Major Campaigns
| Start Date | End Date | Name | State | Theatre |
| 15-Jul-61 | 22-Jul-61 | First Bull Run Campaign | VA | East |
| 9-Aug-61 | 7-Nov-61 | Wilson’s Creek Campaign | MO | Trans-Mississippi |
| 1-Feb-62 | 16-Feb-62 | Forts Henry & Donelson Campaign | TN | West |
| 7-Feb-62 | 26-Apr-62 | Expedition to North Carolina | NC | Atlantic |
| 17-Mar-62 | 16-Aug-62 | Peninsula Campaign | VA | East |
| 29-Mar-62 | 7-Apr-62 | Shiloh Campaign | TN | West |
| 29-Apr-62 | 10-Jun-62 | Corinth Campaign | TN | West |
| 9-May-62 | 10-Jun-62 | Shenandoah Valley Campaign | VA | East |
| 25-Jun-62 | 1-Jul-62 | Seven Days’ Battles | VA | East |
| 14-Jul-62 | 1-Sep-62 | Second Bull Run Campaign | VA | East |
| 14-Aug-62 | 29-Oct-62 | Invasion of Kentucky (East) | KY | West |
| 28-Aug-62 | 29-Oct-62 | Invasion of Kentucky (Central) | KY | West |
| 1-Sep-62 | 18-Sep-62 | Maryland Campaign | MD | East |
| 6-Sep-62 | 16-Sep-62 | Kanawha Campaign | VA | East |
| 7-Nov-62 | 15-Dec-62 | Fredericksburg Campaign | VA | East |
| 29-Apr-63 | 4-Jul-63 | Vicksburg Campaign | MS | West |
| 30-Apr-63 | 4-May-63 | Chancellorsville Campaign | VA | East |
| 3-Jun-63 | 14-Jul-63 | Gettysburg Campaign | PA | East |
| 23-Jun-63 | 30-Jun-63 | Tullahoma Campaign | TN | West |
| 15-Aug-63 | 20-Sep-63 | Chickamauga Campaign | TN | West |
| 9-Oct-63 | 9-Nov-63 | Bristoe Campaign | VA | East |
| 26-Oct-63 | 25-Nov-63 | Chattanooga Campaign | TN | West |
| 4-Nov-63 | 5-Dec-64 | Knoxville Campaign | TN | West |
| 26-Nov-63 | 1-Dec-63 | Mine Run Campaign | VA | East |
| 3-Feb-64 | 5-Mar-64 | Meridian Campaign | MS | West |
| 10-Mar-64 | 22-May-64 | Red River Campaign | AR | Trans-Mississippi |
| 23-Mar-64 | 3-May-64 | Arkansas Campaign | AR | Trans-Mississippi |
| 1-May-64 | 8-Sep-64 | Atlanta Campaign | GA | West |
| 4-May-64 | 15-May-64 | James River Campaign | VA | East |
| 5-May-64 | 15-Jun-64 | Virginia Overland Campaign | VA | East |
| 16-Jun-64 | 2-Apr-65 | Petersburg Campaign | VA | East |
| 27-Jun-64 | 7-Aug-64 | Washington Raid | VA | East |
| 7-Aug-64 | 2-May-65 | Shenandoah Campaign | VA | East |
| 18-Sep-64 | 10-Jan-65 | Invasion of Tennessee | TN | West |
| 15-Nov-64 | 21-Dec-64 | March to the Sea | GA/SC | West |
| 1-Feb-65 | 26-Apr-65 | Carolinas Campaign | SC/NC | West |
| 17-Mar-65 | 12-Apr-65 | Mobile Campaign | AL | Gulf |
| 29-Mar-65 | 9-Apr-65 | Appomattox Campaign | VA | East |
Campaigns Month by Month
| 1861 Campaigns | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N |
D |
| First Bull Run Campaign, Virginia | X | |||||||||||
| Wilson’s Creek Campaign, Missouri | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| 1862 Campaigns | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|
Forts Henry & Donelson Campaign, Tennessee |
X | |||||||||||
| Expedition To North Carolina | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Peninsula Campaign, Virginia | X | X | X | X | X | X | ||||||
| Shiloh Campaign, Tennessee | X | X | ||||||||||
| Corinth Campaign, Mississippi | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Shenandoah Valley Campaign, Virginia | X | X | ||||||||||
| Seven Days Battles, Virginia | X | X | ||||||||||
| Second Bull Run Campaign, Virginia | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Invasion Of Kentucky (East) | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Invasion Of Kentucky (Central) | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Maryland Campaign | X | |||||||||||
| Kanawha Campaign, West Virginia | X | |||||||||||
| Fredericksburg Campaign, Virginia | X | X | ||||||||||
| 1863 Campaigns | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
|
Vicksburg Campaign, Mississippi |
X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| Chancellorsville Campaign, Virginia | X | X | ||||||||||
| Gettysburg Campaign, Pennsylvania | X | X | ||||||||||
| Tullahoma Campaign, Tennessee | X | |||||||||||
| Chickamauga Campaign, Georgia | X | X | ||||||||||
| Bristoe Campaign, Virginia | X | X | ||||||||||
| Chattanooga Campaign, Tennessee | X | X | ||||||||||
| Knoxville Campaign, Tennessee | X | X | ||||||||||
| Mine Run Campaign, Virginia | X | X | ||||||||||
| 1864 Campaigns | J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
| Meridian Campaign, Mississippi | X | X | ||||||||||
| Red River Campaign, Louisiana | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Arkansas Campaign | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Atlanta Campaign, Georgia | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| James River Campaign, Virginia | X | |||||||||||
| Virginia Overland Campaign | X | X | ||||||||||
| Petersburg Campaign, Virginia | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | |||||
| Washington Raid, Maryland | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Shenandoah Campaign, Virginia | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Invasion Of Tennessee | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| March To The Sea, Georgia | X | X | ||||||||||
|
1865 Campaigns |
J | F | M | A | M | J | J | A | S | O | N | D |
| Petersburg Campaign, Virginia | X | X | X | X | ||||||||
| Shenandoah Campaign, Virginia | X | X | X | X | X | |||||||
| Invasion Of Tennessee | X | |||||||||||
| Carolinas Campaign, South Carolina & North Carolina | X | X | X | |||||||||
| Mobile Campaign, Alabama | X | X | ||||||||||
| Appomattox Campaign, Virginia | X | X |
Engagements
| Total Military Events by type | 10,455 | |
| Skirmishes | 61% | 6,337 |
| Actions | 10% | 1,026 |
| Affairs | 6% | 639 |
| Assaults | 0% | 29 |
| Battles | 1% | 76 |
| Campaigns | 0% | 29 |
| Captures | 1% | 79 |
| Combats | 0% | 46 |
| Engagements | 3% | 310 |
| Expeditions | 7% | 727 |
| Occupations | 1% | 82 |
| Operations | 3% | 299 |
| Raids | 1% | 64 |
| Reconnaissances | 2% | 252 |
| Scouts | 4% | 434 |
| Sieges | 0% | 26 |
| Total Military Events by State: | ||
| Virginia | 24% | 2,154 |
| Tennessee | 16% | 1,462 |
| Missouri | 13% | 1,162 |
| Mississippi | 8% | 772 |
| Arkansas | 8% | 771 |
| West Virginia | 7% | 632 |
| Louisiana | 6% | 566 |
| Georgia | 6% | 549 |
| Kentucky | 5% | 453 |
| Alabama | 4% | 336 |
| North Carolina | 3% | 313 |
| South Carolina | 3% | 239 |
| Maryland | 2% | 203 |
| Florida | 2% | 168 |
| Texas | 1% | 90 |
| Indian Territory | 1% | 89 |
| California | 1% | 88 |
| New Mexico Territory | 1% | 75 |
| TOTAL | 9,078 |
These definitions and lists are incomplete and disputed, and are based on the records compiled by Frederick Dyer
Battles of the American Civil War (CWSAC)
The American Civil War was fought between 12 April 1861 and 13 May 1865 in 23 states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia and the District of Columbia, and in the following territories (Arizona Territory, Colorado Territory, Dakota Territory, Indian Territory, New Mexico Territory, and Washington Territory).
There were naval engagements in the Atlantic Ocean, the Pacific Ocean, the Gulf of Mexico, and on inland and coastal waters.
Some battles have more than one name. Union reports tended to name battles after geographical landmarks, whereas the Confederates often named battles after nearby towns.
Civil War Sites Advisory Commission (CWSAC)
The American Battlefield Protection Program (ABPP) was established within the US National Parks Service to classify the preservation status of historic battlefield land. In 1993, the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission (CWSAC) reported to Congress and the ABPP on their extensive analysis of significant battles and battlefields. Of the estimated 8,000 occasions in which hostilities occurred in the American Civil War, 384 battles were classified in CWSAC’s Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields.
In addition to the status of battlefield land preservation, CWSAC rated the military significance of the battles into four classes:
Class A – Decisive: A general engagement involving field armies in which a commander achieved a vital strategic objective. Such a result might include an indisputable victory on the field or be limited to the success or termination of a campaign offensive. Decisive battles had a direct, observable impact on the direction, duration, conduct, or outcome of the war.
Class B – Major: An engagement of magnitude involving field armies or divisions of the armies in which a commander achieved an important strategic objective within the context of an ongoing campaign offensive. Major battles had a direct, observable impact on the direction, duration, conduct, or outcome of the campaign.
Class C – Formative: An engagement involving divisions or detachments of the field armies in which a commander accomplished a limited campaign objective of reconnaissance, disruption, defence, or occupation. Formative battles had an observable influence on the direction, duration, or conduct of the campaign.
Class D – Limited: An engagement, typically involving detachments of the field armies, in which a commander achieved a limited tactical objective of reconnaissance, defence, or occupation. Limited battles maintained contact between the combatants without observable influence on the direction of the campaign.
The CWSAC Ratings indicate the following outcomes:
|
Union Victory |
Confederate Victory = C |
Inconclusive |
|
| Decisive Battle = D |
28 |
13 |
4 |
| Major Battle = M |
57 |
34 |
13 |
| Formative Battle = F |
59 |
45 |
23 |
| Limited Battle = L |
55 |
28 |
24 |
American Civil War High Command 