was held by the Confederates...
(28 February – 8 April) – Union victory by Pope - Battle of Ft. Pulaski 10 April – 11 April – Union takes fort
- Battle of PeraltaBattle of PeraltaThe Battle of Peralta was a minor engagement near the end of Confederate General Henry Hopkins Sibley's 1862 New Mexico Campaign.-Battle:...
15 April – Union forces defeat the 5th Texas Mounted Volunteers. - Battle of South MillsBattle of South MillsThe Battle of South Mills, also known as the Battle of Camden, took place on April 19, 1862 in Camden County, North Carolina as part of Union Army General Ambrose E...
19 April – Confederates thwart attempt to destroy a canal. - Battle of Fort MaconBattle of Fort MaconThe 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...
(23 March – 26 April) Confederate fort surrenders after Union artillery bombardment. - Battle of New OrleansBattle of New Orleans (Civil War)The Capture of New Orleans during the American Civil War was an important event for the Union. Having fought past Forts Jackson and St. Philip, the Union was unopposed in its capture of the city itself, which was spared the destruction suffered by many other Southern cities...
(25 April – 1 May) – Union forces capture city. - Battle of YorktownBattle of Yorktown (1862)The Battle of Yorktown or Siege of Yorktown was fought from April 5 to May 4, 1862, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Marching from Fort Monroe, Union Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan's Army of the Potomac encountered Maj. Gen. John B. Magruder's small Confederate force...
(5 April – 4 May) – Union troops win skirmish near site of decisive Revolutionary War battle. - Battle of PueblaBattle of PueblaThe Battle of Puebla took place on 5 May 1862 near the city of Puebla during the French intervention in Mexico. The battle ended in a victory for the Mexican Army over the occupying French forces...
5 May – Cinco de MayoCinco de MayoCinco de Mayo is a holiday held on May 5. It is celebrated nationwide in the United States and regionally in Mexico, primarily in the state of Puebla, where the holiday is called El Dia de la Batalla de Puebla...
– MexicansMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
defeat French - Battle of WilliamsburgBattle of WilliamsburgThe Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, took place on May 5, 1862, in York County, James City County, and Williamsburg, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War...
– McClellan and LongstreetJames LongstreetJames Longstreet was one of the foremost Confederate generals of the American Civil War and the principal subordinate to General Robert E. Lee, who called him his "Old War Horse." He served under Lee as a corps commander for many of the famous battles fought by the Army of Northern Virginia in the...
fight inconclusive battle. - Battle of Eltham's LandingBattle of Eltham's LandingThe Battle of Eltham's Landing, also known as the Battle of Barhamsville, or West Point, took place on May 7, 1862, in New Kent County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Brig. Gen. William B. Franklin's Union division landed at Eltham's Landing and was attacked...
7 May – Inconclusive battle in Virginia. - Battle of McDowellBattle of McDowellThe Battle of McDowell, also known as Sitlington's Hill, was fought May 8, 1862, in Highland County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War...
(8 May – 9 May) – Stonewall Jackson's Confederates defeat Union forces. - Battle of Drewry's BluffBattle of Drewry's BluffThe Battle of Drewry’s Bluff, also known as the Battle of Fort Darling, or Fort Drewry, took place on May 15, 1862, in Chesterfield County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. Five American warships, including the ironclads and , steamed up the James River to...
15 May – Union naval attack repelled by Confederate artillery. - Battle of Whitney's LaneBattle of Whitney's LaneThe Battle of Whitney's Lane was a small, but psychologically important, land battle of the American Civil War fought on May 19, 1862, in north-central Arkansas.- Union Situation:...
19 May – Union campaign towards Little Rock, Arkansas halted - Battle of Front RoyalBattle of Front RoyalThe Battle of Front Royal, also known as Guard Hill or Cedarville, was fought May 23, 1862, in Warren County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War...
23 May – Stonewall Jackson forces Union retreat by threatening the rear of the Union force. - First Battle of WinchesterFirst Battle of WinchesterThe First Battle of Winchester, fought on May 25, 1862, in and around Frederick County, Virginia, and Winchester, Virginia, was a major victory in Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War. Jackson enveloped the...
25 May – Stonewall Jackson defeats Nathaniel P. Banks. - Battle of Hanover CourthouseBattle of Hanover CourthouseThe Battle of Hanover Court House, also known as the Battle of Slash Church, took place on May 27, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War....
27 May – Union victory during the American Civil War. - Siege of CorinthSiege of CorinthThe Siege of Corinth was an American Civil War battle fought from April 29 to May 30, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi.-Background:...
29 April – 30 May – Union forces capture town, Beauregard tricks Union in order to escape to TupeloTupelo, MississippiTupelo is the largest city in and the county seat of Lee County, Mississippi, United States. It is the seventh largest city in the state of Mississippi, smaller than Meridian, and larger than Greenville. As of the 2000 United States Census, the city's population was 34,211...
. - Battle of Seven PinesBattle of Seven PinesThe Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of an offensive up the Virginia Peninsula by Union Maj. Gen....
31 May – J.E. Johnston attacks Union forces, wounded, inconclusive - Battle of Tranter's CreekBattle of Tranter's CreekThe Battle of Tranter's Creek was fought on June 5, 1862, in Pitt County, North Carolina, as part of Union Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside's North Carolina expedition during the American Civil War....
5 June – Confederate forces retreat after Colonel Singletary is killed. - Battle of MemphisBattle of MemphisThe First Battle of Memphis was a naval battle fought on the Mississippi River immediately above the city of Memphis on June 6, 1862, during the American Civil War. The engagement was witnessed by many of the citizens of Memphis. It resulted in a crushing defeat for the Rebels, and marked the...
6 June – Union forces capture the city. - First Battle of Chatanooga (7 June – 8 June) – Union forces bombard the town.
- Battle of Cross KeysBattle of Cross KeysThe Battle of Cross Keys was fought on June 8, 1862, in Rockingham County, Virginia, as part of Confederate Army Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's campaign through the Shenandoah Valley during the American Civil War...
8 June – John C. FremontJohn C. FrémontJohn Charles Frémont , was an American military officer, explorer, and the first candidate of the anti-slavery Republican Party for the office of President of the United States. During the 1840s, that era's penny press accorded Frémont the sobriquet The Pathfinder...
defeated by elements of Stonewall Jackson's force. - Battle of Port RepublicBattle of Port Republic-References:* Cozzens, Peter. Shenandoah 1862: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-8078-3200-4....
9 June – Costly victory for Stonewall Jackson. - Battle of Secessionville 16 June – Union fails to take town, Union commander later court-martialed for disobeying orders.
- Battle of Saint CharlesBattle of Saint CharlesThe Battle of St. Charles was a naval engagement and infantry battle during the American Civil War. It was fought on June 17, 1862, between 8 Union ships including the USS Mound City, and several Confederate shore guns. A Confederate gun hit the Mound City's steam drum, causing an explosion which...
17 June – The USS Mound City is hit by Confederate shore gun and explodes. - Battle of Oak GroveBattle of Oak GroveThe Battle of Oak Grove, also known as the Battle of French's Field or King's School House, took place on June 25, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, the first of the Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan advanced his lines with the objective of bringing...
25 June – Indecisive battle between McClellan and Lee. - Battle of Beaver Dam CreekBattle of Beaver Dam CreekThe Battle of Beaver Dam Creek, also known as the Battle of Mechanicsville or Ellerson's Mill, took place on June 26, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the first major engagement of the Seven Days Battles during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the start of Confederate...
26 June – Robert E. Lee defeated. - Battle of Gaines' MillBattle of Gaines' MillThe Battle of Gaines's Mill, sometimes known as the First Battle of Cold Harbor or the Battle of Chickahominy River, took place on June 27, 1862, in Hanover County, Virginia, as the third of the Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War...
27 June – Lee defeats McClellan. - Battle of Garnett's & Golding's FarmBattle of Garnett's & Golding's FarmThe Battle of Garnett's and Golding's Farms took place June 27–28, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War. While battle raged north of the Chickahominy River at Gaines's Mill on June 27, Confederate Brig. Gen. John B...
(27 June – 28 June) – Indecisive battle between Lee and McClellan. - Battle of Savage's StationBattle of Savage's StationThe Battle of Savage's Station took place on June 29, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as fourth of the Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War. The main body of the Union Army of the Potomac began a general withdrawal toward the James River. Confederate Brig. Gen. John B. Magruder pursued...
29 June – Union forces withdraw - Battle of White Oak SwampBattle of White Oak SwampThe Battle of White Oak Swamp took place on June 30, 1862 in Henrico County, Virginia as part of the Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War. As the Union Army of the Potomac retreated southeast toward the James River, its rearguard under Maj. Gen. William B. Franklin stopped Maj. Gen. Thomas J...
30 June – Indecisive artillery duel during the American Civil War. - Battle of GlendaleBattle of GlendaleThe Battle of Glendale, also known as the Battle of Frayser's Farm, Frazier's Farm, Nelson's Farm, Charles City Crossroads, New Market Road, or Riddell's Shop, took place on June 30, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, on the sixth day of the Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War.The...
30 June – McClellan retreats from Lee's Confederates. - Battle of TampaBattle of TampaThe Battle of Tampa was a minor engagement of the American Civil War fought June 30 – July 1, 1862, between the United States Navy and a Confederate artillery company charged with protecting the ports of Tampa, a small but notable trade hub for the Confederacy, now facing a full-scale Union...
(30 June – 1 July) – Union gunboat attacks, but later withdraws. - Battle of Malvern HillBattle of Malvern HillThe Battle of Malvern Hill, also known as the Battle of Poindexter's Farm, took place on July 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, on the seventh and last day of the Seven Days Battles of the American Civil War. Gen. Robert E. Lee launched a series of disjointed assaults on the nearly impregnable...
1 July – McClellan defeats Lee but withdraws after battle. - Battle of Hill's Plantation 7 July – Union victory in Arkansas.
- First Battle of MurfreesboroBattle of Murfreesboro IThe First Battle of Murfreesboro was fought on July 13, 1862, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the American Civil War.-Background:...
13 July – Confederate victory during the American Civil War. - Battle of Baton RougeBattle of Baton Rouge (1862)The Battle of Baton Rouge was a ground and naval battle in the American Civil War fought in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, on August 5, 1862. The Union victory halted Confederate attempts to recapture the capital city of Louisiana.-Background:...
5 August - Battle of KirksvilleBattle of KirksvilleThe Battle of Kirksville was a battle in the American Civil War, fought in the town of Kirksville, Missouri, on August 6, 1862. The Union victory helped consolidate Federal control over northeastern Missouri.-Battle:...
(6 August – 9 August) – Union forces capture town. - Battle of Cedar MountainBattle of Cedar MountainThe Battle of Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter's Mountain or Cedar Run, took place on August 9, 1862, in Culpeper County, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. Union forces under Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks attacked Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Thomas J...
9 August – Union forces repelled by Confederate counter-attack. - First Battle of IndependenceFirst Battle of Independence-External links:** *...
11 August – Confederate victory near Kansas CityKansas City, MissouriKansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
. - Battle of Lone JackBattle of Lone JackThe Battle of Lone Jack was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on August 15 – August 16, 1862 in Jackson County, Missouri. The battle was part of the Confederate guerrilla and recruiting campaign in Missouri in 1862.-Background:...
(15 August – 16 August) – Confederate victory, Union commander killed. Confederates forced to withdraw after battle. - Battle of Fort RidgelyBattle of Fort RidgelyFort Ridgely was built in 1851 in the territory of southern Minnesota. It wasn't much of a fort, but it was the only military post between the Sioux Reservations and the settlers. On August 18, 1862, the Lower Sioux Agency in Renville County, Minnesota, was attacked by Indians...
(21 August – 22 August) – Failed Santee SiouxSiouxThe Sioux are Native American and First Nations people in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many language dialects...
attack on Union controlled fort. - First Battle of Rappahannock StationBattle of Rappahannock Station I-External links:**...
(22 August – 25 August) – Union supplies destroyed during skirmish. - Battle of Bull Run BridgeBattle of Manassas Station Ops.The Manassas Station Operations included the operations known as Bristoe Station, Kettle Run, Bull Run Bridge, or Union Mills. It took place August 25–27, 1862, in Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War.On the evening of August 26,...
– Confederates capture and destroy Manassas Station. - Battle of Thoroughfare GapBattle of Thoroughfare GapThe Battle of Thoroughfare Gap, also known as Chapman's Mill, took place on August 28, 1862, in Fauquier County and Prince William County, Virginia, as part of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War. Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. James Longstreet successfully drove back Union...
28 August – Longstreet defeats small union force. - Battle of AspromonteBattle of AspromonteThe Battle of Aspromonte, named for the mountain near Reggio Calabria in southern Italy and fought August 29, 1862, is an inconclusive episode of the Italian unification process....
29 August – Italian royal forces defeat rebels - Battle of 2nd Bull Run, or Second Manassas 30 August – Jackson, LeeRobert E. LeeRobert Edward Lee was a career military officer who is best known for having commanded the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in the American Civil War....
, and Longstreet destroys Pope's Army of Northern Virginia - Battle of Richmond (Kentucky) – 30 August – ConfederatesConfederate States of AmericaThe Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
under Edmund Kirby SmithEdmund Kirby SmithEdmund Kirby Smith was a career United States Army officer and educator. He served as a general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, notable for his command of the Trans-Mississippi Department of the Confederacy after the fall of Vicksburg.After the conflict ended Smith...
rout Union army under Gen. William Nelson - Battle of ChantillyBattle of ChantillyThe Battle of Chantilly took place on September 1, 1862, in Fairfax County, Virginia, as the concluding battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War. Thomas J...
1 September – Union forces escape from nearly being cut off, Philip KearnyPhilip KearnyPhilip Kearny, Jr., was a United States Army officer, notable for his leadership in the Mexican-American War and American Civil War. He was killed in action in the 1862 Battle of Chantilly.-Early life and career:...
is killed. - Battle of Mile HillBattle of Mile HillThe Battle of Mile Hill was a cavalry skirmish during the American Civil War, that took place just north of Leesburg, Virginia, on September 2, 1862. It preceded the occupation of the town by the Army of Northern Virginia just prior to its crossing of the Potomac River starting the Maryland...
2 September – Confederates clear Leesburg of Federal forces. - Battle of South MountainBattle of South MountainThe Battle of South Mountain was fought September 14, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War. Three pitched battles were fought for possession of three South Mountain passes: Crampton's, Turner's, and Fox's Gaps. Maj. Gen. George B...
14 September – McClellan defeats Lee. - Battle of Harpers FerryBattle of Harpers FerryThe Battle of Harpers Ferry was fought September 12–15, 1862, as part of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War. As Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate army invaded Maryland, a portion of his army under Maj. Gen. Thomas J...
(12 September – 15 September) – Stonewall Jackson captures Union garrison. - Battle of AntietamBattle of AntietamThe Battle of Antietam , fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek, as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Northern soil. It was the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with about 23,000...
17 September – McClellan ends Lee's invasion of North, bloodiest day of war - Battle of MunfordvilleBattle of MunfordvilleThe Battle of Munfordville was an engagement in Kentucky during the American Civil War. Victory there allowed the Confederates to temporarily strengthen their hold on the region and impair Union supply lines....
(14 September – 17 September) – Union force surrenders. - Battle of IukaBattle of IukaThe Battle of Iuka was fought on September 19, 1862, in Iuka, Mississippi, during the American Civil War. In the opening battle of the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans stopped the advance of the army of Confederate Maj. Gen. Sterling Price.Maj. Gen. Ulysses S...
19 September – Grant is victorious near Mississippi town. - Battle of ShepherdstownBattle of ShepherdstownThe Battle of Shepherdstown, also known as the Battle of Boteler's Ford, took place September 19–20, 1862, in Jefferson County, Virginia , at the end of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War.-Background:...
(19 September – 20 September) – Confederate brigades counterattack and defeat pursuing Union brigades. - First Battle of NewtoniaFirst Battle of NewtoniaThe First Battle of Newtonia was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on September 30, 1862 in Newton County, Missouri.Following the Battle of Pea Ridge in March, most Confederate and Union troops left northwestern Arkansas and southwestern Missouri...
30 September – Union forces panic under bombardment from Confederate artillery. - Second Battle of CorinthSecond Battle of CorinthThe Second Battle of Corinth was fought October 3–4, 1862, in Corinth, Mississippi. For the second time in the Iuka-Corinth Campaign, Union Maj. Gen. William S...
(3 October – 4 October) – Confederate attack fails. - Battle of Hatchie's BridgeBattle of Hatchie's BridgeThe Battle of Hatchie's Bridge, also known as Davis's Bridge or Matamora, was fought on October 5, 1862, in Hardeman County and McNairy County, Tennessee, as the final engagement of the Iuka–Corinth Campaign of the American Civil War...
5 October – Confederate force under Earl Van DornEarl Van DornEarl Van Dorn was a career United States Army officer, fighting with distinction during the Mexican-American War and against several tribes of Native Americans...
escapes across river. - Battle of PerryvilleBattle of PerryvilleThe Battle of Perryville, also known as the Battle of Chaplin Hills, was fought on October 8, 1862, in the Chaplin Hills west of Perryville, Kentucky, as the culmination of the Confederate Heartland Offensive during the American Civil War. Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi won a...
8 October – Buell v. Bragg, indecisive - Battle of Clark's MillBattle of Clark's MillThe Battle of Clark's Mill was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on November 7, 1862 in Douglas County, Missouri.Having received reports that Confederate troops were in the area, Capt. Hiram E. Barstow, Union commander at Clark's Mill, sent a detachment toward Gainesville and he led...
7 November – Union force surrenders to larger Confederate force. - Battle of Cane HillBattle of Cane HillThe Battle of Cane Hill was fought during the American Civil War on November 28, 1862 in Washington County, Arkansas. Union troops under Brig. Gen. James G. Blunt drove Confederates under Brig. Gen. John S...
28 November – Small Confederate force delays Union while larger force escapes. - Battle of Prairie GroveBattle of Prairie GroveThe Battle of Prairie Grove was a battle of the American Civil War fought on 7 December 1862, that resulted in a tactical stalemate but essentially secured northwest Arkansas for the Union.-Strategic situation: Union:...
7 December – Union secures NW Arkansas - Battle of HartsvilleBattle of HartsvilleThe Battle of Hartsville was fought on December 7, 1862, in northern Tennessee at the opening of the Stones River Campaign the American Civil War.-Background:...
7 December – Disguised in Union uniforms, Confederates infiltrate and defeat Union forces. - Battle of FredericksburgBattle of FredericksburgThe Battle of Fredericksburg was fought December 11–15, 1862, in and around Fredericksburg, Virginia, between General Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside...
13 December – Lee routs Burnside - Battle of KinstonBattle of KinstonThe Battle of Kinston was fought on December 14, 1862, in Lenoir County, North Carolina, near the town of Kinston, as part of the Goldsboro Expedition of the American Civil War....
14 December – Union forces under John G. FosterJohn G. FosterJohn Gray Foster was a career military officer in the United States Army and a Union general during the American Civil War whose most distinguished services were in North and South Carolina. A postbellum expert in underwater demolition, he wrote the definitive treatise on the subject.-Early...
defeat Confederates under Nathan EvansNathan George EvansNathan George "Shanks" Evans was a captain in the 2nd U.S. Cavalry who became a brigadier general in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.-Biography:...
. - Battle of White HallBattle of White HallThe Battle of White Hall, also called the Battle of White Hall Ferry, took place on December 15–16, 1862, in Wayne County, North Carolina, as part of the Union expedition to Goldsboro, North Carolina, during the American Civil War.-Battle:...
16 December – Foster fights indecisive battle with Beverly RobertsonBeverly RobertsonBeverly Holcombe Robertson was a cavalry officer in the United States Army on the Western frontier and a Confederate general during the American Civil War.-Early life:... - Battle of Goldsboro BridgeBattle of Goldsboro BridgeThe Battle of Goldsborough Bridge took place on December 17, 1862, in Wayne County, North Carolina, as part of the Union expedition to Goldsboro, North Carolina, during the American Civil War.-Background:...
17 December – Foster defeats Confederates and destroys the bridge. - Battle of Jackson, TennesseeBattle of Jackson (TN)The Battle of Jackson was fought on December 19, 1862, in Madison County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War.-Background:The engagement at Jackson occurred during Confederate Brig. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest's Expedition into West Tennessee, between December 11, 1862, and January 1, 1863....
19 December – Confederate feint to distract Union forces. - Battle of Chickasaw BayouBattle of Chickasaw BayouThe Battle of Chickasaw Bayou, also called Walnut Hills, fought December 26–29, 1862, was the opening engagement of the Vicksburg Campaign during the American Civil War. Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton repulsed an advance by Union Maj. Gen. William T...
(26 December – 29 December) – Union attack on Confederate right flank thwarted. - Battle of Parker's Cross RoadsBattle of Parker's Cross RoadsThe Battle of Parker's Cross Roads was fought on December 31, 1862, in Henderson County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War.-Background:...
31 December – Confederates repel Union double-pronged assault.
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- Battle of Murfreesboro 31 December 1862 – 2 January 1863 – Forces fight to draw
- Second Battle of SpringfieldBattle of Springfield IIThe Second Battle of Springfield was a battle in the American Civil War fought January 8, 1863, in Springfield, Missouri. It is sometimes known as The Battle of Springfield...
8 January – Confederates enter town, but are unable to take nearby fort. - Battle of Arkansas Post 9 January – Part of Vicksburg Campaign, fight for control of mouth of Arkansas River
- Battle of HartvilleBattle of HartvilleThe Battle of Hartville was fought January 9–11, 1863, in Wright County, Missouri, as part of John S. Marmaduke's first expedition into Missouri, during the American Civil War.-Background:...
(9 January – 11 January) – Confederates are victorious, but unable to continue raid. - Bear River MassacreBear River MassacreThe Bear River Massacre, or the Battle of Bear River and the Massacre at Boa Ogoi, took place in present-day Idaho on January 29, 1863. The United States Army attacked Shoshone gathered at the confluence of the Bear River and Beaver Creek in what was then southeastern Washington Territory. The...
29 January – Shoshone forces massacred by Union troops. - Battle of DoverBattle of Dover (1863)The Battle of Dover, also known as the Second Battle of Fort Donelson, was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on February 3, 1863, in Stewart County, Tennessee....
3 February – Failed Confederate attack on town. - Battle of StaszówBattle of StaszówThe Battle of Staszów was part of the Polish January Uprising of 1863. When the uprising erupted Staszów became a gathering place for Russian infantry and artillery in the area, on the belief that Commander Marian Langiewicz was headquartered in the town....
17 February – Indecisive battle between Poland and Russia as part of January UprisingJanuary UprisingThe January Uprising was an uprising in the former Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth against the Russian Empire... - Battle of Małogoszcz 24 February – Polish forced to retreat.
- Battle of Thompson's StationBattle of Thompson's StationThe Battle of Thompson's Station was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on March 5, 1863 in Williamson County, Tennessee.In a period of relative inactivity following the Battle of Stones River, a reinforced Union infantry brigade, under Col. John Coburn, left Franklin to reconnoiter...
5 March – Confederate victory in TennesseeTennesseeTennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area...
. - Battle of Fort AndersonBattle of Fort AndersonThe Battle of Fort Anderson, also known as the Battle of Deep Gully, took place March 13–15, 1863, in Craven County, North Carolina, as part of Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's Tidewater operations during the American Civil War....
(13 March – 15 March) Daniel H. Hill leads unsuccessful Confederate attack on New Bern. - Battle of Kelly's FordBattle of Kelly's FordThe Battle of Kelly's Ford, also known as the Battle of Kellysville, took place on March 17, 1863, in Culpeper County, Virginia, as part of the cavalry operations along the Rappahannock River during the American Civil War. It set the stage for Brandy Station and other cavalry actions of the...
17 March – Indecisive cavalry battle during the American Civil War. - Battle of Vaught's HillBattle of Vaught's Hill-References:* *...
20 March – Union forces withstand attack by John Hunt MorganJohn Hunt MorganJohn Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general and cavalry officer in the American Civil War.Morgan is best known for Morgan's Raid when, in 1863, he and his men rode over 1,000 miles covering a region from Tennessee, up through Kentucky, into Indiana and on to southern Ohio...
's Confederates. - Battle of BrentwoodBattle of BrentwoodThe Battle of Brentwood was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on March 25, 1863, in Williamson County, Tennessee.Union Lt. Col. Edward Bloodgood held Brentwood, a station on the Nashville & Decatur Railroad, with 400 men on the morning of March 25, 1863, when Confederate Brig. Gen....
25 March – Union force surrenders. - Battle of WashingtonBattle of WashingtonThe Battle of Washington took place from March 30 to April 19, 1863, in Beaufort County, North Carolina, as part of Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet's Tidewater operations during the American Civil War.-Background:...
(30 March – 19 April) Hill unable to take North Carolina town from Union forces. - First Battle of Franklin 10 April – Confederates withdraw after rearguard defeat.
- Battle of SuffolkBattle of Suffolk (Norfleet House)The Battle of Suffolk at the Norfleet House Battery took place from April 13 to April 15, 1863, in Suffolk, Virginia, as part of Confederate Lieutenant General James Longstreet's Tidewater operations during the American Civil War....
(11 April – 4 May) Twin indecisive battles at Norfleet House and Hill's PointBattle of Suffolk (Hill's Point)The Battle of Suffolk at Hill's Point, also known as the Battle of Fort Huger, took place from April 11 to May 4, 1863, in Suffolk, Virginia, as part of Confederate Lt. Gen...
fought over town. - Grierson's RaidGrierson's RaidGrierson's Raid was a Union cavalry raid during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. It ran from April 17 to May 2, 1863, as a diversion from Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's main attack plan on Vicksburg, Mississippi....
17 April – Deep Union cavalry raid toward Baton Rouge, Louisiana, serves as a diversion of Confederate forces during Grant's VIcksburg campaign. - Battle of Cape GirardeauBattle of Cape GirardeauThe Battle of Cape Girardeau was a military demonstration of the American Civil War, occurring on April 26, 1863 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The conflict was part of the pursuit of US Brigadier General John McNeil through Southeast Missouri by Confederate Brigadier General John S. Marmaduke...
26 April – Confederate attack fails. - Battle of Grand GulfBattle of Grand GulfThe Battle of Grand Gulf was fought on April 29, 1863, during the American Civil War. In the Vicksburg Campaign of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, Union naval forces under Rear Adm. David D. Porter led seven ironclads in an attack on the Confederate fortifications and batteries at Grand Gulf, downriver...
29 April – Unsuccessful naval attack by Grant's forces. - Battle of Snyder's BluffBattle of Snyder's BluffThe Battle of Snyder's Bluff was fought from April 29 to May 1, 1863, during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Union forces under Maj. Gen. William T...
29 April – 1 May Union feint during Vicksburg CampaignVicksburg CampaignThe Vicksburg Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate-controlled section of the Mississippi River. The Union Army of the Tennessee under Maj. Gen....
. - Battle of Day's GapBattle of Day's GapThe Battle of Day's Gap, fought on April 30, 1863, was the first in a series of American Civil War skirmishes in Cullman County, Alabama, that lasted until May 2, known as Streight's Raid. Commanding the Union forces was Col. Abel Streight; Brig. Gen...
30 April – Union victory during a raid in Alabama. - Battle of CamarónBattle of CamarónThe Battle of Camarón, which occurred 30 April 1863 between the French Foreign Legion and the Mexican army, is regarded by the Legion as a defining moment in its history...
30 April – Regarding by the French Foreign LegionFrench Foreign LegionThe French Foreign Legion is a unique military service wing of the French Army established in 1831. The foreign legion was exclusively created for foreign nationals willing to serve in the French Armed Forces...
as a defining moment in its history. - Battle of Port GibsonBattle of Port GibsonThe Battle of Port Gibson was fought near Port Gibson, Mississippi, on May 1, 1863, between Union and Confederate forces during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. The Union Army was led by Maj. Gen. Ulysses S...
1 May – in VicksburgVicksburg CampaignThe Vicksburg Campaign was a series of maneuvers and battles in the Western Theater of the American Civil War directed against Vicksburg, Mississippi, a fortress city that dominated the last Confederate-controlled section of the Mississippi River. The Union Army of the Tennessee under Maj. Gen....
campaign, Grant defeats Confederates - Battle of Chalk BluffBattle of Chalk BluffThe Battle of Chalk Bluff was a land battle of the American world War that took place in Clay County, Arkansas, and Dunklin County, Missouri, on May 1 and May 2, 1863. Brig. Gen. William Vandever, commanding the 2nd Division of the Union Army of the Frontier, was repulsed in an attempt to prevent...
(1 May – 2 May) – Confederates win but can't continue raid. - Battle of ChancellorsvilleBattle of ChancellorsvilleThe Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War, and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign. It was fought from April 30 to May 6, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, near the village of Chancellorsville. Two related battles were fought nearby on...
2 May – Lee defeats Hooker's Army of Potomac, Jackson killed - Second Battle of FredericksburgBattle of Fredericksburg II-References:** Catton, Bruce. Glory Road. Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1952. ISBN 0-385-04167-5.* * -External links:* *...
3 May – Union forces under John SedgwickJohn SedgwickJohn Sedgwick was a teacher, a career military officer, and a Union Army general in the American Civil War. He was the highest ranking Union casualty in the Civil War, killed by a sniper at the Battle of Spotsylvania Court House.-Early life:Sedgwick was born in the Litchfield Hills town of...
defeat Confederate forces left to guard the town by Lee. - Battle of Salem ChurchBattle of Salem ChurchThe Battle of Salem Church, also known as the Battle of Banks' Ford, took place on May 3–4, 1863, in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, as part of the Chancellorsville Campaign of the American Civil War....
(3 May – 4 May) – Lee defeats Sedgwick. - Battle of RaymondBattle of RaymondThe Battle of Raymond was fought on May 12, 1863, near Raymond, Mississippi, during the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. The bitter fight pitted elements of Union Army Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee against Confederate forces of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton's...
12 May – Failed Confederate attempt to protect Vicksburg from approaching Federals. - Battle of Jackson (MS)Battle of Jackson (MS)The Battle of Jackson, fought on May 14, 1863, in Jackson, Mississippi, was part of the Vicksburg Campaign in the American Civil War. Union commander Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Tennessee defeated Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston, seizing the city, cutting supply lines, and...
14 May – Sherman, McPherson defeat Johnston - Battle of Champion's Hill 16 May – GrantUlysses S. GrantUlysses S. Grant was the 18th President of the United States as well as military commander during the Civil War and post-war Reconstruction periods. Under Grant's command, the Union Army defeated the Confederate military and ended the Confederate States of America...
defeats Confederates - Battle of Big Black River BridgeBattle of Big Black River BridgeThe Battle of Big Black River Bridge, or Big Black, fought May 17, 1863, was part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Union commander Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Tennessee pursued the retreating Confederate Lt. Gen. John C...
17 May – Confederate forces trapped in Vicksburg. - Battle of Plains StoreBattle of Plains StoreThe Battle of Plains Store or the Battle of Springfield Road was fought May 21, 1863, in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, during the campaign to capture Port Hudson in the American Civil War. The Union victory closed the last Confederate escape route from Port Hudson.-Background:The 1st...
21 May – Union victory near Baton Rouge. - Battle of Milliken's BendBattle of Milliken's BendThe Battle of Milliken's Bend, fought June 7, 1863, was part of the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. Confederate Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton and his army were besieged in Vicksburg, Mississippi, by Union commander Maj. Gen. Ulysses S...
7 June – Confederates unable to break Siege of Vicksburg. - Battle of Brandy StationBattle of Brandy StationThe Battle of Brandy Station, also called the Battle of Fleetwood Hill, was the largest predominantly cavalry engagement of the American Civil War, as well as the largest to take place ever on American soil. It was fought at the beginning of the Gettysburg Campaign by the Union cavalry under Maj....
9 June – Pleasonton surprises Jeb Stuart's cavalrymen in their camps near Brandy Station - Second Battle of WinchesterBattle of Winchester IIThe Second Battle of Winchester was fought between June 13 and June 15, 1863 in Frederick County and Winchester, Virginia as part of the Gettysburg Campaign during the American Civil War. As Confederate Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell moved down the Shenandoah Valley in the direction of...
(13 June – 15 June) – Confederate victory paves way for Lee's invasion. - Battle of AldieBattle of AldieThe Battle of Aldie took place on June 17, 1863, in Loudoun County, Virginia, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry screened Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate infantry as it marched north in the Shenandoah Valley behind the sheltering Blue...
17 June – Indecisive battle during Robert E. Lee's march north. - Battle of MiddleburgBattle of MiddleburgThe Battle of Middleburg took place from June 17 to June 19, 1863, in Loudoun County, Virginia, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War....
(17 June – 19 June) – J.E.B. StuartJ.E.B. StuartJames Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a U.S. Army officer from Virginia and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use...
retreats from engagement with Union cavalry. - Battle of UppervilleBattle of UppervilleThe Battle of Upperville took place in Loudoun County, Virginia on June 21, 1863 during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.-Background:The Union cavalry made a determined effort to pierce Confederate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry screen...
21 June – Indecisive cavalry battle during Lee's invasion. - Battle of Hoover's GapBattle of Hoover's GapThe Battle of Hoover's Gap was the principal battle fought in the Tullahoma Campaign of the American Civil War.-Background:...
(24 June – 26 June) – Union victory prevents Confederates in Tennessee from coming to the aid of Vicksburg. - Battle of Goodrich's LandingBattle of Goodrich's LandingThe Battle of Goodrich's Landing was fought on June 29 and June 30, 1863, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The Confederates attacked several Union black regiments that were protecting several captured plantations...
(29 June – 30 June) – Confederates drive Union Black Regiments off of several plantations. - Battle of HanoverBattle of HanoverThe Battle of Hanover took place on June 30, 1863, in Hanover in southwestern York County, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War....
30 June – J.E.B. Stuart forced to change his route, delaying his efforts to unite with Lee's force outside Gettysburg. - Battle of GettysburgBattle of GettysburgThe Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...
(1 July – 3 July) – Lee loses to Meade, Pickett's Charge fails, ends second invasion of North - Battle of VicksburgBattle of VicksburgThe Siege of Vicksburg was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War. In a series of maneuvers, Union Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and his Army of the Tennessee crossed the Mississippi River and drove the Confederate army of Lt. Gen. John C...
4 July – siege from 22 May ends, Grant accepts surrender of second Confederate army - Battle of HelenaBattle of HelenaThe Battle of Helena was a land battle of the American Civil War fought on July 4, 1863, at Helena, Arkansas. Overshadowed by the battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the Battle of Helena secured eastern Arkansas for the Union.- Union forces :...
4 July – Confederate assault on river port fails securing eastern Arkansas for Union - Battle of BoonsboroBattle of BoonsboroThe Battle of Boonsboro took place on July 8, 1863, in Washington County, Maryland, as part of the Retreat from Gettysburg during the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War....
8 July – indecisive action at rearguard of Lee's retreat. - Siege of Port HudsonSiege of Port HudsonThe Siege of Port Hudson occurred from May 22 to July 9, 1863, when Union Army troops assaulted and then surrounded the Mississippi River town of Port Hudson, Louisiana, during the American Civil War....
(21 May – 9 July) – last Confederate stronghold on Mississippi surrenders. - Battle of CorydonBattle of CorydonThe Battle of Corydon was a minor engagement that took place July 9, 1863, just south of Corydon, which had been the original capital of Indiana until 1825, and was the county seat of Harrison County. The attack occurred during Morgan's Raid in the American Civil War as a force of 2,500 cavalry...
9 July – Confederate raid results in civilian casualties, including a Lutheran minister. - First Assault on Morris IslandFort WagnerFort Wagner was a beachhead fortification on Morris Island, South Carolina, that covered the southern approach to Charleston harbor...
11 July – First of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner. - Battle of WilliamsportBattle of WilliamsportThe Battle of Williamsport, also known as the Battle of Hagerstown or Falling Waters, took place from July 6 to July 16, 1863, in Washington County, Maryland, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War....
(6 July – 16 July) – Meade and Lee fight indecisive battle. - Battle of Honey SpringsBattle of Honey SpringsThe Battle of Honey Springs was an American Civil War battle, an important victory for Union forces in their efforts to gain control of the Indian Territory. The battle was also unique in the fact that white soldiers were the minority in both forces...
17 July – In Indian Territory, two largely Black and Native American forces meet. Union victory. - Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris IslandBattle of Fort Wagner, Morris IslandThe Second Battle of Fort Wagner, also known as the Second Assault on Morris Island or the Battle of Fort Wagner, Morris Island, was fought on July 18, 1863, during the American Civil War. Union Army troops commanded by Brig. Gen...
18 July – second of two Union attempts to take Ft. Wagner fails, heroism of the 54th Massachusetts. - Battle of Manassas GapBattle of Manassas GapThe Battle of Manassas Gap, also known as the Battle of Wapping Heights, took place on July 23, 1863, in Warren County, Virginia, at the conclusion of General Robert E. Lee's retreat back to Virginia in the final days of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War...
23 July – Indecisive battle by day, Confederates withdraw by night. - Battle of Big MoundBattle of Big MoundThe Battle of Big Mound was a United States Army victory over the combined Santee and Teton Sioux forces in the Dakota Territory.-Background:...
(24 July – 25 July) – Union forces defeat Santee and Teton Sioux forces. - Battle of Dead Buffalo LakeBattle of Dead Buffalo LakeThe battle of Dead Buffalo Lake was fought between United States forces and Sioux Indians of the Dakota Territory.A combined force of Santee and Teton Sioux forces had been defeated at the battle of Big Mound. They fled that battlefield and were chased endlessly by U.S. cavalry...
26 July – SibleyHenry Hastings SibleyHenry Hastings Sibley was the first Governor of the U.S. state of Minnesota.-Early life and education:...
defeats Sioux forces. - Battle of SalinevilleBattle of SalinevilleThe Battle of Salineville occurred July 26, 1863, near Salineville, Ohio during Morgan's Raid in the American Civil War. It was one of the northernmost military actions involving the Confederate States Army. The decisive Union victory shattered John Hunt Morgan's remaining Confederate cavalry and...
26 July – Confederate Brigadier General John Hunt MorganJohn Hunt MorganJohn Hunt Morgan was a Confederate general and cavalry officer in the American Civil War.Morgan is best known for Morgan's Raid when, in 1863, he and his men rode over 1,000 miles covering a region from Tennessee, up through Kentucky, into Indiana and on to southern Ohio...
surrenders in Ohio: the Northernmost Battle of the American Civil War. - Battle of Stony LakeBattle of Stony LakeThe Battle of Stony Lake was the last engagement during Henry Hastings Sibley's campaign against the Santee and Teton Sioux in the Dakota Territory....
28 July – Sioux forces escape Union forces in pursuit. - Second Battle of Fort SumterSecond Battle of Fort Sumter-References:*...
(17 August – 9 September) – Union attempt to retake fort fails even after massive bombardment and naval attack. - Second Battle of ChattanoogaSecond Battle of ChattanoogaThe Second Battle of Chattanooga was a battle in the American Civil War, beginning on August 21, 1863, as the opening battle in the Chickamauga Campaign. The larger and more famous battles were the Battles for Chattanooga in November 1863.-Background:On August 16, 1863, Maj. Gen. William S...
(21 August – 8 September) – Union captures town. - Battle of LawrenceBattle of LawrenceThe Lawrence Massacre, also known as Quantrill's Raid, was a rebel guerrilla attack during the U.S. Civil War by Quantrill's Raiders, led by William Clarke Quantrill, on the pro-Union town of Lawrence, Kansas....
23 August – Quantrill's RaidersQuantrill's RaidersQuantrill's Raiders were a loosely organized force of pro-Confederate Partisan rangers, "bushwhackers", who fought in the American Civil War under the leadership of William Clarke Quantrill...
pillage the city. - Battle of Devil's BackboneBattle of Devil's BackboneThe Battle of Devil's Backbone was a land battle of the American Civil War on September 1, 1863 in Sebastian County, Arkansas....
1 September – Union victory after heavy fighting. - Battle of Whitestone HillBattle of Whitestone HillThe Battle of White Stone Hill was a part of the operations against the Sioux in North Dakota in 1863. It took place between the dates of September 3–5, 1863. The principal United States commander was Brig. Gen. Alfred Sully, who faced Chief Inkpaduta of the Sioux. There was 822 total casualties;...
(3 September – 5 September) – Union forces defeat several Native American tribes including Sioux and Blackfeet. - Second Battle of Sabine PassSecond Battle of Sabine PassThe Second Battle of Sabine Pass took place on September 8, 1863, and was the result of a Union expedition into Confederate-controlled Texas during the American Civil War...
8 September – Confederate forces place stakes in river to help aim their guns at Union ships, Confederate victory. - Battle of Bayou FourcheBattle of Bayou FourcheThe Battle of Bayou Fourche, sometimes called the Battle of Little Rock, was a battle in the American Civil War fought on September 10, 1863 east of the town of Little Rock, Arkansas.- Battle :...
10 September – Union victory allows for capture of Little RockLittle Rock, ArkansasLittle Rock is the capital and the largest city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 699,757 people in the 2010 census...
. - Battle of Davis' Cross RoadsBattle of Davis' Cross RoadsThe Battle of Davis's Cross Roads, also known as the Battle of Dug Gap, was fought September 10–11, 1863, in northwestern Georgia, as part of the Chickamauga Campaign of the American Civil War. It was more of a series of maneuvers and skirmishes than an actual battle and casualties were...
(10 September – 11 September) – Union forces establish defensive positions prior to Chickamauga. - Battle of ChickamaugaBattle of ChickamaugaThe Battle of Chickamauga, fought September 19–20, 1863, marked the end of a Union offensive in southeastern Tennessee and northwestern Georgia called the Chickamauga Campaign...
19 September – Bragg defeats Rosecrans, George Thomas of US anointed "The Rock of Chickamauga" - Battle of Blountville 22 September – Union forces capture town.
- Battle of Baxter SpringsBattle of Baxter SpringsThe Battle of Fort Blair, sometimes called the Fort Baxter Massacre, or the Battle of Fort Baxter was a minor battle of the American Civil War, fought on October 6, 1863, near the present-day town of Baxter Springs, Kansas....
6 October – Quantrill's Raiders massacre Union Black Troops during the American Civil War. - Battle of Blue SpringsBattle of Blue SpringsThe Battle of Blue Springs was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring on October 10, 1863, in Greene County, Tennessee.Maj. Gen. Ambrose E. Burnside, commander of the Department of the Ohio, undertook an expedition into East Tennessee to clear the roads and passes to Virginia, and, if...
10 October – Confederate forces overrun. - First Battle of AuburnBattle of Auburn IThe First Battle of Auburn was fought on October 13, 1863, between Union infantry and Confederate cavalry forces at the start of the Bristoe Campaign during the American Civil War. A Union infantry column stumbled upon a Confederate cavalry reconnaissance party and a short, inconclusive fight ensued...
13 October – J.E.B. Stuart escapes by hiding in a ravine. - Second Battle of AuburnBattle of Auburn IIThe Second Battle of Auburn was fought on October 14, 1863, in Fauquier County, Virginia, between Union and Confederate forces in the American Civil War. Confederate forces led by Lt. Gen. Richard S. Ewell led a sortie to extricate Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart's cavalry command, trapped between two...
14 October – Confederates attack Union rearguard, indecisive. - Battle of Bristoe StationBattle of Bristoe StationThe Battle of Bristoe Station was fought on October 14, 1863, at Bristoe Station, Virginia, between Union forces under Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren and Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. A.P. Hill during the Bristoe Campaign of the American Civil War...
14 October – Meade defeats elements of Lee's forces, but Confederates destroy railroad during retreat. - Battle of Buckland MillsBattle of Buckland MillsThe Battle of Buckland Mills, also known as The Buckland Races or Chestnut Hill, was fought on October 19, 1863, between Union and Confederate forces in the American Civil War. Union cavalry led by Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick were caught in a Confederate ambush and defeated.Near Buckland Mills, on...
19 October – Union cavalry caught in ambush, defeated. - Battle of Pine BluffBattle of Pine BluffThe Battle of Pine Bluff was fought on October 25, 1863, between Union and Confederate forces in Arkansas. Union troops under Colonel Powell Clayton, having taken Pine Bluff on September 17, remained in the town with the 5th Kansas Cavalry and the 1st Indiana Cavalry. The Confederates, led by John...
25 October – Confederate attack fails. - Battle of WauhatchieBattle of Wauhatchie-References:* Boatner, Mark Mayo, III. The Civil War Dictionary. New York: McKay, 1988. ISBN 0-8129-1726-X. First published 1959 by McKay.* Cozzens, Peter. The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: The Battles for Chattanooga. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1994. ISBN 0-252-01922-9.* Korn, Jerry, and...
(28 October – 29 October) Longstreet defeated by Union forces. - Battle of ColliervilleBattle of ColliervilleThe Battle of Collierville was a battle of the American Civil War, in Shelby County, Tennessee. Four minor battles occurred in 1863 at Collierville, Tennessee, during a three-month period. The two largest battles occurred on October 11 and November 3, 1863. The battle on October 11 was the...
3 November – Abortive Confederate attack on the town. - Second Battle of Rappahannock StationBattle of Rappahannock Station II-References:* by the National Park Service* *...
7 November – Union forces surge across river, forcing Lee to retreat. - Battle of Campbell's StationBattle of Campbell's StationThe Battle of Campbell's Station was a battle of the Knoxville Campaign of the American Civil War, occurring on November 16, 1863, at Campbell's Station, , Knox County, Tennessee....
16 November – Confederate double-envelopment attempt fails. - Third Battle of Chattanooga (23 November – 25 November) – Grant defeats Braxton BraggBraxton BraggBraxton Bragg was a career United States Army officer, and then a general in the Confederate States Army—a principal commander in the Western Theater of the American Civil War and later the military adviser to Confederate President Jefferson Davis.Bragg, a native of North Carolina, was...
and relieves Union forces besieged in Chattanooga - Battle of Ringgold GapBattle of Ringgold GapThe Battle of Ringgold Gap was fought November 27, 1863, in northwest Georgia during the American Civil War. The Confederate victory by Maj. Gen...
27 November – Confederates under Patrick CleburnePatrick CleburnePatrick Ronayne Cleburne was an Irish American soldier, best known for his service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War, where he rose to the rank of major general....
defeat Union forces under Joseph HookerJoseph HookerJoseph Hooker was a career United States Army officer, achieving the rank of major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. Although he served throughout the war, usually with distinction, Hooker is best remembered for his stunning defeat by Confederate General Robert E...
. - Battle of Fort SandersBattle of Fort SandersThe Battle of Fort Sanders was the decisive engagement of the Knoxville Campaign of the American Civil War, fought in Knoxville, Tennessee, on November 29, 1863. Assaults by Confederate Lt. Gen. James Longstreet failed to break through the defensive lines of Union Maj. Gen...
29 November – Longstreet unable to take fort due to poor quality gunpowder. - Battle of Mine RunBattle of Mine RunThe Battle of Mine Run, also known as Payne's Farm, or New Hope Church, or the Mine Run Campaign , was conducted in Orange County, Virginia, in the American Civil War....
(27 November – 2 December) Meade bombards Lee's Confederates but then withdraws. - Battle of Bean's Station 14 December – Union forces withdraw a short distance.
- Battle of Mossy CreekBattle of Mossy CreekThe Battle of Mossy Creek was a minor battle of the American Civil War, occurring on December 29, 1863, in Jefferson County, Tennessee.Union Brig. Gen. Samuel D...
29 December – Confederate cavalry forced back.
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- Battle of DandridgeBattle of DandridgeThe Battle of Dandridge, January 17, 1864, was a minor battle of the American Civil War that occurred in Jefferson County, Tennessee.Wanting to push the Confederates out of their winter headquarters and having received reports of good forage south of the French Broad River, Union forces under Maj....
17 January – Union forces withdraw - Battle of AthensBattle of Athens (1864)The Battle of Athens was fought in Athens, Alabama , on January 26, 1864, as part of the American Civil War. The Union force was a company under Captain Emil Adams from the 9th Illinois Mounted Infantry regiment. The Confederate force was the 1st Alabama Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel Moses W...
26 January – Union victory in Northern AlabamaAlabamaAlabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
. - Battle of Fair GardenBattle of Fair GardenThe Battle of Fair Garden was a minor battle of the American Civil War, occurring on January 27, 1864, in Sevier County, Tennessee.Following the Battle of Dandridge on January 16–17, Union cavalry moved to the south side of the French Broad River, where they disrupted Confederate foraging parties...
27 January – Union pyrrhic victory. - Battle of Morton's FordBattle of Morton's FordThe Battle of Morton's Ford was a battle of the American Civil War, fought February 6–7, 1864.To distract attention from a planned cavalry-infantry raid up the Virginia Peninsula on Richmond, the Union Army of the Potomac forced several crossings of the Rapidan River on February 6, 1864. A II...
(6 February – 7 February) – Diversionary Union attack. - Battle of MeridianBattle of MeridianThe Battle of Meridian was fought in Lauderdale County, Mississippi, from February 14 to February 20, 1864, between elements of the Union Army of the Tennessee led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. Leonidas Polk...
14 February – Sherman occupies town - Battle of OlusteeBattle of OlusteeThe Battle of Olustee or Battle of Ocean Pond was fought in Baker County, Florida on 20 February 1864, during the American Civil War. It was the largest battle fought in Florida during the war.-Background:In February 1864, Major General Quincy A...
20 February – Union can't take Florida - Battle of PaducahBattle of PaducahThe Battle of Paducah was fought on March 25, 1864, during the American Civil War. A Confederate force led by Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest launched a successful raid on Paducah, Kentucky, to capture supplies....
25 March – Confederate raid by Forrest successful. - Battle of Elkin's FerryBattle of Elkin's FerryThe Battle of Elkin's Ferry was fought on April 3 and April 4, 1864, in Clark and Nevada counties in Arkansas as part of the Camden Expedition of the American Civil War.-Opposing forces:...
(3 April – 4 April) – Confederates unable to prevent Union river crossing. - Battle of MansfieldBattle of MansfieldThe Battle of Mansfield, also known as the Battle of Sabine Crossroads, occurred on April 8, 1864, in De Soto Parish, Louisiana. Confederate forces commanded by Richard Taylor attacked a Union army commanded by Nathaniel Banks a few miles outside the town of Mansfield, near Sabine Crossroads...
8 April – Banks Union Red River Campaign halted by rebels - Battle of Pleasant HillBattle of Pleasant HillThe Battle of Pleasant Hill was fought on April 9, 1864, during the Red River Campaign of the American Civil War, near Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, between Union forces led by Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks and Confederate forces, led by Maj. Gen...
9 April – Confederate attack fails. - Battle of Prairie D'AneBattle of Prairie D'AneThe Battle of Prairie D'Ane was fought April 9–13, 1864, in Nevada County, Arkansas as part of the Camden Expedition of the American Civil War.-Opposing forces:...
(9 April – 13 April) – Frederick SteeleFrederick SteeleFrederick Steele was a career military officer in the United States Army, serving as a major general in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was most noted for his successful campaign to retake much of secessionist Arkansas for the Union cause.-Early life:Steele was born in Delhi, New...
defeats Sterling PriceSterling PriceSterling Price was a lawyer, planter, and politician from the U.S. state of Missouri, who served as the 11th Governor of the state from 1853 to 1857. He also served as a United States Army brigadier general during the Mexican-American War, and a Confederate Army major general in the American Civil...
. - Battle of Fort PillowBattle of Fort PillowThe Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow Massacre, was fought on April 12, 1864, at Fort Pillow on the Mississippi River in Henning, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. The battle ended with a massacre of surrendered Federal black troops by soldiers under the command of...
12 April – N.B. Forrest takes fort, massacres black soldiers - Battle of Poison SpringBattle of Poison SpringThe Battle of Poison Spring was fought during the American Civil War on April 18, 1864, in Ouachita County, Arkansas as part of the Camden Expedition.-Opposing forces:Dwindling supplies for his army at Camden, Arkansas forced Union Army Maj. Gen...
18 April – Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas, black troops massacred - Battle of DybbølBattle of DybbølThe Battle of Dybbøl was the key battle of the Second War of Schleswig and occurred on the morning of 18 April 1864 following a siege lasting from 7 April. Denmark suffered a severe defeat against the German Confederation which decided the war...
18 April – key defeat for Denmark in the Second War of SchleswigSecond War of SchleswigThe Second Schleswig War was the second military conflict as a result of the Schleswig-Holstein Question. It began on 1 February 1864, when Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig.Denmark fought Prussia and Austria... - Battle of Monett's FerryBattle of Monett's FerryThe Battle of Monett's Ferry was fought on April 23, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces. The Union Army was led by Nathaniel P. Banks. They crossed a river to attack Confederate forces, and were victorious, having forced the rebels to retreat....
23 April – Confederate forces driven back. - Battle of Marks' MillsBattle of Marks' MillsThe Battle of Marks' Mills occurred on April 25, 1864, in Cleveland County, Arkansas as part of the Camden Expedition of the American Civil War. Confederate troops under Maj. Gen. James F. Fagan overwhelmed a small Union detachment commanded by Lt. Col. Francis M...
25 April – Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas - Battle of Jenkins' FerryBattle of Jenkins' FerryThe Battle of Jenkins' Ferry was fought April 30, 1864, in Grant County, Arkansas during the American Civil War. It was the climactic battle of the Camden Expedition, which was a part of the Union Army’s failed Red River Campaign. Each side sustained a large number of casualties, especially...
30 April – Part of Red River Campaign in Arkansas - Battle of the WildernessBattle of the WildernessThe Battle of the Wilderness, fought May 5–7, 1864, was the first battle of Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Virginia Overland Campaign against Gen. Robert E. Lee and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. Both armies suffered heavy casualties, a harbinger of a bloody war of attrition by...
5 May – Grant and Lee meet inconclusively - Battle of Albemarle SoundBattle of Albemarle SoundThe Battle of Albemarle Sound was an inconclusive naval battle fought in May of 1864 along the coast of North Carolina during the American Civil War. Three Confederate warships, including an ironclad, engaged eight Union gunboats...
5 May – Indecisive naval battle during the American Civil War. - Battle of Port Walthall JunctionBattle of Port Walthall JunctionThe Battle of Port Walthall Junction was fought May 6 – May 7, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign of the American Civil War. Although initially successful, the Confederates were eventually defeated, allowing Union forces to cut a railroad.-Battle:In...
(6 May – 7 May) – Union forces destroy railroad - Battle of Heligoland 9 May Danish sea victory over Austria. Last significant battle involving wooden ships on both sides.
- Battle of Cloyd's MountainBattle of Cloyd's MountainThe Battle of Cloyd's Mountain was a Union victory in western Virginia in 1864 that allowed the Union forces to destroy the last railroad connecting Tennessee to Virginia.-Background:...
9 May – Union victory, Confederate General Albert G. Jenkins killed. - Battle of Swift CreekBattle of Swift CreekThe Battle of Swift Creek was fought on May 9, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. Union forces were only partially successful: they inflicted damage on the local railroad, but further advance was halted.-Description:...
9 May – Union forces damage railroad, but are stopped by Confederate forces. - Battle of Cove MountainBattle of Cove MountainThe Battle of Cove Mountain was a minor skirmish of the American Civil War, fought on May 10, 1864, in the southwest corner of Virginia near Cove Mountain in Wythe County....
10 May – Union victory after brief battle. - Battle of Chester Station 10 May – Union forces under Benjamin ButlerBenjamin Franklin Butler (politician)Benjamin Franklin Butler was an American lawyer and politician who represented Massachusetts in the United States House of Representatives and later served as the 33rd Governor of Massachusetts....
pushed back. - Battle of Yellow TavernBattle of Yellow TavernThe Battle of Yellow Tavern was fought on May 11, 1864, as part of the Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan was detached from the Army of the Potomac to conduct a raid on Richmond, Virginia, and challenge legendary Confederate cavalry...
11 May – Union forces win cavalry battle, J.E.B. StuartJ.E.B. StuartJames Ewell Brown "Jeb" Stuart was a U.S. Army officer from Virginia and a Confederate States Army general during the American Civil War. He was known to his friends as "Jeb", from the initials of his given names. Stuart was a cavalry commander known for his mastery of reconnaissance and the use...
is killed. - Battle of Rocky Face RidgeBattle of Rocky Face RidgeThe Battle of Rocky Face Ridge was fought May 7–13, 1864, in Whitfield County, Georgia, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The Union army was led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman and the Confederate army by Gen. Joseph E. Johnston...
8 May – 13 May Indecisive battle near AtlantaAtlanta, GeorgiaAtlanta is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia. According to the 2010 census, Atlanta's population is 420,003. Atlanta is the cultural and economic center of the Atlanta metropolitan area, which is home to 5,268,860 people and is the ninth largest metropolitan area in...
. - Battle of ResacaBattle of ResacaThe Battle of Resaca was part of the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. The battle was waged in both Gordon and Whitfield counties, Georgia, from May 13 - 15, 1864. It ended inconclusively with the Confederate Army retreating. The engagement was fought between the Military Division of the...
13 May – Sherman defeats Johnston - Battle of New MarketBattle of New MarketThe Battle of New Market was a battle fought on May 15, 1864, in Virginia during Valley Campaigns of 1864 in the American Civil War. Cadets from the Virginia Military Institute fought alongside the Confederate Army and forced Union General Franz Sigel and his army out of the Shenandoah...
15 May – Confederate forces halt Union army under Franz SigelFranz SigelFranz Sigel was a German military officer, revolutionist and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union major general in the American Civil War.-Early life:...
from advance up Shenandoah ValleyShenandoah ValleyThe Shenandoah Valley is both a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians , to the north by the Potomac River... - Battle of Proctor's CreekBattle of Proctor's CreekThe Battle of Proctor's Creek, also known as Drewry's Bluff or Fort Darling, was fought May 12–16, 1864, in Chesterfield County, Virginia, during the Bermuda Hundred Campaign of the American Civil War...
(12 May – 16 May) – Beauregard defeats Butler. - Battle of Adairsville 17 May – Failed Confederate attempt to destroy part of the Union force approaching Atlanta.
- Battle of Ware Bottom ChurchBattle of Ware Bottom ChurchThe Battle of Ware Bottom Church was fought on May 20, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The Union troops were led by Benjamin Butler, while the Confederates were led by P.G.T. Beauregard. The Confederates were victorious, and Butler's forces remained in...
20 May – Beauregard boxes Butler in. - Battle of Spotsylvania Court HouseBattle of Spotsylvania Court HouseThe Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania , was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War. Following the bloody but inconclusive Battle of the Wilderness, Grant's army disengaged...
(8 May – 21 May) – 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 WharfBattle of Wilson's WharfThe Battle of Wilson's Wharf was a battle in Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.On May 24, Confederate Maj. Gen...
24 May – Confederates under Fitzhugh LeeFitzhugh LeeFitzhugh Lee , nephew of Robert E. Lee, was a Confederate cavalry general in the American Civil War, the 40th Governor of Virginia, diplomat, and United States Army general in the Spanish-American War.-Early life:...
defeated by two Union black regiments. - Battle of North AnnaBattle of North AnnaThe Battle of North Anna was fought May 23–26, 1864, as part of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. It consisted of a series of small actions near the North Anna River in central Virginia, rather than a...
(23 May – 26 May) – Lee outmaneuvers Grant, but because of illness, he is unable to capitalize. - Battle of New Hope ChurchBattle of New Hope ChurchThe Battle of New Hope Church was fought May 25–26, 1864, between the Union force of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman and the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Joseph E. Johnston during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War...
(25 May – 26 May) Hooker's forces defeated. - Battle of Pickett's MillBattle of Pickett's MillThe Battle of Pickett's Mill was fought on May 27, 1864, in Paulding County, Georgia during the American Civil War between Union and Confederate forces. Union Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman attempted an attack on the right flank of Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston.After the Union defeat at...
27 May – Unsuccessful attack by Sherman on Johnston. - Battle of Haw's ShopBattle of Haw's ShopThe Battle of Haw's Shop or Enon Church was fought on May 28, 1864, in Hanover County, Virginia, as part of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E...
28 May – Union advance halted. - Battle of DallasBattle of DallasThe Battle of Dallas was a series of engagements during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. They occurred between May 26 and June 4, 1864, in and around Dallas, Georgia, between Lt. General William J. Hardee's Confederate corps and the Union defense line, held by the XV Corps under Maj....
(Georgia) 28 May – Confederate withdrawal in Georgia. - Battle of Totopotomoy CreekBattle of Totopotomoy CreekThe Battle of Totopotomoy Creek , also called the Battle of Bethesda Church, Crumps Creek, Shady Grove Road, and Hanovertown, was a battle fought May 28–30, 1864, in Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E...
(28 May – 30 May) – Union forces pushed back. - Battle of Old ChurchBattle of Old ChurchThe Battle of Old Church, also known as Matadequin Creek, was fought on May 30, 1864, as part of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia during the American Civil War....
30 May – Union forces drive Confederates back to Cold Harbor. - Battle of Cold HarborBattle of Cold HarborThe Battle of Cold Harbor was fought from May 31 to June 12, 1864 . It was one of the final battles of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign during the American Civil War, and is remembered as one of American history's bloodiest, most lopsided battles...
(31 May – 12 June) – Lee repulses Grant, Confederate general says "This is not war, this is murder". - Battle of PiedmontBattle of PiedmontThe Battle of Piedmont was fought June 5, 1864, in the village of Piedmont, Augusta County, Virginia. Union Maj. Gen. David Hunter engaged Confederates under Brig. Gen. William E. "Grumble" Jones north of Piedmont. After severe fighting, Jones was killed and the Confederates were routed...
5 June – Union forces under David HunterDavid HunterDavid Hunter was a Union general in the American Civil War. He achieved fame by his unauthorized 1862 order emancipating slaves in three Southern states and as the president of the military commission trying the conspirators involved with the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.-Early...
defeat Confederate defenses on march to Staunton, VirginiaStaunton, VirginiaStaunton is an independent city within the confines of Augusta County in the commonwealth of Virginia. The population was 23,746 as of 2010. It is the county seat of Augusta County....
, upper Shenandoah ValleyShenandoah ValleyThe Shenandoah Valley is both a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and West Virginia in the United States. The valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians , to the north by the Potomac River... - First Battle of Petersburg 9 June – Beauregard defeats Butler.
- Battle of Brices Crossroads 10 June – N.B. Forrest routs Union force almost three times as large
- Battle of Trevilian StationBattle of Trevilian StationThe Battle of Trevilian Station was fought on June 11–12, 1864, in Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia. Union cavalry under Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan fought against Confederate cavalry under Maj. Gens...
(11 June – 12 June) – Confederate victory, George Armstrong CusterGeorge Armstrong CusterGeorge Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his class...
nearly surrounded and has to be rescued by Sheridan. - Second Battle of Petersburg (15 June – 18 July) – Lee repulses Grant at back door to Richmond.
- Battle of LynchburgBattle of LynchburgThe Battle of Lynchburg was fought on June 17–18, 1864, two miles outside Lynchburg, Virginia, as part of the American Civil War. The Union Army of West Virginia, under Maj. Gen. David Hunter attempted to capture the city, but was repulsed by Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Anderson...
17 June - Sinking of CSS Alabama 19 June – sinks CSS AlabamaCSS AlabamaCSS Alabama was a screw sloop-of-war built for the Confederate States Navy at Birkenhead, United Kingdom, in 1862 by John Laird Sons and Company. Alabama served as a commerce raider, attacking Union merchant and naval ships over the course of her two-year career, during which she never anchored in...
- Battle of Kolb's FarmBattle of Kolb's FarmThe Battle of Kolb's Farm was fought on June 22, 1864, between Union forces under Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker and Confederate forces under Lt. Gen. John B. Hood. Hood attempted an attack on the Union force, but poor terrain conditions led to its failure....
22 June – Confederate attack fails due to poor terrain conditions. - Battle of Jerusalem Plank RoadBattle of Jerusalem Plank RoadThe Battle of Jerusalem Plank Road, also known as the First Battle of the Weldon Railroad, was fought June 21–23, 1864, near Petersburg, Virginia. It was the first of a series of battles during the Siege of Petersburg aimed at extending the Union siege lines to the west and cutting the rail...
(21 June – 24 June) – Union siege lines extended for Siege of PetersburgSiege of PetersburgThe Richmond–Petersburg Campaign was a series of battles around Petersburg, Virginia, fought from June 9, 1864, to March 25, 1865, during the American Civil War...
. - Battle of Saint Mary's ChurchBattle of Saint Mary's ChurchThe Battle of Saint Mary's Church was an American Civil War cavalry battle fought on June 24, 1864, as part of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia.As Maj. Gen...
24 June – Union forces fight a successful delaying action. - Battle of Kennesaw MountainBattle of Kennesaw MountainThe Battle of Kennesaw Mountain was fought on June 27, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the most significant frontal assault launched by Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman against the Confederate Army of Tennessee under Gen. Joseph E...
27 June – Johnston repulses Sherman - Battle of AlsBattle of AlsThe Battle of Als was fought on 29 June 1864 during the Second Schleswig War between Denmark and Prussia. It was the last major engagement of the war, as the Prussians under General Herwarth von Bittenfeld secured Als after a night attack masterminded by the Chief of Staff Leonhard Graf von...
29 June – Final battle of the Second War of SchleswigSecond War of SchleswigThe Second Schleswig War was the second military conflict as a result of the Schleswig-Holstein Question. It began on 1 February 1864, when Prussian forces crossed the border into Schleswig.Denmark fought Prussia and Austria...
, Prussian victory over Denmark. - Battle of MariettaBattle of MariettaThe Battle of Marietta was a series of military operations from June 9 through July 3, 1864, in Cobb County, Georgia, between Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War. The Union forces, led by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman, encountered the Confederate Army of Tennessee, led...
(9 June – 3 July) – Sherman defeats Johnston - Battle of Monocacy Junction 9 July – Union Gen. Lew Wallace slows up Jubal Early, saving DC
- Battle of Fort StevensBattle of Fort StevensThe Battle of Fort Stevens was an American Civil War battle fought July 11–12, 1864, in Northwest Washington, D.C., as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 between forces under Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early and Union Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook. Although Early caused consternation...
(11 July – 12 July) – Failed confederate attempt to capture Washington, D.C., President LincolnAbraham LincolnAbraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...
, observing the battle, comes under Confederate fire. - Battle of TupeloBattle of TupeloThe Battle of Tupelo was a Union victory over Confederate forces in northern Mississippi which ensured the safety of General William T. Sherman's supply lines.-Background:...
(14 July – 15 July) – Union victory, Nathan Bedford ForrestNathan Bedford ForrestNathan Bedford Forrest was a lieutenant general in the Confederate Army during the American Civil War. He is remembered both as a self-educated, innovative cavalry leader during the war and as a leading southern advocate in the postwar years...
wounded. - Battle of Cool SpringBattle of Cool SpringThe Battle of Cool Spring, also known as Castleman's Ferry, Island Ford, Parker's Ford, and Snicker's Ferry, was a battle in the American Civil War fought July 17–18, 1864, in Clarke County, Virginia, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864...
(17 July – 18 July) - Battle of Rutherford's FarmBattle of Rutherford's FarmThe Battle of Rutherford's Farm, also known as Carter's Farm and Stephenson's Depot, was a small engagement between Confederate forces under Maj. Gen. Stephen D. Ramseur and Union forces under Brig. Gen. William W. Averell on July 20, 1864, in Frederick County, Virginia, during the American...
20 July – Confederates under Jubal Early caught by surprise and defeated. - Battle of Peachtree CreekBattle of Peachtree CreekThe Battle of Peachtree Creek was fought in Georgia on July 20, 1864, as part of the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War. It was the first major attack by Lt. Gen. John B. Hood since taking command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. The attack was against Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's...
20 July – Confederate attack fails - Battle of AtlantaBattle of AtlantaThe Battle of Atlanta was a battle of the Atlanta Campaign fought during the American Civil War on July 22, 1864, just southeast of Atlanta, Georgia. Continuing their summer campaign to seize the important rail and supply center of Atlanta, Union forces commanded by William T. Sherman overwhelmed...
22 July – Sherman turns back Hood - Second Battle of KernstownBattle of Kernstown II-References:* Patchan, Scott C. Shenandoah Summer: The 1864 Valley Campaign. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-8032-3754-4.-External links:* for July 24, 1864, of Major Alexander Hart of the 5th Louisiana Regiment.*...
24 July – Jubal Early defeats Union forces. - Battle of Killdeer Mountain 26 July – Union forces defeat SiouxSiouxThe Sioux are Native American and First Nations people in North America. The term can refer to any ethnic group within the Great Sioux Nation or any of the nation's many language dialects...
. - Battle of Ezra Church 28 July – Confederates fail to gain element of surprise, finding entrenched Union forces. Union victory.
- Battle of the CraterBattle of the CraterThe Battle of the Crater was a battle of the American Civil War, part of the Siege of Petersburg. It took place on July 30, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, commanded by General Robert E. Lee and the Union Army of the Potomac, commanded by Major General George G. Meade The...
30 July – Lee defeats Burnside - Battle of Folck's MillBattle of Folck's MillThe Battle of Folck's Mill, also known as the Battle of Cumberland, was a small cavalry engagement, fought August 1, 1864, in northern Maryland, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War....
1 August – Indecisive battle during the American Civil War. - Battle of Utoy CreekBattle of Utoy CreekThe Battle of Utoy Creek was fought August 4 –7, 1864, during the Atlanta Campaign of the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's Union armies had partially encircled the city of Atlanta, Georgia, which was being held by Confederate forces under the command of General John Bell Hood...
(5 August – 7 August) Indecisive battle on Union right flank near Atlanta. - Second Battle of Dalton (14 August – 15 August) – Union forces withstand attack until relieved.
- Battle of Globe TavernBattle of Globe TavernThe Battle of Globe Tavern, also known as the Second Battle of the Weldon Railroad, fought August 18–21, 1864, south of Petersburg, Virginia, was the second attempt of the Union Army to sever the Weldon Railroad during the Siege of Petersburg of the American Civil War. A Union force under...
(18 August – 21 August) – Confederate forces lose control of railroads at Petersburg. - Battle of Lovejoy's Station 20 August – Confederates repel Union raiders attacking the station.
- Second Battle of MemphisSecond Battle of MemphisThe Second Battle of Memphis was a battle of the American Civil War occurring on August 21, 1864, in Shelby County, Tennessee.At 4:00 a.m. on August 21, 1864, Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest made a daring raid on Union-held Memphis, Tennessee, but it was not an attempt to capture the city, which...
21 August – Partially successful Confederate raid. - Battle of Mobile BayBattle of Mobile BayThe Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864, was an engagement of the American Civil War in which a Federal fleet commanded by Rear Adm. David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Adm...
23 August – David FarragutDavid FarragutDavid Glasgow Farragut was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. He is remembered in popular culture for his order at the Battle of Mobile Bay, usually paraphrased: "Damn the...
takes port, says "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead" - Second Battle of Ream's StationSecond Battle of Ream's StationThe Second Battle of Ream's Station was fought during the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War on August 25, 1864, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia. A Union force under Maj. Gen. Winfield S. Hancock began destroying part of the Weldon Railroad, which was a vital supply line for Gen. Robert...
25 August – Union lines overrun by Confederates. - Battle of JonesboroughBattle of Jonesborough-Further reading:...
(31 August – 1 September) – William J. HardeeWilliam J. HardeeWilliam Joseph Hardee was a career U.S. Army officer, serving during the Second Seminole War and fighting in the Mexican-American War...
's Confederates defeated, resulting in Atlanta's fall. - Battle of Shimonoseki 5 September – 6 – engagements since July, 1863 pits U.S. and European allies against rebellious Japanese warlord
- Third Battle of Winchester 19 September – Sheridan defeats Early, several officers killed or wounded on both sides.
- Battle of Fisher's HillBattle of Fisher's HillThe Battle of Fisher's Hill was fought September 21–22, 1864, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. Fisher's Hill is located near Strasburg, Virginia....
(21 September – 22 September) – Successful Union frontal assault. - Battle of Fort DavidsonBattle of Fort DavidsonThe Battle of Fort Davidson, also known as the Battle of Pilot Knob, was the opening engagement of Price's Missouri Raid during the American Civil War. This engagement occurred on September 27, 1864, just outside of Pilot Knob in Iron County, Missouri...
27 September – Union forces detonate their own fort after losing to Confederates. - Battle of Chaffin's FarmBattle of Chaffin's FarmThe Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, also known as Laurel Hill and combats at Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer, was fought September 29–30, 1864, as part of the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.-Background:...
(29 September – 30 September) – Union forces victorious, but fail to capture several forts. - Battle of Peebles' FarmBattle of Peebles' FarmThe Battle of Peebles' Farm was the western part of a simultaneous Union offensive against the Confederate works guarding Petersburg and Richmond, during the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.-Background:...
(30 September – 2 October) – Union victory near Petersburg. - Battle of SaltvilleBattle of Saltville IThe Battle of Saltville , was fought near the town of Saltville, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The battle was fought by both regular and homeguard Confederate units against regular Union troops, including one of the few black cavalry units, over an important saltworks in the town. The...
(1 October – 3 October) – Confederates defeat Union Black Cavalry, war crimes committed against captured blacks. - Battle of Allatoona 5 October – Union fortifications hold.
- Battle of Darbytown RoadBattle of Darbytown Road|The Battle of Darbytown Road was fought on October 13, 1864, between Union and Confederate forces. The Confederates were attempting to retake ground they had lost to Federal forces during battles near Richmond, Virginia. Their efforts failed....
7 October – Confederate attack repelled near Richmond. - Battle of Tom's BrookBattle of Tom's BrookThe Battle of Tom's Brook was fought on October 9, 1864, in Shenandoah County, Virginia, during Philip Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign of the American Civil War. It resulted in a significant Union victory, one that was mockingly dubbed The Woodstock Races for the speed of the Confederate...
9 October – Union cavalry defeats Confederates. - Battle of GlasgowBattle of GlasgowThe Battle of Glasgow was fought on October 15, 1864, in and near Glasgow, Missouri as part of Price's Missouri Expedition during the American Civil War...
15 October – Union forces surrender. - Second Battle of LexingtonBattle of Lexington IIThe Second Battle of Lexington was a minor skirmish during the American Civil War, taking place on October 19, 1864, in Lexington, the county seat of Lafayette County, Missouri. It formed a part of Confederate Maj. Gen...
19 October – Union forces driven out of town. - Battle of Cedar CreekBattle of Cedar CreekThe Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, October 19, 1864, was one of the final, and most decisive, battles in the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War. The final Confederate invasion of the North, led by Lt. Gen. Jubal A. Early, was effectively ended...
19 October – Sheridan defeats Early, drives rebels from Shenandoah Valley - Battle of Little Blue RiverBattle of Little Blue RiverThe Battle of Little Blue River was a minor battle of the American Civil War, occurring on October 21, 1864 in Jackson County, Missouri during Price's Missouri Expedition of that year. It became the opening round of the Second Battle of Independence, which began on this same day and was...
21 October – Confederate victory in Missouri. - Second Battle of IndependenceSecond Battle of IndependenceThe Second Battle of Independence was a minor engagement of the American Civil War October 21–22, 1864 centered in Independence, Missouri, with some of the fiercest fighting taking place at the present-day United Nations Peace Plaza; the "Harry Truman" Railroad Depot; George Caleb Bingham's...
22 October – Union forces occupy town. - Battle of Byram's Ford (22 October – 23 October) – Confederates under Marmaduke defeated.
- Battle of WestportBattle of WestportThe Battle of Westport, sometimes referred to as the "Gettysburg of the West," was fought on October 23, 1864, in modern Kansas City, Missouri, during the American Civil War. Union forces under Major General Samuel R. Curtis decisively defeated an outnumbered Confederate force under Major General...
23 October – Union forces win decisive battle to take control of Missouri. - Battle of Marais des CygnesBattle of Marais des CygnesThe Battle of Marais des Cygnes took place on October 25, 1864, in Linn County, Kansas during Price's Missouri Raid in the American Civil War. It is also called the Battle of Osage, and the Battle of Trading Post...
25 October – Price's Confederates pursued into Kansas. - Battle of Mine CreekBattle of Mine CreekThe Battle of Mine Creek, also known as the Battle of the Osage, was a battle that occurred on October 25, 1864 in Kansas as part of Price's Raid during the American Civil War...
25 October – Price's army crushed, flees back into Missouri. - Battle of Marmiton RiverBattle of Marmiton RiverThe Battle of Marmiton River occurred on October 25, 1864, in Vernon County, Missouri during the American Civil War....
25 October – Price escapes Union pursuit. - Battle of DecaturBattle of DecaturThe Battle of Decatur was a demonstration conducted from October 26 to October 29, 1864, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. Union forces of 3–5,000 men under Brig. Gen. Robert S. Granger prevented the 39,000 men of the Confederate Army of Tennessee under ...
(26 October – 29 October) – Confederates unable to cross river. - Battle of Boydton Plank RoadBattle of Boydton Plank Road-References:****...
(27 October – 28 October) – Union forces take control of road, but withdraw after battle. - Second Battle of NewtoniaBattle of Newtonia IIThe Second Battle of Newtonia was fought on October 28, 1864, in Newton County, Missouri, as part of Major General Sterling Price's Missouri Expedition of the American Civil War....
28 October – James G. BluntJames G. BluntJames Gillpatrick Blunt was a physician and abolitionist who rose to Union major general during the American Civil War.-Early life & career:...
defeats Joseph O. ShelbyJoseph O. ShelbyJoseph Orville Shelby was a noted Confederate cavalry general in the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War.-Early life and education:...
. - Battle of JohnsonvilleBattle of JohnsonvilleThe Battle of Johnsonville was fought November 4–5, 1864, in Benton County, Tennessee and Humphreys County, Tennessee, during the American Civil War. Confederate cavalry commander Maj. Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest culminated a 23-day raid through western Tennessee by attacking the Union supply...
(4 November – 5 November) – Confederates bombard Union forces during the night after a fire starts near union positions. - Battle of Bull's GapBattle of Bull's GapThe Battle of Bull's Gap was a battle of the American Civil War, occurring from November 11 to November 13, 1864, in Hamblen County and Greene County, Tennessee....
(11 November – 13 November) – Minor Confederate victory during the American Civil War. - Sherman's March to the SeaSherman's March to the SeaSherman's March to the Sea is the name commonly given to the Savannah Campaign conducted around Georgia from November 15, 1864 to December 21, 1864 by Maj. Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman of the Union Army in the American Civil War...
16 November – Sherman lays waste to South - Battle of ColumbiaBattle of ColumbiaThe Battle of Columbia was a series of military actions that took place November 24–29, 1864, in Maury County, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. It concluded the movement of Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood's Confederate Army of Tennessee from the...
24 November – Confederates divert attention - First Battle of Adobe WallsFirst Battle of Adobe WallsThe First Battle of Adobe Walls, was a battle between the United States Army and native Americans. The Kiowa, Comanche and Plains Apache tribes drove from the battlefield a United States Expeditionary Force that was reacting to attacks on white settlers moving into the Southwest...
25 November – Kit CarsonKit CarsonChristopher Houston "Kit" Carson was an American frontiersman and Indian fighter. Carson left home in rural present-day Missouri at age 16 and became a Mountain man and trapper in the West. Carson explored the west to California, and north through the Rocky Mountains. He lived among and married...
fights KiowaKiowaThe Kiowa are a nation of American Indians and indigenous people of the Great Plains. They migrated from the northern plains to the southern plains in the late 17th century. In 1867, the Kiowa moved to a reservation in southwestern Oklahoma...
forces to a draw, but manages to destroy their settlement. - Battle of Spring HillBattle of Spring HillThe Battle of Spring Hill was fought November 29, 1864, at Spring Hill, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War. The Confederate Army of Tennessee, commanded by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood, attacked a Union force under Maj. Gen. John M. Schofield as it...
29 November – Confederate mistakes allow Federal forces to redeploy, leading to the Battle of Franklin. - Battle of Sand CreekSand Creek MassacreAs conflict between Indians and white settlers and soldiers in Colorado continued, many of the Cheyenne and Arapaho, including bands under Cheyenne chiefs Black Kettle and White Antelope, were resigned to negotiate peace. The chiefs had sought to maintain peace in spite of pressures from whites...
– U.S. forces massacre Cheyenne and ArapahoArapahoThe Arapaho are a tribe of Native Americans historically living on the eastern plains of Colorado and Wyoming. They were close allies of the Cheyenne tribe and loosely aligned with the Sioux. Arapaho is an Algonquian language closely related to Gros Ventre, whose people are seen as an early...
. - Battle of FranklinBattle of FranklinBattle of Franklin may refer to three battles of the American Civil War:* Battle of Franklin , a major battle fought November 30, 1864, at Franklin, Tennessee as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign...
30 November – Hood attacks Thomas but loses - Battle of Waynesboro, GeorgiaBattle of Waynesboro (GA)The Battle of Waynesboro was an American Civil War battle fought on December 4, 1864, towards the end of Sherman's March to the Sea. Union cavalry forces under Brig. Gen. Judson Kilpatrick defeated Confederate cavalry led by Maj. Gen. Joseph Wheeler, opening the way for William T...
4 December – Kilpatrick stops Wheeler from attacking Sherman. - Third Battle of MurfreesboroBattle of Murfreesboro IIIThe Third Battle of Murfreesboro, also known as Wilkinson Pike or the Cedars, was fought December 5–7, 1864, in Rutherford County, Tennessee, as part of the Franklin-Nashville Campaign of the American Civil War.-Background:...
(5 December – 7 December) – Confederate raid mostly unsuccessful. - First Battle of Fort FisherFirst Battle of Fort FisherThe First Battle of Fort Fisher, was a siege fought from December 23 to December 27, 1864, was a failed attempt by Union forces to capture the fort guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, the South's last major port on the Atlantic Ocean...
(7 December – 27 December) – Failed Union attempt to take fort. - Battle of NashvilleBattle of NashvilleThe Battle of Nashville was a two-day battle in the Franklin-Nashville Campaign that represented the end of large-scale fighting in the Western Theater of the American Civil War. It was fought at Nashville, Tennessee, on December 15–16, 1864, between the Confederate Army of Tennessee under...
(15 December – 16 December) – Confederate Army in Tennessee overwhelmed.
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- Second Battle of Fort FisherSecond Battle of Fort FisherThe Second Battle of Fort Fisher was a joint assault by Union Army and naval forces against Fort Fisher, outside Wilmington, North Carolina, near the end of the American Civil War...
15 January – Union takes fort - Battle of Rivers' BridgeBattle of Rivers' BridgeThe Battle of Rivers' Bridge, also known as Salkehatchie River, Hickory Hill, Owen's Crossroads, Lawtonville, and Duck Creek, was a Union victory fought on February 3, 1865, during the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War....
3 February – Union forces capture river crossing. - Battle of Hatcher's RunBattle of Hatcher's RunThe Battle of Hatcher's Run, also known as Dabney's Mill, Armstrong's Mill, Rowanty Creek, and Vaughn Road, fought February 5–7, 1865, was one in a series of Union offensives during the Siege of Petersburg, aimed at cutting off Confederate supply traffic on Boydton Plank Road and the Weldon...
5 February – Union force launch unexpected attack. - Battle of WilmingtonBattle of WilmingtonThe Battle of Wilmington was fought February 11 – February 22, 1865, during the American Civil War. It was a direct result of the Union victory at the Second Battle of Fort Fisher.-Background:...
(North CarolinaNorth CarolinaNorth Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
) 22 February – Last rebel port falls - Battle of WaynesboroBattle of WaynesboroThe Battle of Waynesboro was fought on March 2, 1865, in Augusta County, Virginia, during the American Civil War. It was the final battle for Confederate Lt. Gen. Jubal Early, whose force was destroyed.-Background:...
(VirginiaVirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...
) 2 March – Jubal Anderson EarlyJubal Anderson EarlyJubal Anderson Early was a lawyer and Confederate general in the American Civil War. He served under Stonewall Jackson and then Robert E. Lee for almost the entire war, rising from regimental command to lieutenant general and the command of an infantry corps in the Army of Northern Virginia...
's army destroyed - Battle of Natural BridgeBattle of Natural BridgeThe Battle of Natural Bridge was a battle during the American Civil War, fought in what is now Woodville, Florida, near Tallahassee, on March 6, 1865...
6 March – Confederate victory in Florida prevents the capture of Tallahassee. - Battle of Wyse ForkBattle of Wyse ForkThe Battle of Wyse Fork was a battle fought in the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War, resulting in a Union Army victory.-Background:...
(7 March – 10 March) – Confederate attacks repelled by Union artillery. - Battle of AverasboroughBattle of AverasboroughThe Battle of Averasborough or The Battle of Averasboro, fought March 16, 1865, in Harnett and Cumberland counties, North Carolina, as part of the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War, was a prelude to the climactic Battle of Bentonville, which began three days later.Union Maj. Gen. William...
16 March – Union and Confederate forces attack one another in turn, both attacks fail. - Battle of BentonvilleBattle of BentonvilleAt 3 p.m., Confederate infantry from the Army of Tennessee launched an attack and drove the Union left flank back in confusion, nearly capturing Carlin in the process and overrunning the XIV Corps field hospital. Confederates under Maj. Gen. D.H. Hill filled the vacuum left by the retreating...
(19 March – 21 March) – Sherman defeats Confederates - Wilson's RaidWilson's RaidWilson's Raid was a cavalry operation through Alabama and Georgia in March–April 1865, late in the American Civil War. Brig. Gen. James H. Wilson led his Union Army Cavalry Corps to destroy Southern manufacturing facilities and was opposed unsuccessfully by a much smaller force under ...
22 March – 20 April – Union cavalry operate through Alabama and Georgia in the final stages of the Civil War, opposed by Nathan Bedford Forest. - Battle of Fort Steadman 25 March – Lee breaks siege
- Battle of Lewis's FarmBattle of Lewis's Farm-External links:*...
29 March – Union forces capture Confederate earthworks. - Battle of White Oak RoadBattle of White Oak RoadThe Battle of White Oak Road, also known as The Battle of Hatcher’s Run, Gravelly Run, Boydton Plank Road, White Oak Ridge was fought on March 31, 1865, during the American Civil War. It set the stage for the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Five Forks the following day.On March 30, 1865, Gen....
31 March – Confederate forces under Richard H. AndersonRichard H. AndersonRichard Heron Anderson was a career U.S. Army officer, fighting with distinction in the Mexican-American War. He also served as a Confederate general during the American Civil War, fighting in the Eastern Theater of the conflict and most notably during the 1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Court House...
defeated. - Battle of Dinwiddie Court HouseBattle of Dinwiddie Court HouseThe Battle of Dinwiddie Court House was a minor engagement in the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War that was the immediate prelude to the decisive Battle of Five Forks. On March 29, 1865, with the Cavalry Corps and the II and V Corps of the Army of the Potomac, Maj. Gen. Philip Sheridan...
31 March – Pickett defeats Sheridan. - Battle of Five ForksBattle of Five ForksThe Battle of Five Forks was fought on April 1, 1865, southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, in Dinwiddie County, during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War. The battle, sometimes referred to as the "Waterloo of the Confederacy," pitted Union Maj. Gen. Philip H. Sheridan against...
1 April – Sheridan routs Confederates in last important battle of the American Civil War. - Battle of SelmaBattle of SelmaThe Battle of Selma was a military engagement near the end of the American Civil War. It was fought in Selma, Alabama, on April 2, 1865. Union Army forces under Major General James H...
2 April – WilsonJames H. WilsonJames Harrison Wilson was a United States Army topographic engineer, a Union Army Major General in the American Civil War and later wars, a railroad executive, and author.-Early life and engineering:...
defeats Forrest. - Third Battle of PetersburgBattle of Petersburg IIIThe Third Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Breakthrough at Petersburg or the Fall of Petersburg, was a decisive Union assault on the Confederate trenches, ending the ten-month Siege of Petersburg and leading to the fall of Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia.-Fort Mahone:The Union IX Corps...
2 April – Grant defeats Lee. - Battle of Sutherland's StationBattle of Sutherland's StationThe Battle of Sutherland's Station was an American Civil War conflict fought on April 2, 1865, in Dinwiddie, Virginia during the Appomattox Campaign....
2 April – Lee's supply lines are cut. - Battle of Namozine ChurchBattle of Namozine ChurchThe Battle of Namozine Church, Virginia was a minor engagement that occurred on April 3, 1865 during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War. The battle was the first engagement between units of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia under the command of General Robert E...
3 April – Several Confederates captured, CusterGeorge Armstrong CusterGeorge Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his class...
's brother earns Medal of Honor. - Battle of Sayler's CreekBattle of Sayler's Creek-External links:* * : Maps, histories, photos, and preservation news...
6 April – Union victory, Lee realizes his army will not last long. - Battle of High BridgeBattle of High BridgeThe Battle of High Bridge was fought on April 6–7, 1865, near the end of the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War. On April 6, the Confederate cavalry fought stubbornly to secure the Appomattox River bridges. On April 7, elements of the Union II Corps came up against Lt. Gen. James...
(6 April – 7 April) – Union forces thwart Lee's attempts to burn bridges and to resupply, Grant proposes that Lee surrender, but he refuses. - Battle of Cumberland ChurchBattle of Cumberland ChurchThe Battle of Cumberland Church was fought on April 7, 1865, as part of the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War.Near 2 p.m. on April 7, the advance of the Union II Corps encountered Confederate forces entrenched on high ground near Cumberland Church. The Union forces attacked twice but...
7 April – Union forces attack Confederate rearguard, but darkness cuts the attack short. - Battle of Spanish FortBattle of Spanish FortThe Battle of Spanish Fort took place from March 27 to April 8, 1865 in Baldwin County, Alabama, as part of the Mobile Campaign of the Western Theater of the American Civil War....
(27 March – 8 April) – Union forces capture fort just east of Mobile. - Battle of Appomattox StationBattle of Appomattox StationThe Battle of Appomattox Station was fought April 8, 1865, during the Appomattox Campaign of the American Civil War. Maj. Gen. George Armstrong Custer's Union cavalry, en route to Appomattox Station, clashed with the reserve artillery of the Confederate Third Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, under...
8 April – Union forces thwart Lee's final attempt to resupply. - Battle of Fort BlakelyBattle of Fort Blakely-Sources:**-External links:*...
(2 April – 9 April) – Union forces capture fort outside of Mobile. - Battle of Appomattox CourthouseBattle of Appomattox CourthouseThe Battle of Appomattox Court House, fought on the morning of April 9, 1865, was the final engagement of Confederate States Army General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia before it surrendered to the Union Army under Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, and one of the last battles of the American...
9 April – Lee's forces surrounded. He subsequently surrenders. - Battle of MorrisvilleBattle of MorrisvilleThe Battle at Morrisville Station was fought April 13–15 1865 in Morrisville, North Carolina during the Carolinas Campaign of the American Civil War. It was the last cavalry battle of the War and occurred between the armies of Major General William T. Sherman and General Joseph E. Johnston...
13 April – 15 April – Last cavalry battle of the American Civil War. - Battle of West PointBattle of West PointThe Battle of West Point was fought on April 16, 1865 in West Point, Georgia, during General James H. Wilson's raid of the south during the American Civil War. This battle was fought at Fort Tyler seven days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S...
16 April – Union victory during final phase of American Civil War. - Battle of Palmito RanchBattle of Palmito RanchThe Battle of Palmito Ranch, also known as the Battle of Palmito Hill and the Battle of Palmetto Ranch, was fought on May 12–13, 1865, during the American Civil War. It was the last major clash of arms in the war...
(12 May – 13 May) – Confederate victory in Texas during final phases of the American Civil War. - Battle of RiachueloBattle of RiachueloThe naval Battle of Riachuelo was a key point in the War of the Triple Alliance. By late 1864, Paraguay had scored a series of victories in the war; on June 11, 1865, however, its naval defeat by Brazil began to turn the tide in favor of the allies....
11 June – Brazil defeats Paraguay - Battle of JataíBattle of JataíThe Battle of Yatai was fought on August 17, 1865 between the troops of the Triple Alliance and the soldiers of Paraguay near Paso de los Libres, now Paso de los Libres Department Corrientes Province, Argentina....
or Yataí 17 August- The combined army of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) attacks a Paraguayan column of troops. War of the Triple AllianceWar of the Triple AllianceThe Paraguayan War , also known as War of the Triple Alliance , was a military conflict in South America fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay... - Battle of the Tongue RiverBattle of the Tongue RiverThe Battle of the Tongue River, sometimes referred to as the Connor Battle, was the major engagement of the Powder River Expedition of 1865, directed against the Southern Cheyenne, Arapaho and Lakota Sioux. It destroyed for a time the Arapaho capability to raid the Bozeman Trail and overland mail...
29 August – U.S. forces led by Patrick E. ConnorPatrick Edward ConnorPatrick Edward Connor was a Union General during the American Civil War. He was most famous for his campaigns against Native Americans in the American Old West.-Early life and career:...
defeat ArapahoArapahoThe Arapaho are a tribe of Native Americans historically living on the eastern plains of Colorado and Wyoming. They were close allies of the Cheyenne tribe and loosely aligned with the Sioux. Arapaho is an Algonquian language closely related to Gros Ventre, whose people are seen as an early...
forces. - Battle of PapudoBattle of PapudoThe Naval Battle of Papudo was a naval engagement fought between Spanish and Chilean forces on November 26, 1865, during the Chincha Islands War...
26 November – Peru and Chile defeat Spain in a naval battle.
- Second Battle of Fort Fisher
1866–1875
- 1866 –
- Battle of AbtaoBattle of AbtaoThe Naval Battle of Abtao took place on February 7, 1866, between a Spanish naval squadron and a combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet, at the island of Abtao in the Gulf of Ancud near Chiloé Archipelago in south-central Chile.-Background:...
7 February – Indecisive battle between combined Peruvian-Chilean fleet and Spanish fleet. - Battle of CallaoBattle of CallaoThe Battle of Callao occurred on May 2, 1866 between a Spanish fleet under the command of Admiral Casto Méndez Núñez and the fortified battery emplacements of the Peruvian port city of Callao during the Chincha Islands War...
2 May – Spain defeats Peruvian forces. - Battle of TuyutíBattle of TuyutíThe Battle of Tuyutí was a Paraguayan offensive in the War of the Triple Alliance. The allied victory added to the Paraguayan troubles that began with a failed offensive and continued with the loss of its fleet in the Battle of Riachuelo....
or Tuyuty 24 May- The combined army of the Triple Alliance (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) is attacked by Paraguayan Army in the swamp fields of Tuyuty (Paraguay). Almost 60,000 took part in the fight. 16,000 casualties (8,000 allied; 12,000 Paraguayans). War of the Triple AllianceWar of the Triple AllianceThe Paraguayan War , also known as War of the Triple Alliance , was a military conflict in South America fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay... - Battle of RidgewayBattle of RidgewayThe Battle of Ridgeway was fought in the vicinity of the town of Fort Erie across the Niagara River from Buffalo, NY near the village of Ridgeway, Canada West, currently Ontario, Canada on June 2, 1866, between Canadian troops and an irregular army of Irish-American invaders, the Fenians...
2 June – Fenian BrotherhoodFenian BrotherhoodThe Fenian Brotherhood was an Irish republican organization founded in the United States in 1858 by John O'Mahony and Michael Doheny. It was a precursor to Clan na Gael, a sister organization to the Irish Republican Brotherhood. Members were commonly known as "Fenians"...
defeats Canadians. - Battle of Fort ErieBattle of Fort Erie (1866)The Battle of Fort Erie was a bloody skirmish in the afternoon immediately following the Battle of Ridgeway on June 2, 1866 in Canada West. The Fenian force, withdrawing from Ridgeway towards the United States, met and defeated a small force of Canadian militia at Fort Erie, then known as the...
2 June – Canadian force overwhelmed by main Fenian army. - Battle of Langensalza 27 June – Hanoverian Army under King George V defeated by Prussians under General Flies Austro-Prussian WarAustro-Prussian WarThe Austro-Prussian War was a war fought in 1866 between the German Confederation under the leadership of the Austrian Empire and its German allies on one side and the Kingdom of Prussia with its German allies and Italy on the...
- Battle of BurkersdorfBattle of BurkersdorfThe Battle of Burkersdorf was a battle fought on July 21, 1762 during the Seven Years' War. A Prussian army of 40,000 men fought an Austrian army of around 30,000 men....
28 June - Battle of KöniggrätzBattle of KöniggrätzThe Battle of Königgrätz , also known as the Battle of Sadowa, Sadová, or Hradec Králové, was the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War, in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire...
– (Sadowa) PrussiaPrussiaPrussia was a German kingdom and historic state originating out of the Duchy of Prussia and the Margraviate of Brandenburg. For centuries, the House of Hohenzollern ruled Prussia, successfully expanding its size by way of an unusually well-organized and effective army. Prussia shaped the history...
, led by General Helmuth von Moltke, defeats Austria in Austro-Prussian WarAustro-Prussian WarThe Austro-Prussian War was a war fought in 1866 between the German Confederation under the leadership of the Austrian Empire and its German allies on one side and the Kingdom of Prussia with its German allies and Italy on the...
, resulting in Prussia taking over as prominent German nation from Austria - Battle of CustozaBattle of Custoza (1866)The Battle of Custoza took place on June 24, 1866 during the Third Italian Independence War in the Italian unification process.The Austrian Imperial army with the old Venetian Army, led by Archduke Albert of Habsburg, defeated the Italian army led by Alfonso Ferrero la Marmora and Enrico Cialdini,...
– During Austro-Prussian War - Battle of LissaBattle of Lissa (1866)The Battle of Lissa took place on 20 July 1866 in the Adriatic Sea near the Dalmatian island of Lissa and was a decisive victory for an outnumbered Austrian Empire force over a superior Italian force...
20 July – Austrian Admiral Wilhelm von TegetthoffWilhelm von TegetthoffWilhelm von Tegetthoff was an Austrian admiral. Considered one of the prominent naval commanders of the 19th century, Tegetthoff was known for his innovative tactics as well as his inspirational leadership....
rams and drives off Italian fleet under Persano. First clash of ironclads. - Battle of BezzeccaBattle of BezzeccaThe Battle of Bezzecca was fought on July 21, 1866 between Italy and Austria, in the course of the Third Italian Independence War. The Italian force, the Hunters of the Alps, were led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, and had invaded Trentino as part of the general Italian offensive against the Austrian...
21 July – Garibaldi defeats Austrians. - Battle of CurupaityBattle of CurupaityThe Battle of Curupayty was a key battle in the War of the Triple Alliance.On the morning of September 22, 1866, the joint force of the Imperial , Argentine and Uruguayan armies attacked Paraguayan fortified trenches on Curupaity. The Paraguayans were led by General José E. Díaz...
22 September – Argentine and Brazilian forces of 20,000 men attack Paraguayan trenches on Curupaity. War of the Triple AllianceWar of the Triple AllianceThe Paraguayan War , also known as War of the Triple Alliance , was a military conflict in South America fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay...
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- Battle of Abtao
- 1868 –
- Pasoemah ExpeditionPasoemah ExpeditionThe Pasoemah Expedition was a punitive expedition of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army to the Pasoemah region in South Sumatra. The expedition lasted from 1864 to 1868.-Sources:...
– Expedition of the Royal Netherlands East Indies ArmyRoyal Netherlands East Indies ArmyThe Royal Netherlands East Indies Army was the military force maintained by the Netherlands in its colony of the Netherlands East Indies . The KNIL's air arm was the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force...
to the Pasoemah (also Pasumah) region in South SumatraSumatraSumatra is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia , and the sixth largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 with a population of 50,365,538...
. The expedition lasted from 1864 to 1868 - Battle of MagdalaBattle of MagdalaThe Battle of Magdala was fought in April 1868 between British and Abyssinian forces at Magdala, from the Red Sea coast, which at that time was the capital city of Abyssinia...
9 April-13 – Sir Robert NapierRobert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of MagdalaField Marshal Robert Cornelis Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala, GCB, GCSI, CIE, FRS was a British soldier.-Early life:...
defeats the army of Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia and captures MagdalaAmba MariamAmba Mariam is a village in central Ethiopia. It was known as Magdala or Meqdela during the reign of Emperor Tewodros II of Ethiopia...
by assault. Tewodros commits suicide. - Battle of Washita RiverBattle of Washita RiverThe Battle of Washita River occurred on November 27, 1868 when Lt. Col. George Armstrong Custer’s 7th U.S...
27 November – George Armstrong CusterGeorge Armstrong CusterGeorge Armstrong Custer was a United States Army officer and cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. Raised in Michigan and Ohio, Custer was admitted to West Point in 1858, where he graduated last in his class...
defeats Black KettleBlack KettleChief Black Kettle was a leader of the Southern Cheyenne after 1854, who led efforts to resist American settlement from Kansas and Colorado territories. He was a peacemaker who accepted treaties to protect his people. He survived the Third Colorado Cavalry's Sand Creek Massacre on the Cheyenne...
. - Battle of ItororóBattle of ItororóOn the morning of December 6, 1868, Marshal of the Brazilian Army, Luís Alves de Lima e Silva, Marquis of Caxias, moved with 13,000 men in two columns to take Villeta, a Paraguayan city, as a plan to make further attacks on the Paraguayan Army rear....
6 December- First battle of a series fought the month of December between the Brazilian ArmyBrazilian ArmyThe Brazilian Army is the land arm of the Brazilian Military. The Brazilian Army has fought in several international conflicts, mostly in South America and during the 19th century, such as the Brazilian War of Independence , Argentina-Brazil War , War of the Farrapos , Platine War , Uruguayan War ...
and the Paraguayan one. Around 13,000 Brazilians attack a fortified position on a river bridge, defended by 5,000 Paraguayans. War of the Triple AllianceWar of the Triple AllianceThe Paraguayan War , also known as War of the Triple Alliance , was a military conflict in South America fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay... - Battle of Avahy or AvaíAvaíAvaí is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2003 is 4,571 and the area is 543.66 km²....
11 December- 17,000 Allied troops, mainly Brazilians, attack 4,000 Paraguayans. War of the Triple AllianceWar of the Triple AllianceThe Paraguayan War , also known as War of the Triple Alliance , was a military conflict in South America fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay... - Battle of Lomas-Valentinas 21 December-27 December- Fought in two days between The Triple Alliance Army (Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay) against Paraguayan forces (19,500 allies on the first day; 25,000 on the second/ 6,500 Paraguayans). The end of the Paraguayan Army by death or captured. War of the Triple AllianceWar of the Triple AllianceThe Paraguayan War , also known as War of the Triple Alliance , was a military conflict in South America fought from 1864 to 1870 between Paraguay and the Triple Alliance of Argentina, Brazil, and Uruguay...
- Pasoemah Expedition
- 1870
- Battle of Eccles HillBattle of Eccles HillThe Battle of Eccles Hill was part of a raid into Canadian territory from the United States led by John O'Neill and Samuel Spiers of the Fenian Brotherhood...
25 May – Canadians defeat Fenian Brotherhood. - Battle of Wissembourg 4 August – German victory during Franco-Prussian War.
- Battle of SpicherenBattle of SpicherenThe Battle of Spicheren, also known as the Battle of Forbach, was a battle during the Franco-Prussian War. The German victory compelled the French to withdraw to the defenses of Metz.- History :...
6 August – Karl Friedrich von SteinmetzKarl Friedrich von SteinmetzKarl Friedrich von Steinmetz was a German Generalfeldmarschall, born at Eisenach.-Early life and Napoleonic Wars:...
leads Prussians to victory over the French. - Battle of Woerth 6 August – German Crown Prince defeats French forces.
- Battle of Mars-La-TourBattle of Mars-La-TourThe Battle of Mars-La-Tour was fought on 16 August 1870 during the Franco-Prussian War near the town of Mars-La-Tour in northeast France. Two Prussian corps encountered the entire French Army of the Rhine in a meeting engagement, and with the surprise entailed, successfully forced the Army of the...
16 August - German strategic victory against French. - Battle of GravelotteBattle of GravelotteThe Battle of Gravelotte was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War named after Gravelotte, a village in Lorraine between Metz and the former French–German frontier.-Terrain and armies:...
18 August - German victory againsts French. - Battle of SedanBattle of SedanThe Battle of Sedan was fought during the Franco-Prussian War on 1 September 1870. It resulted in the capture of Emperor Napoleon III and large numbers of his troops and for all intents and purposes decided the war in favour of Prussia and its allies, though fighting continued under a new French...
1 September – Mac-Mahon's French lose to Germans, paving the way to the founding of the German EmpireGerman EmpireThe German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German... - Siege of StrasbourgSiege of StrasbourgThe Siege of Strasbourg took place during the Franco-Prussian War, and resulted in the French surrender of the fortress on 28 September 1870.-Background:...
(ended 28 September) – Germans capture city. - Battle of Le BourgetBattle of Le BourgetThe Battle of Le Bourget was part of the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War, fought between 27 and 30 September 1870.-Background:...
(27 September – 30 September) – Albert, King of Saxony defeats French forces. - Battle of ChevillyBattle of ChevillyThe Battle of Chevilly was fought during the siege of Paris. The battle was the second French sortie from Paris against the German armies. On September 30, 1870 General Joseph Vinoy attacked the Prussian VI Corps at Chevilly and was easily repulsed....
30 September – French attack on Prussian forces repulsed. - Siege of MetzSiege of MetzThe Siege of Metz lasting from 19 August – 27 October 1870 was fought during the Franco-Prussian War and ended in a decisive Prussian victory.-History:...
(19 August – 27 October) – François Achille BazaineFrançois Achille BazaineFrançois Achille Bazaine was a French General and from 1864, a Marshal of France, who surrendered the last organized French army to the Prussians during the Franco-Prussian war. He was the first Marshal who had started as a legionnaire and like the great Marshals of the First Empire, he had risen...
forced to surrender. - Battle of Coulmiers (november 1870) French army, under general Aurelles de Paladines, defeat a Bavarian army. Liberation of the city of Orléans.
- Battle of VilliersBattle of VilliersThe Battle of Villiers was the largest of the French sorties from besieged Paris during the Franco-Prussian War.-Background:After the French defeat at the battle of Le Bourget and hearing of the surrender of Metz, morale began to drop in Paris...
(29 November – 3 December) – Germans defeat French.
- Battle of Eccles Hill
- 1871
- Battle of the LisaineBattle of the LisaineThe Battle of the Lisaine was fought from 15 January to 17 January 1871 between Prussian and French forces. The French were led by Charles Denis Bourbaki, and were attempting to relieve the Siege of Belfort. Early in the morning the French forces under Bourbaki with only a few thousand men against...
(15 January – 17 January) – French efforts to lift the Siege of Belfort fail. - Battle of St. QuentinBattle of St. Quentin (1871)The Battle of St. Quentin was a battle of the Franco-Prussian War in which Prussian forces defeated French attempts to relieve the besieged city of Paris....
19 January – Prussians defeat French. - Battle of BuzenvalBattle of BuzenvalThe Battle of Buzenval, also known as the Battle of Mont Valerien, was part of the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War. On January 19 1871, the day after Wilhelm I was proclaimed German Emperor, Louis Jules Trochu attacked the Germans west of Paris in Buzenval Park...
20 January – German Crown Prince defeats the French. - Siege of BelfortSiege of BelfortThe Siege of Belfort was a 103-day military assault and blockade of the city of Belfort, France by Prussian forces during the Franco-Prussian War...
(ended 18 February) – German victory during Franco-Prussian WarFranco-Prussian WarThe Franco-Prussian War or Franco-German War, often referred to in France as the 1870 War was a conflict between the Second French Empire and the Kingdom of Prussia. Prussia was aided by the North German Confederation, of which it was a member, and the South German states of Baden, Württemberg and...
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- Battle of the Lisaine
- 1873 –
- First Battle of the StrongholdFirst Battle of the StrongholdThe First Battle of the Stronghold was the second battle in the Modoc War of 1872–1873. The battle was fought between the United States Army under Lieutenant Colonel Frank Wheaton and a band of the Native American Modoc tribe from Oregon and California, led by Captain Jack...
17 January - First Aceh ExpeditionFirst Aceh ExpeditionThe First Aceh Expedition was a punitive expedition of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army against Aceh.Early in 1873, the American Consul in Singapore had discussions with an Achenese emissary about a possible Acehnese-American treaty, which the Dutch saw as justification for intervention...
Part of the Aceh WarAceh WarThe Aceh War, also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War , was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the U.S. in Singapore during early 1873...
. An expedition under Major General Johan Harmen Rudolf KöhlerJohan Harmen Rudolf KöhlerJohan Harmen Rudolf Köhler was a Dutch general who commanded the Dutch-Indonesian forces during the First expedition to Aceh started on April 8, 1873. The expedition failed to reach its goals and Köhler himself was shot in a skirmish...
. The intention of the Dutch was to attack and take the Sultan's palace.
- First Battle of the Stronghold
- 1874 –
- Second Battle of Adobe WallsSecond Battle of Adobe WallsThe Second Battle of Adobe Walls was fought on June 27, 1874 between Comanche forces and a group of twenty-eight U.S. bison hunters defending the settlement of Adobe Walls, Texas in what is now Hutchinson County, Texas.-Adobe Walls Settlement:...
27 June – 28 hunters hold off 300 Comanche warriors. - Battle of Palo Duro CanyonBattle of Palo Duro CanyonThe Battle of Palo Duro Canyon was a significant United States victory that brought about the end of the Red River War.-Background:Ever since the summer of 1874 the Comanches, Cheyenne and Kiowas had sought refuge in Palo Duro Canyon in the Texas panhandle. There they had been stockpiling food and...
28 September – Comanche, Cheyenne, and Kiowa defeated by United States forces.
- Second Battle of Adobe Walls
1876 to 1900
- 1876 –
- Battle of Gura 7–9 March – Emperor of Ethiopia Yohannes IVYohannes IV of EthiopiaYohannes IV , born Lij Kassay Mercha Ge'ez, was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 until his death.-Early life:...
decisively defeats an EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian punitive attack. - Battle of the RosebudBattle of the RosebudThe Battle of the Rosebud occurred June 17, 1876, in the Montana Territory between the United States Army and a force of Lakota Native Americans during the Black Hills War...
17 June – U.S. victory over Crazy HorseCrazy HorseCrazy Horse was a Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota. He took up arms against the U.S...
, but George CrookGeorge CrookGeorge R. Crook was a career United States Army officer, most noted for his distinguished service during the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Early life:...
is delayed, preventing him from uniting with Custer. - Battle of Little Big Horn 25 June – Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse of Sioux defeat Custer in Montana
- Battle of Warbonnet CreekBattle of Warbonnet CreekThe Battle of Warbonnet Creek was a skirmish characterized by a duel between "Buffalo Bill" Cody and a Cheyenne young warrior named Heova'ehe or Yellow Hair . The engagement is often referred to as the First Scalp for Custer because of this incident...
17 July – U.S. victory over Lone WolfLone Wolf (person)Lone Wolf the Younger was the adopted son of Chief Lone Wolf the Elder. His original name was Mamadayte. The elder Lone Wolf adopted the then 15-year-old Mamadayte and gave him his name for his bravery in battle....
's forces, famous duel between Buffalo Bill Cody and a Cheyenne warrior he mistook for Yellow Hand. - Dull Knife FightDull Knife FightThe Dull Knife Fight, or the Battle of Bates Creek, was a Great Plains battle in the Wyoming Territory between the United States Army and the Northern Cheyenne as part of the Great Sioux War of 1876-77. The battle essentially ended the Cheyennes' ability to wage war.After the battles of the Rosebud...
25 November – U.S. and Pawnee forces defeat the Cheyenne.
- Battle of Gura 7–9 March – Emperor of Ethiopia Yohannes IV
- 1877
- Battle of Slim ButtesBattle of Slim ButtesThe Battle of Slim Buttes was fought on September 9–10, 1876, in the Great Sioux Reservation between the United States Army and Miniconjou Sioux during the Great Sioux War of 1876...
8 January – Crazy Horse defeated by U.S. Cavalry forces. - Battle of Kizil-TepeBattle of Kizil-TepeThe Battle of Kizil-tepe was fought on June 25, 1877, between Russia and the Ottoman Empire. The Russian were attempting to besiege Kars. The Ottomans successfully lifted the siege....
25 June – Ottoman victory during the Russo-Turkish War. - Battle of the ClearwaterBattle of the ClearwaterThe Battle of the Clearwater was a battle between the Nez Perce and the United States army. Retreating from the battlefield, the Nez Percé began the long trek across Idaho and Montana before surrendering to Oliver Otis Howard near the Canadian border.-Background:After the defeat of United States...
10 July – Chief JosephChief JosephHin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, popularly known as Chief Joseph, or Young Joseph was the leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain band of Nez Perce during General Oliver O. Howard's attempt to forcibly remove his band and the other "non-treaty" Nez Perce to a reservation in Idaho...
of the Nez Perce defeated by Oliver Otis Howard of the United States. - Battle of NikopolBattle of NikopolThe Battle of Nikopol, or Nicopolis, was one of the early battles of the Russo-Turkish War . As the Russian army crossed the Danube River, they approached the fortified city of Nikopol . The Turkish high command sent Osman Pasha with the troops from Vidin to oppose the Russians' crossing of the...
16 July – Russian forces capture city. - First Battle of Shipka Pass (17 July – 19 July) – Joseph Gourko seizes pass from Suleiman PashaSuleiman PashaSuleiman Pasha was a French-born Egyptian commander...
. - Battle of the Big HoleBattle of the Big HoleThe Battle of the Big Hole was a costly battle in the Montana Territory between the Nez Percé and United States army during the Nez Perce War of 1877.-Background:...
9 August – Minor U.S. victory over the Nez Perce, John GibbonJohn GibbonJohn Gibbon was a career United States Army officer who fought in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars.-Early life:...
wounded. - Second Battle of Shipka Pass (21 August – 26 August) – Ottomans unable to retake pass.
- Battle of LovchaBattle of LovchaThe Battle of Lovcha, or Loftcha , was a battle of the Russo-Turkish War which occurred during the siege of Plevna...
(1 September – 3 September) – Mikhail SkobelevMikhail SkobelevMikhail Dmitrievich Skobelev was a Russian general famous for his conquest of Central Asia and heroism during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-78. Dressed in white uniform and mounted on a white horse, and always in the thickest of the fray, he was known and adored by his soldiers as the "White...
defeats Osman Pasha in BulgariaBulgariaBulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
. - Third Battle of Shipka Pass (13 September – 17 September) – Suleiman PashaSuleiman PashaSuleiman Pasha was a French-born Egyptian commander...
fails in a second Ottoman attempt to retake the pass. - Battle of Bear PawBattle of Bear PawThe Battle of Bear Paw was the final engagement of the Nez Perce War. Some of the Nez Perce were able to escape to Canada, but Chief Joseph was forced to surrender the majority of his tribe to Oliver O. Howard...
(30 September – 5 October) – American victory forces Chief JosephChief JosephHin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, popularly known as Chief Joseph, or Young Joseph was the leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain band of Nez Perce during General Oliver O. Howard's attempt to forcibly remove his band and the other "non-treaty" Nez Perce to a reservation in Idaho...
to surrender. - Battle of Gorni-DubnikBattle of Gorni-DubnikIn an effort to reduce the fortress of Pleven quicker, Russian forces began targeting garrisons along the Ottoman supply and communications route. A significant garrison had been reduced at the Battle of Lovcha in September...
24 October – Gourko captures fortress. - Battle of KarsBattle of KarsThe Battle of Kars was a decisive Russian victory over the Ottoman Empire during the Russo-Turkish War .In June, 1877 Russian forces attempted a siege of Kars but were driven off by an Ottoman army at the Battle of Kizil-Tepe. In November Russian commander in the Caucasus, Grand Duke Michael,...
17 November – Russian forces capture city. - Siege of Plevna (20 July – 10 December) – Russians, after reverses, defeat Ottomans
- Battle of Slim Buttes
- 1878 –
- Fourth Battle of Shipka Pass (5 January – 9 January)- Russians defeat Ottomans.
- Battle of Philippopolis 17 January – Ottomans forced to retreat to ConstantinopleConstantinopleConstantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
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- 1879 –
- Battle of IsandlwanaBattle of IsandlwanaThe Battle of Isandlwana on 22 January 1879 was the first major encounter in the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom...
22 January – Zulu combined army annihilates British-led force, start of Anglo-Zulu WarAnglo-Zulu WarThe Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.Following the imperialist scheme by which Lord Carnarvon had successfully brought about federation in Canada, it was thought that a similar plan might succeed with the various African kingdoms, tribal areas and... - Battle of Rorke's Drift 22 January – A small, heavily outnumbered British force defeats the Zulus in one of Britain's finest hours.
- Battle of IntombeBattle of IntombeThe Battle of Intombe was a small action fought on 12 March 1879, between Zulu forces and British soldiers defending a supply convoy.-Prelude:...
12 March – Zulu army destroys small British force in an ambush - Battle of TopáterBattle of TopáterThe Battle of Topáter was fought on March 23, 1879 between Chile and Bolivia, and was the first of the War of the Pacific.The Chileans were taking possession of the Antofagasta province, at that time a part of Bolivia. The Bolivian troops, quite few in number, decided to make a stand in the town...
23 March – Chile defeats Bolivia during the War of the PacificWar of the PacificThe War of the Pacific took place in western South America from 1879 through 1883. Chile fought against Bolivia and Peru. Despite cooperation among the three nations in the war against Spain, disputes soon arose over the mineral-rich Peruvian provinces of Tarapaca, Tacna, and Arica, and the... - Battle of HlobaneBattle of HlobaneThe Battle of Hlobane was a battle of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 that took place at Hlobane, near the current town of Vryheid in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.- Prelude :...
28 March – British suffer yet another disaster at Zulu hands on the mountain of Hlobane - Battle of KambulaBattle of KambulaBattle of Kambula took place in 1879, during the Anglo-Zulu War when a Zulu Army attacked the British camp at Kambula. It resulted in a decisive Zulu defeat and is considered to be the turning point of the Anglo-Zulu War.-Prelude:...
29 March – Zulu Impi defeated in an attack on a British laager in Britain's first major victory in the war - Battle of GingindlovuBattle of GingindlovuThe Battle of Gingindlovu was fought on 2 April 1879 between a British relief column sent to break the Siege of Eshowe and a Zulu impi of king Cetshwayo.-Prelude:...
2 April – British defeat Zulu. - Siege of EshoweSiege of EshoweThe Siege of Eshowe was part of a three-pronged attack on the Zulu Impis of king Cetshwayo at Ulundi during the Anglo-Zulu War. After a successful incursion as far as Eshowe, Colonel Charles Pearson was besieged there for two months by the Zulus....
(ended 3 April) – British victory during Anglo-Zulu War. - Battle of Chipana 12 April – Indecisive naval battle between Chile and Bolivia.
- Battle of IquiqueBattle of IquiqueThe Battle of Iquique was a confrontation that occurred on May 21, 1879, during the naval stage of the War of the Pacific, a conflict between Chile and Peru and Bolivia. The battle took place off the, by then, Peruvian port of Iquique...
21 May – Indecisive battle between Chile and the combined forces of Peru and Bolivia. - Battle of UlundiBattle of UlundiThe Battle of Ulundi took place at the Zulu capital of Ulundi on 4 July 1879 and was the last major battle of the Anglo-Zulu War. The British army finally broke the military power of the Zulu nation by defeating the main Zulu army and immediately afterwards capturing and razing the capital of...
4 July – Decisive British victory at Zulu capital, end of Anglo-Zulu WarAnglo-Zulu WarThe Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.Following the imperialist scheme by which Lord Carnarvon had successfully brought about federation in Canada, it was thought that a similar plan might succeed with the various African kingdoms, tribal areas and... - Naval Battle of Angamos 8 October – Chilean navy defeats the navies of PeruPeruPeru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
and Bolivia. - Battle of PisaguaBattle of PisaguaThe Battle of Pisagua , was a landing operation of the War of the Pacific, fought on November 2, 1879, between Chile and the combined forces of Bolivia and Peru. The Chilean army commanded by Erasmo Escala, supported by the Chilean Fleet, launched an amphibious assault, led by Gen...
2 November – Successful Chilean amphibious assault. - Battle of San FranciscoBattle of San FranciscoThe Battle of San Francisco, also known as Battle of Dolores, fought on November 19, 1879, was the third battle of the Tarapacá Campaign in the War of the Pacific, after Pisagua and Germania...
19 November – Peruvian and Bolivian troops ambush Chileans, but Bolivians retreat, forcing Peruvians to follow suit. - Battle of TarapacáBattle of TarapacáThe Battle of Tarapacá occurred on November 27, 1879 during the Tarapacá Campaign of the War of the Pacific. A Chilean column of 2,300 soldiers led by General Luis Arteaga recklessly attacked an outnumbering Peruvian contingent of 4,500 troops at Tarapacá commanded by Gen Juan Buendía, resulting in...
27 November – Peru defeats Chile.
- Battle of Isandlwana
- 1880 –
- Battle of AricaBattle of AricaThe Battle of Arica, also known as Assault and Capture of Arica Cape, was a battle in the War of the Pacific. It was fought on 7 June 1880, between the forces of Chile and Peru....
2 July – Chile storms Peruvian positions atop a hill. Heavy casualties including Peruvian commander and several Chilean officers. - Second Aceh ExpeditionSecond Aceh ExpeditionThe Dutch dispatched a second expedition in Aceh in late 1873 during the Aceh War following the failed First Aceh Expedition of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army to Aceh....
– Dutch Colonial forces take the sultan's palace in AcehAcehAceh is a special region of Indonesia, located on the northern tip of the island of Sumatra. Its full name is Daerah Istimewa Aceh , Nanggroë Aceh Darussalam and Aceh . Past spellings of its name include Acheh, Atjeh and Achin...
. - Battle of BronkhorstspruitAction at BronkhorstspruitThe Action at Bronkhorstspruit was one of the first serious clashes of the First Boer War. It was a skirmish between a British army column and a group of Boers, fought a few miles east of the town of Bronkhorstspruit, Transvaal on 20 December 1880....
20 December – TransvaalSouth African RepublicThe South African Republic , often informally known as the Transvaal Republic, was an independent Boer-ruled country in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century. Not to be confused with the present-day Republic of South Africa, it occupied the area later known as the South African...
Boers defeat British.
- Battle of Arica
- 1881 –
- Battle of Laing's NekBattle of Laing's NekThe Battle of Laing's Nek was a major battle fought at Laing's Nek during the First Boer War on 28 January 1881.-Background:Following the Boer declaration of independence for the Transvaal in 1880 the British suffered a series of disastrous defeats in attempting to regain the territory.On 20...
28 January – Boer victory, British gunfire holds Boers back long enough to allow retreat. - Battle of SchuinshoogteBattle of SchuinshoogteBattle of Schuinshoogte Also known as Ingogo, was a battle fought at on 8 February 1881 during the First Boer War. General Sir George Pomeroy Colley's communications with Newcastle were under constant harassment by mounted Boer patrols under Commander J D Weilbach after the Battle of Laing's Nek ...
8 February – Rain stops the battle before British reinforcements arrive, Boer victory. - Battle of Majuba HillBattle of Majuba HillThe Battle of Majuba Hill on 27 February 1881 was the main battle of the First Boer War. It was a resounding victory for the Boers. Major-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley occupied the summit of the hill on the night of February 26–27, 1881. His motive for occupying the hill remains unclear...
27 February – Boer victory over British, George Pomeroy ColleyGeorge Pomeroy ColleyMajor-General Sir George Pomeroy Colley KCSI CB CMG was a British Army officer who became Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Natal and High Commissionerfor South Eastern Africa....
killed.
- Battle of Laing's Nek
- 1882 –
- Battle of EmbaboBattle of EmbaboThe Battle of Embabo was fought 6 June 1882, between the Shewan forces of Negus Menelik II and the Gojjame forces of Negus Tekle Haymanot. The forces fought to gain control over the Oromia Region south of the Gibe River. The Gojjame forces under Tekle Haymanot were defeated...
6 June – ShewaShewaShewa is a historical region of Ethiopia, formerly an autonomous kingdom within the Ethiopian Empire...
n forces under NegusNegusNegus is a title in Ge'ez, Tigrinya, Tigre and Amharic, used for a king and at times also a vassal ruler in pre-1974 Ethiopia and pre-1890 Eritrea. It is subsequently used to translate the word "king" in Biblical and other literature...
Menelik II defeat the opposing forces of GojjamGojjamGojjam was a kingdom in the north-western part of Ethiopia, with its capital city at Debre Marqos. This region is distinctive for lying entirely within the bend of the Abbay River from its outflow from Lake Tana to the Sudan...
under Negus Tekle HaymanotTekle Haymanot of GojjamTekle Haymanot Tessemma, also Adal Tessemma, Tekle Haymanot of Gojjam, and Tekle Haimanot of Gojjam, was an army commander and a member of the nobility of the Ethiopian Empire.- Biography :...
, giving Shewa the hegemony over the Gibe regionGibe regionThe Gibe region is used to indicate a historic region in modern southwestern Ethiopia, to the west of the Gibe and Omo Rivers, and north of the Gojeb...
and making Menelik the most powerful ruler in EthiopiaEthiopiaEthiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
except for Emperor Yohannes IVYohannes IV of EthiopiaYohannes IV , born Lij Kassay Mercha Ge'ez, was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 until his death.-Early life:... - Battle of Tel al-KebirBattle of Tel al-KebirThe Battle of Tel el-Kebir or el-Tal el-Kebir was between the Egyptian army led by Ahmed Urabi and the British military fought near Tel-el-Kebir...
– British forces defeat Egyptian army under Colonel Urabi.
- Battle of Embabo
- 1883 –
- Battle of El Obeid – Mahdi wipes out Egyptians controlling Sudan
- Continuing war – Third part of the Aceh WarAceh WarThe Aceh War, also known as the Dutch War or the Infidel War , was an armed military conflict between the Sultanate of Aceh and the Netherlands which was triggered by discussions between representatives of Aceh and the U.S. in Singapore during early 1873...
. Major J.B. van Heutsz, conquered the rest of Aceh, and became Governor Of the Dutch East IndiesDutch East IndiesThe Dutch East Indies was a Dutch colony that became modern Indonesia following World War II. It was formed from the nationalised colonies of the Dutch East India Company, which came under the administration of the Netherlands government in 1800....
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- 1884 –
- Battles of El TebBattles of El TebThe Battles of El Teb took place during the British Sudan Campaign where a force of Sudanese under Osman Digna won a victory over an 3500 strong Egyptian force under the command of General Valentine Baker which was marching to relieve Tokar on the 4th...
4 February and 29 February – MahdiMahdiIn Islamic eschatology, the Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will stay on Earth for seven, nine or nineteen years- before the Day of Judgment and, alongside Jesus, will rid the world of wrongdoing, injustice and tyranny.In Shia Islam, the belief in the Mahdi is a "central religious...
forces battle EgyptEgyptEgypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian then BritishBritish Armed ForcesThe British Armed Forces are the armed forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Also known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, the British Armed Forces encompasses three professional uniformed services, the Royal Navy, the...
forces. - Battle of TamaiBattle of TamaiThe Battle of Tamai took place on March 13, 1884 between a British force under Sir Gerald Graham and a Mahdist Sudanese army led by Osman Digna....
13 March – British forces under Sir Gerald GrahamGerald GrahamLieutenant General Sir Gerald Graham, VC GCB GCMG was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.-Early life:He was born in Acton, Middlesex, and after studying at...
defeat a MahdiMahdiIn Islamic eschatology, the Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will stay on Earth for seven, nine or nineteen years- before the Day of Judgment and, alongside Jesus, will rid the world of wrongdoing, injustice and tyranny.In Shia Islam, the belief in the Mahdi is a "central religious...
army under Osman DignaOsman DignaOsman Digna was a follower of the Mahdi in Sudan, and hailed from the Hadendoa tribe of the Beja people. His birthplace is unknown; Suakin was said to be the town where he was born. When he was called Osman Ali, Osman Digna lived in Alexandria, Egypt, where he dealt in the selling of slaves...
, despite the successful breaking of an infantry squareInfantry squareAn infantry square is a combat formation an infantry unit forms in close order when threatened with cavalry attack.-Very early history:The formation was described by Plutarch and used by the Romans, and was developed from an earlier circular formation...
. - Battle of FoochowBattle of FoochowThe Battle of Fuzhou, or Battle of Foochow, also known as the Battle of the Pagoda Anchorage , was the opening engagement of the 16-month Sino-French War...
23 August – French fleet destroys Chinese fleet at Foochow
- Battles of El Teb
- 1885 –
- Battle of KhartoumBattle of KhartoumThe Battle of Khartoum or Siege of Khartoum lasted from March 13, 1884 to January 26, 1885. It was fought in and around Khartoum between Egyptian forces led by British General Charles George Gordon and a Mahdist Sudanese army led by the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad...
– After a 10-month siege, on 26 January the MahdiMahdiIn Islamic eschatology, the Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will stay on Earth for seven, nine or nineteen years- before the Day of Judgment and, alongside Jesus, will rid the world of wrongdoing, injustice and tyranny.In Shia Islam, the belief in the Mahdi is a "central religious...
capture the city from the British, slaughtering the garrison and its commander, Chinese GordonCharles George GordonMajor-General Charles George Gordon, CB , known as "Chinese" Gordon, Gordon Pasha, and Gordon of Khartoum, was a British army officer and administrator....
, as well as 4,000 inhabitants - Battle of Duck LakeBattle of Duck LakeThe Battle of Duck Lake was a skirmish between Métis soldiers of the Provisional Government of Saskatchewan and Canadian government forces that signalled the beginning of the North-West Rebellion.-Prelude:...
26 March – Gabriel Dumont wins a victory for the Métis people during the North West Rebellion in SaskatchewanSaskatchewanSaskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
. - Battle of Fort PittBattle of Fort PittThe Battle of Fort Pitt was part of a Cree uprising coinciding with the Métis revolt that started the North-West Rebellion in 1885. Cree warriors began attacking Canadian settlements on April 2...
(2 April – 15 April) CreeCreeThe Cree are one of the largest groups of First Nations / Native Americans in North America, with 200,000 members living in Canada. In Canada, the major proportion of Cree live north and west of Lake Superior, in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, although...
forces destroy Canadian fort. - Battle of Fish CreekBattle of Fish CreekThe Battle of Fish Creek , fought April 24, 1885 at Fish Creek, Saskatchewan, was a major Métis victory over the Dominion forces attempting to quell Louis Riel's North-West Rebellion...
24 April – Frederick Middleton withdraws the Canadian force from what could have been a victory over the Métis. - Battle of Cut KnifeBattle of Cut KnifeThe Battle of Cut Knife, fought on May 2, 1885, occurred when a small force of Cree and Assiniboine warriors were attacked by a flying column of mounted police, militia, and Canadian army regulars...
2 May – Cree and Assiniboine defeat Canadian force - Battle of BatocheBattle of BatocheThe Battle of Batoche was the decisive battle of the North-West Rebellion. Fought from 9 May to 12 May 1885 at the ad hoc Provisional Government of Saskatchewan capital of Batoche, the greater numbers and superior firepower of Middleton's force could not be successfully countered by the Métis ,...
(5 May – 12 May) – Middleton defeats Dumont. - Battle of Frenchman's ButteBattle of Frenchman's ButteThe Battle of Frenchman's Butte, fought on May 28, 1885, occurred when a force of Cree, dug in on a hillside near Frenchman's Butte, was unsuccessfully attacked by the Alberta Field Force.-Background:...
28 May – Cree withstand Canadian assault. - Battle of Loon LakeBattle of Loon LakeThe Battle of Loon Lake concluded the North-West Rebellion on June 3, 1885 and was the last battle fought on Canadian soil. Led by Major Sam Steele, a force of North-West Mounted Police, Alberta Mounted Rifles and Steele's Scouts caught up with and dispersed a band of Plains Cree warriors and...
3 June – Canadian Dominion defeats the Cree. - Battle of Kufit 23 September – Ras AlulaAlula EngidaRas Alula Engida was a general and Ethiopian politician...
defeats an invading MahdiMahdiIn Islamic eschatology, the Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will stay on Earth for seven, nine or nineteen years- before the Day of Judgment and, alongside Jesus, will rid the world of wrongdoing, injustice and tyranny.In Shia Islam, the belief in the Mahdi is a "central religious...
army led by Osman Digna. - Battle of SlivnitsaBattle of SlivnitsaCalled by historians the "Battle of the captains vs the generals," referring to the young Bulgarian army, whose highest rank went up to a captain, the Battle of Slivnitsa was a decisive factor in the victory of the Bulgarian army over the Serbians on November 17–19, 1885 in the...
5–7 November (OS)Julian calendarThe Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
– Bulgarians win the decisive engagement of the Serbo-Bulgarian WarSerbo-Bulgarian WarThe Serbo-Bulgarian War was a war between Serbia and Bulgaria that erupted on 14 November 1885 and lasted until 28 November the same year. Final peace was signed on 19 February 1886 in Bucharest... - Battle of PirotBattle of PirotThe Battle of Pirot was a battle between the Bulgarian Western Corps and the Serbian Nishava Army during the Serbo-Bulgarian War. The battle took place on 14 and 15 November 1885 and ended with a Bulgarian victory.-Prelude:...
14 – 15 November (OS)Julian calendarThe Julian calendar began in 45 BC as a reform of the Roman calendar by Julius Caesar. It was chosen after consultation with the astronomer Sosigenes of Alexandria and was probably designed to approximate the tropical year .The Julian calendar has a regular year of 365 days divided into 12 months...
– last battle of the Serbo-Bulgarian WarSerbo-Bulgarian WarThe Serbo-Bulgarian War was a war between Serbia and Bulgaria that erupted on 14 November 1885 and lasted until 28 November the same year. Final peace was signed on 19 February 1886 in Bucharest...
. - Battle of GinnisBattle of GinnisThe Battle of Ginnis was a minor battle of the Mahdist War that was fought on December 30, 1885, between soldiers of the Anglo-Egyptian Army and Mahdist Sudanese warriors of the Dervish State. The battle was caused by the Mahdist blockade of the Ginnis-Kosha fort, which British commanders hoped...
30 December – Anglo-Egyptian Army defeat Mahdist Sudanese warriors of Dervish Empire, effectively ending First Sudan Campaign.
- Battle of Khartoum
- 1887 –
- Battle of ChelenqoBattle of ChelenqoThe Battle of Chelenqo was an engagement fought on 6 January 1887 between the army of Shewa under Negus Menelik II and Emir 'Abd Allah II of Harar...
9 January – NegusNegusNegus is a title in Ge'ez, Tigrinya, Tigre and Amharic, used for a king and at times also a vassal ruler in pre-1974 Ethiopia and pre-1890 Eritrea. It is subsequently used to translate the word "king" in Biblical and other literature...
Menelik II routs the tiny HararHararHarar is an eastern city in Ethiopia, and the capital of the modern Harari ethno-political division of Ethiopia...
i army of emir `Abd-Allah II, leading to the conquest of Harar. - Battle of DogaliBattle of DogaliThe Battle of Dogali was fought on 26 January 1887 between Italy and Ethiopia in Dogali near Massawa, in present-day Eritrea.On his own initiative, Ras Alula Engida, then governor of Emperor Yohannes IV, had attacked the Italian-controlled town of Sahati on the day prior...
24 January – Ras AlulaAlula EngidaRas Alula Engida was a general and Ethiopian politician...
annihilates an Italian battalion sent to relieve an EthiopiaEthiopiaEthiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
n siege of Sahati.
- Battle of Chelenqo
- 1889 Battle of GallabatBattle of GallabatThe Battle of Gallabat was fought 9–10 March 1889 between the Mahdist Sudanese and Ethiopian forces. It is a critical event in Ethiopian history because Nəgusä Nägäst Yohannes IV was killed in this battle...
9–10 March – At the moment his army is about to crush the MahdiMahdiIn Islamic eschatology, the Mahdi is the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will stay on Earth for seven, nine or nineteen years- before the Day of Judgment and, alongside Jesus, will rid the world of wrongdoing, injustice and tyranny.In Shia Islam, the belief in the Mahdi is a "central religious...
army, Emperor Yohannes IVYohannes IV of EthiopiaYohannes IV , born Lij Kassay Mercha Ge'ez, was Emperor of Ethiopia from 1872 until his death.-Early life:...
is killed, and his army defeated. - 1890 –
- Battle of Wounded KneeWounded Knee MassacreThe Wounded Knee Massacre happened on December 29, 1890, near Wounded Knee Creek on the Lakota Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, USA. On the day before, a detachment of the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment commanded by Major Samuel M...
29 December – Sioux crushed in last Indian Wars battle
- Battle of Wounded Knee
- 1891 –
- Battle of MulaydaBattle of MulaydaBattle of Mulayda was the last major battle during the existence of the Second Saudi State. Following problems over Zakat and the arrest of the Rashidi leader, Ibn Sabhan, Rashidies planned to end the Saudi State and conquer both Qassim region and Riyadh...
24 January – Rashidi troops ended the Second Saudi StateSecond Saudi StateThe Second Saudi State existed during the 19th century when the rule of the House of Saud was restored to central and eastern Arabia after having previously been brought down by an Ottoman-Egyptian invasion in 1818...
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- Battle of Mulayda
- 1894 Battle of Yalu RiverBattle of Yalu River (1894)The Battle of the Yalu River , also called simply 'The Battle of Yalu' took place on September 17, 1894. It involved the Japanese and the Chinese navies, and was the largest naval engagement of the First Sino-Japanese War...
17 September – Japanese fleet barely defeats Chinese off Korea - 1895 –
- Battle of Coatit 13–14 January – After occupying AdwaAdwaAdwa is a market town in northern Ethiopia, and best known as the community closest to the decisive Battle of Adowa fought in 1896 with Italian troops. Notably, Ethiopian soldiers won the battle, thus being the only African nation to thwart European colonialism...
, the Italians defeat a counterattack by Ras Mangesha Yohannes. - Battle of Amba AlagiBattle of Amba Alagi (1895)The Battle of Amba Alagi was the first in a series of battles between General Baratieri and Emperor Menelik during the First Italo-Ethiopian War. Amba Alagi was one of Baratieri's forward positions, left in charge to Major Toselli as well as 2,000 Eritrean Askari...
7 December – Ras Makonnen Woldemikael leads the first EthiopiaEthiopiaEthiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
n counterstrike of the First Italo-Abyssinian WarFirst Italo-Abyssinian WarThe First Italo-Ethiopian War was fought between Italy and Ethiopia from 1895 to 1896. Ethiopia's military victory over Italy secured it the distinction of being the only African nation to successfully resist European colonialism with a decisive show of force.-Background:On March 25, 1889, the...
to success.
- Battle of Coatit 13–14 January – After occupying Adwa
- 1896 –
- Siege of Mek'ele 6–21 January – The forces of Menelik II besiege the Italians at Mek'eleMek'eleMek'ele , also transliterated as Makale, is a city in northern Ethiopia and the capital of the Tigray Region. It is located some 650 kilometers north of the capital, Addis Ababa, at latitude and longitude with an elevation of 2084 meters above sea level...
, until the defenders receive permission allowing them to leave the town. - Battle of AdowaBattle of AdowaThe Battle of Adwa was fought on 1 March 1896 between Ethiopia and Italy near the town of Adwa, Ethiopia, in Tigray...
1 March – EthiopiaEthiopiaEthiopia , officially known as the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, is a country located in the Horn of Africa. It is the second-most populous nation in Africa, with over 82 million inhabitants, and the tenth-largest by area, occupying 1,100,000 km2...
n soldiers under Emperor Menelik II deal a humiliating defeat upon Italian troops. - Battle of BinakayanBattle of BinakayanThe Battle of Binakayan was fought on November 9-11, 1896, and is considered the first major victory of Filipino revolutionaries during Philippine Revolution. The battle took place at the town of Cavite el Viejo and lasted for two days after Spanish retreat...
9–11 November – The first major victory of the Philippine Revolutionary soldiers under by General Emilio AguinaldoEmilio AguinaldoEmilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...
, Lieutenant General Edilberto EvangelistaEdilberto EvangelistaEdilberto Evangelista was a Filipino civil engineer who trained in the University of Ghent, Belgium. His popularity by the time of the Philippine Revolution could have made him president rather than Emilio Aguinaldo, lest he was killed by a bullet in the head.-Early Life and Career:He was born in...
, General Candido Tirona and Gregoria Montoya y Patricio was captured in the town of Cavite el Viejo (now. Kawit, Cavite) and defeated and retreated by the Spanish Colonial forces.
- Siege of Mek'ele 6–21 January – The forces of Menelik II besiege the Italians at Mek'ele
- 1897 Battle of DömekeGreco-Turkish War (1897)The Greco-Turkish War of 1897, also called the Thirty Days' War and known as the Black '97 in Greece, was a war fought between the Kingdom of Greece and Ottoman Empire. Its immediate cause was the question over the status of the Ottoman province of Crete, whose Greek majority long desired union...
– Ottoman victory during Greco Turkish war on CreteCreteCrete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...
n conflict - 1897
- Battle of Saragarhi – on 12 September 1897 between twenty-one Sikhs of the 4th Battalion (then 36th Sikhs) of the Sikh Regiment of British India, defending an army post, and 10,000 Afghan
- Battle of Zapote BridgeBattle of Zapote BridgeThe Battle of Zapote River, also known as the Battle of Zapote Bridge, was fought on June 13, 1899 between 3,000 Americans and 5,000 Filipinos. It was the second largest battle of the Philippine-American War. Zapote River separates what is now the city of Las Piñas in Metro Manila from Bacoor in...
17 February – The victory of the Philippine Revolutionary forces headed by General Emilio AguinaldoEmilio AguinaldoEmilio Aguinaldo y Famy was a Filipino general, politician, and independence leader. He played an instrumental role during the Philippines' revolution against Spain, and the subsequent Philippine-American War or War of Philippine Independence that resisted American occupation...
and General Edilberto EvangelistaEdilberto EvangelistaEdilberto Evangelista was a Filipino civil engineer who trained in the University of Ghent, Belgium. His popularity by the time of the Philippine Revolution could have made him president rather than Emilio Aguinaldo, lest he was killed by a bullet in the head.-Early Life and Career:He was born in...
to captured of Zapote Bridge in Bacoor, CaviteBacoor, CaviteThe Municipality of Bacoor is a first class urban municipality in the province of Cavite, Philippines. It is a lone district congressional district of Cavite...
to defeated and attacked by the Spanish Colonial forces under Governor-General Camilo de PolaviejaCamilo de PolaviejaCamilo Polavieja y del Castillo, Marques de Polavieja was a Spanish general born in Madrid on July 13, 1838, in a family of merchants...
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- 1898 –
- Battle of Manila BayBattle of Manila Bay (1898)The Battle of Manila Bay took place on 1 May 1898, during the Spanish-American War. The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodore George Dewey engaged and destroyed the Spanish Pacific Squadron under Admiral Patricio Montojo y Pasarón...
1 May – Dewey says "You may fire when you are ready Gridley" - Battle of CárdenasBattle of CárdenasThe Second Battle of Cárdenas was a secondary naval engagement of the Spanish–American War fought on 11 May of 1898 in the port of Cárdenas, Cuba, between an American squadron of 5 ships under Captain Chapman C. Todd and 3 small Spanish vessels under Mariano Mateu. The battle resulted in an...
11 May – Spanish naval victory near Cuba. - Battle of CienfuegosBattle of CienfuegosThe Battle of Cienfuegos, or the Raid on Cienfuegos, was an engagement of the Spanish-American War, intended by the United States Navy to tighten its blockade of Cuba.-Background:...
11 May – U.S. forces cut two telegraph cables, but fail to destroy a third due to Spanish intervention. - Battle of San JuanBombardment of San JuanThe Bombardment of San Juan, or the First Battle of San Juan, on 12 May 1898 was an engagement of the Spanish-American War, between United States Navy warships and the Spanish fortifications of San Juan, Puerto Rico.-Background:...
12 May – Indecisive battle in Puerto Rico. - Invasion of Guantánamo Bay1898 invasion of Guantánamo BayThe Battle of Guantánamo Bay was fought from June 6 to June 10 in 1898, during the Spanish-American War, when American and Cuban forces seized the strategically and commercially important harbor of Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Capturing the bay from the Spanish forces was instrumental in the following...
(6 June – 10 June) – United States commences its invasion of CubaCubaThe Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
during the Spanish-American War. - Battle of GuamCapture of GuamThe Capture of Guam was a bloodless event between the United States and the Kingdom of Spain during the Spanish-American War. The U.S. Navy sent a single cruiser, the , to capture the island of Guam, then under Spanish control. However, the Spanish garrison on the island had no knowledge of the war...
(20 June – 21 June) – U.S. forces capture island, Spanish governor protests since he was unaware of the Declaration of War. - Battle of Las GuasimasBattle of Las GuasimasThe Battle of Las Guasimas of June 24, 1898, part of the Spanish-American War, unfolded from Major General "Fighting Joe" Wheeler's attempt to storm a Spanish position in the jungles surrounding Santiago. Commanding a division that included the 1st U.S...
24 June – First major land battle of Spanish-American War. - Battle of TayacobaBattle of TayacobaThe Battle of Tayacoba was a disastrous American effort to land supplies and reinforcements to Cuban rebels fighting for their independence in the Spanish-American War...
30 June – U.S. forces barely able to rescue trapped reconnaissance force. - Battle of El CaneyBattle of El CaneyThe Battle of El Caney was fought on July 1, 1898, during the Spanish-American War.-Background:At El Caney, Cuba, 514 Spanish regular soldiers, together with approximately 100 armed Spanish loyalists under the command of General Joaquín Vara de Rey were instructed to hold the northwest flank of...
1 July – Spanish forces hold back Americans. - Battle of San Juan HillBattle of San Juan HillThe Battle of San Juan Hill , also known as the battle for the San Juan Heights, was a decisive battle of the Spanish-American War. The San Juan heights was a north-south running elevation about two kilometers east of Santiago de Cuba. The names San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill were names given by the...
1 July – Theodore RooseveltTheodore RooseveltTheodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...
storms the hill, U.S. victory. - Battle of Santiago de CubaBattle of Santiago de CubaThe Battle of Santiago de Cuba, fought between Spain and the United States on 3 July 1898, was the largest naval engagement of the Spanish-American War and resulted in the destruction of the Spanish Navy's Caribbean Squadron.-Spanish Fleet:...
3 July – Admiral Cervera's Spanish fleet destroyed trying to escape blockading US Fleet and reach reinforcements - Siege of SantiagoSiege of SantiagoThe Siege of Santiago also known as the Siege of Santiago de Cuba was the last major operation of the Spanish-American War on the island of Cuba. This action should not be confused with the naval battle of Santiago de Cuba.-Santiago Campaign:...
(3 July – 18 July) – American forces capture city, but the outbreak of disease begins to take its toll on the Americans. - Battle of Rio ManimaniBattle of Rio ManimaniThe Battle of the Manimani, was a failed American landing attempt west of Havana and was one of the final engagements of the Spanish-American War in Cuba.-Background:...
23 July – Unsuccessful American landing attempt in Cuba. - Battle of Yauco 26 July – American victory despite desertions.
- Battle of Guayama 5 August – American push past Spanish snipers to take town.
- Battle of Guamani 9 August – United States victory in Puerto Rico.
- Battle of Coamo 9 August – Americans troops destroy the Spanish garrison at Coamo, Puerto RicoCoamo, Puerto RicoCoamo is a municipality in Puerto Rico located in the southern region, north of Santa Isabel; south of Orocovis and Barranquitas; east of Villalba and Juana Díaz; and west of Aibonito and Salinas. Coamo is spread over 10 wards and Coamo Pueblo...
- Battle of Silva Heights 10 August – Spanish forces retreat after American attack with cannons and gatling guns.
- Battle of Abonito Pass 12 August – Battle interrupted by news of armistice.
- Battle of Manila (Spanish-American War)Battle of Manila (1898)The Battle of Manila was a short land engagement between the United States and Spain at the end of the Spanish-American War, which occurred a couple of months after the pivotal American victory during the naval Battle of Manila Bay...
(25 July – 15 August) – U.S. and Filipino forces capture Philippine capital from Spanish. - Battle of OmdurmanBattle of OmdurmanAt the Battle of Omdurman , an army commanded by the British Gen. Sir Herbert Kitchener defeated the army of Abdullah al-Taashi, the successor to the self-proclaimed Mahdi Muhammad Ahmad...
2 September – British under Kitchener ambushed by Sudanese dervishes
- Battle of Manila Bay
- 1899 –
- Battle of Manila (Philippine-American War)Battle of Manila (1899)The Battle of Manila, the first and largest battle fought during the Philippine–American War, was fought on 4 and February 5, 1899, between 12,000 Americans and 15,000 Filipinos. Armed conflict broke out when American troops, under orders to turn away insurgents from their encampment, fired upon an...
(4 February-5) – American troops engage with the Philippine Army in the first battle of the Philippine-American WarPhilippine-American WarThe Philippine–American War, also known as the Philippine War of Independence or the Philippine Insurrection , was an armed conflict between a group of Filipino revolutionaries and the United States which arose from the struggle of the First Philippine Republic to gain independence following...
. After hard fighting, the Americans rout the Filipinos. - Battle of Santa CruzBattle of Santa Cruz (1899)For the WWII battle of the same name see: Battle of the Santa Cruz IslandsThis Battle of Santa Cruz was a battle fought in the early stages of the Philippine-American War during General Henry W. Lawton's Laguna de Bay Campaign.-Background:...
(9 April – 10 April) – American victory during Philippine-American War. - Battle of PagsanjanBattle of PagsanjanThe Battle of Pagsanjan was a small skirmish between the 1st Battalion of Sharpshooters, under the command of Brigadier General Charles King, and Philippine Nationalists led by Col. Pedro Caballes during the Laguna Campaign of the Philippine-American War....
11 April – Philippine forces routed by American sharpshooters and artillery. - Battle of PaeteBattle of PaeteThe Battle of Paete was a small battle fought between American forces, commanded by General Henry W. Lawton, and Philippine nationalists on April 12, 1899, during the Philippine-American War.-Background:...
12 April – Americans under Henry W. Lawton defeat small Philippine force. - Battle of Talana HillBattle of Talana HillThe Battle of Talana Hill, also known as the Battle of Glencoe, was the first major clash of the Second Boer War. A frontal attack by British infantry supported by artillery drove Boers from a hilltop position, but the British suffered heavy casualties in the process, including their commanding...
20 October – British pyrrhic victory over the Boers. - Battle of ElandslaagteBattle of ElandslaagteThe Battle of Elandslaagte was a battle of the Second Boer War, and one of the few clear-cut tactical victories won by the British during that conflict...
21 October – Successful British cavalry charge in bad weather. - Battle of a Thousand Days in Colombia 24 October – Liberals vs. Conservatives, Successful Colombia lost Panamá (24 October 1899 – 24 October 1902) .
- Battle of San JacintoBattle of San Jacinto (1899)For the battle during the Texas Revolution see: Battle of San JacintoThe Battle of San Jacinto was a battle during the Philippine-American War fought on November 11, 1899, in San Jacinto, Pangasinan, Philippines, between the Filipinos and the United States.-Background:During the fall of 1899,...
11 November – American forces defeat Philippine army under General TinioManuel TinioManuel Tinio y Bundoc was the youngest General of the Philippine Revolutionary Army and in 1907, elected Governor of the Province of Nueva Ecija, Republic of the Philippines.-Antecedents:...
. - Battle of Modder RiverBattle of Modder RiverThe Battle of Modder River was an engagement in the Boer War, fought at Modder River, on 28 November 1899...
28 November – British defeat Boers under Piet CronjePiet CronjePieter Arnoldus Cronjé, commonly known as Piet Cronjé was a general of the South African Republic's military forces during the Anglo-Boer wars of 1880-1881 and 1899-1902....
. - Battle of StormbergBattle of StormbergThe Battle of Stormberg was the first British defeat of Black Week, in which three successive British forces were defeated by Boer irregulars in the Second Boer War.-Background:...
10 December – Boer victory during Second Boer War. - Battle of MagersfonteinBattle of MagersfonteinThe Battle of MagersfonteinSpelt incorrectly in various English texts as "Majersfontein", "Maaghersfontein" and "Maagersfontein". was fought on 11 December 1899, at Magersfontein near Kimberley on the borders of the Cape Colony and the independent republic of the Orange Free State...
11 December – Piet CronjePiet CronjePieter Arnoldus Cronjé, commonly known as Piet Cronjé was a general of the South African Republic's military forces during the Anglo-Boer wars of 1880-1881 and 1899-1902....
defeats British forces. - Battle of ColensoBattle of ColensoThe Battle of Colenso was the third and final battle fought during the Black Week of the Second Boer War. It was fought between British and Boer forces from the independent South African Republic and Orange Free State in and around Colenso, Natal, South Africa on 15 December 1899.Inadequate...
15 December – British forces attacked while caught in a loop of a river, heavy casualties.
- Battle of Manila (Philippine-American War)
- 1900 –
- Battle of Spion KopBattle of Spion KopThe Battle of Spion Kop was fought about west-south-west of Ladysmith on the hilltop of Spioenkop along the Tugela River, Natal in South Africa from 23–24 January 1900...
24 January – Boer victory - Battle of PaardebergBattle of PaardebergThe Battle of Paardeberg or Perdeberg was a major battle during the Second Anglo-Boer War. It was fought near Paardeberg Drift on the banks of the Modder River in the Orange Free State near Kimberley....
18 February – 27 – British capture forces of Boer general Piet CronjePiet CronjePieter Arnoldus Cronjé, commonly known as Piet Cronjé was a general of the South African Republic's military forces during the Anglo-Boer wars of 1880-1881 and 1899-1902.... - Siege of LadysmithSiege of LadysmithThe Siege of Ladysmith was a protracted engagement in the Second Boer War, taking place between 30 October 1899 and 28 February 1900 at Ladysmith, Natal.-Background:...
(2 November 1899 – 28 February) – Unsuccessful Boer siege. - Battle of Sanna's PostSanna's Post-References:* Three Years War, by Christiaan Rudolf De Wet, 1st American Edition, published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1902* The Great Boer War, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, originally published in 1902; republished by IndyPublish.com in 2002, ISBN 1-4043-0472-X* Goodbye Dolly Gray: The Story of...
31 March – British forces caught in double-pronged Boer ambush. - Siege of MafekingSiege of MafekingThe Siege of Mafeking was the most famous British action in the Second Boer War. It took place at the town of Mafeking in South Africa over a period of 217 days, from October 1899 to May 1900, and turned Robert Baden-Powell, who went on to found the Scouting Movement, into a national hero...
(13 October 1899 – 17 May) – British forces withstand Boer siege. - Battle of Pulang LupaBattle of Pulang LupaThe Battle of Pulang Lupa was an engagement fought on September 13, 1900, during the Philippine-American War between the forces of Colonel Maximo Abad and Devereux Shields, in which Abad's men defeated the American force....
13 September – Filipino guerillas ambush and defeat a U.S. Infantry column during the Philippine-American WarPhilippine-American WarThe Philippine–American War, also known as the Philippine War of Independence or the Philippine Insurrection , was an armed conflict between a group of Filipino revolutionaries and the United States which arose from the struggle of the First Philippine Republic to gain independence following...
. - Battle of MabitacBattle of MabitacThe Battle of Mabitac was an engagement in the Philippine-American War, when on September 17, 1900, Filipinos under General Juan Cailles defeated an American force commanded by Colonel Benjamin F. Cheatham, Jr....
(17 September 1900) – Filipino soldiers under General Juan CaillesJuan CaillesJuan Cailles was a Filipino commander who served during the Philippine Revolution and Philippine-American War. He later served as a provincial politician.-Early life:...
outmaneuver the 37th and 15th U.S. Volunteer Infantry during the Philippine-American WarPhilippine-American WarThe Philippine–American War, also known as the Philippine War of Independence or the Philippine Insurrection , was an armed conflict between a group of Filipino revolutionaries and the United States which arose from the struggle of the First Philippine Republic to gain independence following...
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- Battle of Spion Kop
Battles of the American Civil War
The Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861 and May 12–13, 1865 in 23 states and the District of Columbia, as well as...